In some vertebrates, fever is a mechanism by which elevated body temperature can reduce the rate at which infectious pathogens grow and reproduce. Which of the following is not true of fever?
O Fever is a temporary elevation in the "set point" for body temperature, so mechanisms of thermogenesis like shivering can help raise body temperature to the new set point.
O Some species of thermoregulating ectotherms, like some lizards, "induce" fever by spending more time at warmer temperatures during temperature shuttling after they've acquired a pathogenic bacterial infection.
O Fever is a failure to maintain homeostasis, and fevers occur when animals have lost the ability to regulate body temperature.
