Sentences with phrase «of hibernators»
Oxygen flow to the gray matter of hibernators can drop to as little as 2 percent of normal.
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That cold tolerance is linked to changes in a specific cold - sensing protein in the sensory nerve cells of the ground squirrels and another hibernator, the Syrian hamster, researchers report in the Dec. 19 Cell Reports.
But unlike winter hibernators, these lemurs have to warm up periodically to at least 30oC, making the choice of tree hole important.
Take the Arctic ground squirrel, an inhabitant of the Alaskan tundra and the world's most northerly hibernator.
Which of the animals are true hibernators?
A groundhog is an example of a true hibernator.