> I think it's safe to assert body temperature is correlated with air temperature Not at all. The whole point of warm-blooded organisms is to maintain a consta

> I think it's safe to assert body temperature is correlated with air temperature Not at all. The whole point of warm-blooded organisms is to maintain a constant temperature, to a really good level of accuracy. A change in body temperature is not needed for this sort of things to happen, though. A warmer environment is enough. See for example the headlines about flesh eating bacteria creeping north in the US.