body heat

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These are a rare group, making up less than 0.1% of all fish species, that can retain body heat and keep parts of themselves warmer than the surrounding water.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2026

You lose 90% of your body heat through your head.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

When it is not possible to keep rooms heated to 18C, he recommends wearing gloves, warm socks and a woolly hat, eating a higher carbohydrate diet and generating more body heat by moving around.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

Unsure what to say, Hope leaned his chest over the cot, passing his body heat to her.

From Salon • Nov. 25, 2024

The elders say that eating dog meat increases body heat, thus increasing energy, but you shouldn’t eat too much of it or your body will burn up and combust.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung