Reversed metabolism???

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teesha

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I read somewhere that an axolotls metabolism is reversed to other animals, as in the colder it gets the more it will expend energy to upkeep it's body and so it will eat more....and when its hotter it's metabolism will slow down.....does anyone recon this is true? has ur axy been slower and less hungry when hotter and the reverse when it was in the fridge???
just confused and wondering that's all!!!
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i dont think thats true. its been said by a lot of people that axies metabolism slows down with cooler temps and speeds up with warmer temps. thats why when axies get sick people put them in the fridge, well thats partly the reason. it slows there metabolism down so they dont eat as much, that way if they dont eat because they are sick they can survive longer.
 
yip, think thats poopies what you heard!! axies like colder temps but that doesnt mean hotter temps make their metabolism slow down
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im not so up on my axie biology so cant explain exactly why it happens that way
 
They don't eat when it's hot because they're stressed, not because their metabolism is slower.
 
that's really weird, coz this show (which has the site where its printed) is telling everyone the opposite! Poor ppl, being told the wrong stuff......but is their like a possibility that this is true? does it make any sence at all???
 
very much doubt it... if it was true ed and joan would be growling us all the time for telling people that cold slowed them down lol.
 
speak of the devil.....

Cold does slow down thier growth, and warmth does increase it. However at the cooler temperatures the metabolic costs of the growth may be reduced rendering the animal able to grow more efficiently. This is not quite the same as saying that they grow faster at cooler temperatures, they grow more efficiently. There will be an optimum range outside of which in either direction the growth rate will be decreased. A good example can be found here Scott, David E., Fore, Michele R., 1995, The effect of food limitation on lipid levels, growth, and reproduction in the marbled salamander, Ambystoma opacum. Herpetologica 51(4): 462-471.

Ed
 
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