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  2. Do humans need to hibernate, too? What the research shows - AOL

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    Weather. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: ... Humans still don’t need to hibernate, Weiss said, nor can we afford to due to our social and occupational obligations. “But we can make ...

  3. Hibernation - Wikipedia

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    Northern bat hibernating in Norway Bats hibernating in a silver mine. Hibernation is a state of minimal activity and metabolic depression undergone by some animal species. . Hibernation is a seasonal heterothermy characterized by low body-temperature, slow breathing and heart-rate, and low metaboli

  4. Circannual cycle - Wikipedia

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    The results showed that the critical day-length was between 13 and 14 hours of light, that a decrease in temperature of 5°C did not affect the phase-shift, that larvae under controlled light but fluctuating temperatures experienced a delay in pupation compared to natural light and natural temperatures and that spring in Japan was the best time ...

  5. Humans might not hibernate but may still need more winter ...

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  6. Aestivation - Wikipedia

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    They usually do so when the temperature is warmer and will re-emerge in the late summer or early fall. [5] Mosquitoes also are reported to undergo aestivation. [6] False honey ants are well known for being winter active and aestivate in temperate climates. Bogong moths will aestivate over the summer to avoid the heat and lack of food sources. [7]

  7. Can Iowa expect a cold or snowy spring? Here are the Farmers ...

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    The Northern Hemisphere will welcome spring during the spring equinox on Tuesday, March 19. But, The Almanac says the season and weather may not be on the same page. "The BRRRR" might stay a while.

  8. Dormancy - Wikipedia

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    Rest (winter dormancy) is a kind of physiological dormancy maintained by agents or conditions within the organ itself. However, physiological subdivisions of dormancy do not coincide with the morphological dormancy found in white spruce (Picea glauca) and other conifers (Owens et al. 1977). [10]

  9. Influence of seasonal birth in humans - Wikipedia

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    Birth rates of people who later die by suicide show disproportionate excess for April, May and June compared with the other months. Overall, the risk of suicide increases by 17% for people born in the spring–early summer compared with those born in the autumn–early winter; this risk increase was larger for women (29.6%) than for men (13.7% ...