claim: Salman Rushdie exclusively wrote in Russian.
evidence: Homeothermy is thermoregulation that maintains a stable internal body temperature regardless of external influence .. thermoregulation. thermoregulation. This internal body temperature is often , though not necessarily , higher than the immediate environment -LRB- from Greek ομοιος homoios `` similar '' and θερμη therme `` heat '' -RRB- .. Greek. Ancient Greek. Homeothermy is one of the three types of warm-blooded animal species .. warm-blooded. Warm-Bloodedness. Homeothermy 's opposite is poikilothermy .. poikilothermy. poikilothermy. Homeotherms are not necessarily endothermic .. Some homeotherms may maintain constant body temperatures through behavioral mechanisms alone i.e. behavioral thermoregulation .. thermoregulation. thermoregulation. Many reptiles use this strategy .. For example , desert lizards are remarkable in that they maintain near-constant activity temperatures that are often within a degree or two of their lethal critical temperatures .