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  2. Hibernation - Wikipedia

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    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 metabolic rate. It is most commonly used to pass through winter months – called overwintering.

  3. Groundhog - Wikipedia

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    When the groundhog enters hibernation, there is a drop in body temperature to as low as 35 degrees Fahrenheit (2 °C), heart rate falls to 4–10 beats per minute and breathing rate falls to one breath every six minutes. [49] During hibernation, they experience periods of torpor and arousal. [50]

  4. Thirteen-lined ground squirrel - Wikipedia

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    Thirteen-lined ground squirrels can survive in hibernation for over six months without food or water and special physiological adaptations allow them to do so. [6] They alternate between torpor bouts of 7 to 10 days when their body temperatures drops to 5-7°C, and interbout arousals of less than 24 hours with their body temperature back to 37 ...

  5. How are warmer winters affecting hedgehogs? - AOL

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    The chief executive officer of the Guernsey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (GSPCA), Steve Byrne, said it was "incredibly difficult" for hedgehogs to hibernate because ...

  6. Aestivation - Wikipedia

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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 ]

  7. Hibernaculum (zoology) - Wikipedia

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    Black bear mother and cubs hibernating, utilizing a hibernaculum as a maternity den. Like other animals, mammals hibernate during seasons of harsh environmental conditions and resource scarcity. As it requires less energy to maintain homeostasis and survive when an individual is hibernating, this is a cost-effective strategy to increase ...

  8. 40 Facts About Animals That Might Make You Look Like The ...

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    Image credits: an1malpulse Animal Pulse has drawn in 23.5K followers on Instagram, and its community is growing larger by the day. It’s easy to see why—the page is packed with facts and ...

  9. Fat-tailed dwarf lemur - Wikipedia

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    This species is nocturnal, with a diet of insects, other small animals, fruits and flowers. [12] The fat-tailed lemur is the only known primate to hibernate for extended periods of time, up to seven months. It performs this torpor during the dry season to minimise the impacts of droughts. During the wet season, it gorges on food, accumulating a ...