Vampire physiology question

[shapinglight]

We all know the whole 'unneeded breath' thing is silly, right? We do, right?
Vampires may not need oxygen to live, but they do need to breathe in order to speak. Fine.

But does it make sense to anyone else (as it does to me) that their breath would feel rather on the cool side? They have no body heat of their own. They derive it from drinking blood. But does that warm them up so much their breath would be as warm as a human's?

Opinions, anyone?

Comments

[shapinglight]

I'm not even sure that Buffyverse vampires warm up from drinking blood; I don't think that's ever been mentioned one way or the other in canon.

I think you can infer it from Spike's speech in The Gift about blood what 'keeps us warm, makes us hard' etc.

But yeah, they probably are only as warm as their surroundings.

[infinitewhale.livejournal.com]

He says 'you' though, not 'us', right? I thought he was referring to Xander and humans.

[shapinglight]

Yeah, you're right, though what he says seems to infer there's a knock-on benefit for vampires, I suppose.

[rahirah]

That's right, I'd forgotten that bit...