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hibernateSee hibernation mode. |
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| Hibernators spend most of the winter in torpor, a state of self-induced reduction in body temperature and metabolic rate. Norma Farber How the Hibernators Came to Bethlehem; illus. Since mammalian cells normally produce some hydrogen sulfide, the results could indicate how hibernators and other animals naturally enter torpor, says Hannah Carey, a researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies hibernating ground squirrels. |
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