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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Martin Oosthuysen" data-source="post: 34563" data-attributes="member: 1070">Haha,remember a T will compensate temperature by moving around finding desirable spots eating more or less to achieve the same as it would at a desirable temp. So if we say metabolism would go up,the T will eat more but the level achieved is still the same. So the one cancels the other,say two crickets hotter temps and one T normal temp. Is the T really getting more,not in my opinion since on hotter temps he or she is burning out food twice ad fast and the equation is nullified. You as human do the same,I run I am hot I will drink fluids to compensate my body losing these due to a hightened metabolism but that same person sits at a desk will now consume less. Even looking at eating,people will consume more to adapt to having a more vigorous day and less on a quiet one. I am not speaking of an obese person or someone with an eating disorder just a normal person. So in the end change situations,you will be changing the needs of the T and thus the test won't reflect true figures.</blockquote>