Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
It's interesting to learn facts like these, especially when we all grew up thinking something different about hibernating animals. I hope the black bear in this video gets the sleep they need, and ...
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 ...
Image credits: an1malpulse #5. Animal campaigners are calling for a ban on the public sale of fireworks after a baby red panda was thought to have died from stress related to the noise.
This terminology for the animal originated as a taboo avoidance term: proto-Germanic tribes replaced their original word for bear—arkto—with this euphemistic expression out of fear that speaking the animal's true name might cause it to appear. [4] [5] According to author Ralph Keyes, this is the oldest known euphemism. [6]
In warm blooded animals (mammals and birds) this state is referred to as hibernation or torpor (shorter periods of inactivity between awakening); whereas a similar condition in cold-blooded ...
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 ...
Wildlife experts say warmer temperatures mean less hibernation and more parasites for hedgehogs.