Endotherms are organisms that regulate their own internal temperature and are independent from the ambient temperature. Ectotherm organisms who's internal temperature is dependent on the ambient temperature. An Endotherm regulates the body temperature through the process of homoeostasis while an Ectotherm needs to seek other methods. They both have many physiological and behavioural adaptions which help them maintain this temperature. An example of an Endothermic organism is a Bare Nosed Wombats. These organisms have many behavioural adaptions to respond to increasing temperature in their body such as; burrowing underground to avoid heat, active at night instead of the day to avoid heat from the sun, and soaking themselves with water to cool down. They also have many physiological adaptions to cool down such as; lowering the metabolism to conserve energy and heat and vasodilation. To respond to decreasing temperatures in their body they also have many behavioural adaptions such as; burrowing underground to avoid the cold, and many physiological adaptions such as; vasoconstriction. An example of an Exothermic organism is the Australian Barking Gecko. Ectotherms mainly have behavioural adaptions to temperature changes. These organism have many behavioural adaptions to respond to increasing temperature in their body such as; lifting their body off the hot ground to reduce surface area exposed to the ground, seeks shade, and becomes active at night. To respond to decreasing temperatures in their body they also have many behavioural adaptions such as; basking in the sun to absorb heat and flattening their body on the ground to increase surface are to get more heat from the ground and the sun.
