Why do our bodies start shaking voluntarily or involuntarily when we get too col!


Question: The shaking could be in some sort of twitching of the whold body kind of.


Answers: The shaking could be in some sort of twitching of the whold body kind of.

It is the bodys' natural defense system, the shivering is the bodys' way of trying to warm itself. The danger period for death is after the shivering stops, you then begin to feel warm and sleepy. If you do not move, you die, unless someone finds you quickly.

To warm up! It has something to do with preserving body heat...

it's your muscles trying to generate heat through contracting and relaxing.

The shaking is designed to warm us back up. It is a slight motion and motion keeps you more warm.





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