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hibernate

See 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.
Perchance to hibernate: can we tap a dormant capacity to downshift ... by Harder, Ben / Science News
Norma Farber How the Hibernators Came to Bethlehem; illus.
Norma Farber How the Hibernators Came to Bethlehem by Parravano, Martha V. / The Horn Book Magazine
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.
Frozen in time: gas puts mice metabolically on ice by Brownlee, C. / Science News
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