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Aestivation (Latin: aestas (summer); also spelled estivation in American English) is a state of animal dormancy, similar to hibernation, although taking place in the summer rather than the winter. Aestivation is characterized by inactivity and a lowered metabolic rate, that is entered in response to high temperatures and arid conditions. [ 1 ]
Zephyrus or Zephyr (Favonius in Latin) was the west wind and bringer of light spring and early summer breezes; Notus or Notos (Auster in Latin) was the south wind and bringer of the storms of late summer and autumn. Notos not only brings rain and heavy downpour, but he can also bring extremely hot air (avg. 45°C) especially in the southern ...
In animals photoperiodism (sometimes called seasonality) is the suite of physiological changes that occur in response to changes in day length. This allows animals to respond to a temporally changing environment associated with changing seasons as the earth orbits the sun.
Áine, Irish goddess of love, summer, wealth, and sovereignty, associated with the Sun and midsummer; Alaunus, Gaulish god of the Sun, healing, and prophecy; Belenos, Gaulish god of the Sun; Brighid, Irish sun goddess; Étaín, Irish Sun goddess; Grannus, god associated with spas, healing thermal and mineral springs, and the Sun
The colours associated with the four creatures can be said to match the colours of soil in the corresponding areas of China: the bluish-grey water-logged soils of the east, the reddish iron-rich soils of the south, the whitish saline soils of the western deserts, the black organic-rich soils of the north, and the yellow soils from the central ...
A Rio de Janeiro zoo is giving ice pops to a bear, a jaguar, wolves and monkeys as Brazil swelters. The cold treats are part of the animals’ well-being program, providing thermal comfort.
The dog days or dog days of summer are the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star system Sirius (known colloquially as the "Dog Star"), which Hellenistic astrology connected with heat , drought , sudden thunderstorms , lethargy , fever , mad dogs , and bad luck .
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