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Mystery #2Tier 2body / heat

Why do you shiver when you are cold?

When you get cold, your body starts shaking all by itself; your teeth chatter and you can't easily stop it. Shaking seems pointless. So why does being cold make your muscles judder?

A person bundled up against the cold
Photo: Brooke Cagle · CC0 · via Wikimedia Commons

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