Majel taking acting classes as a child. She attended Shaker Heights High School, graduating in 1950 before going on to the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, then had some stage roles and came to Hollywood. Her father, William Hudec, was a Cleveland police officer.
Cold blooded creatures such as the lizard take on the temperature of their surroundings. In other words, they are hot when their environment is hot and cold when their environment is cold. In hot environments, cold blooded animals can have blood that is much warmer than warm blooded animals.
When one of these reptiles is in a warm environment, their body temperature rapidly increases. Although being cold-blooded certainly has its benefits for snakes and other creatures, if one of them is exposed to a cold environment for too long of a time, they will like lose consciousness and eventually die.