Sentences with phrase «true hibernation»

Persistent temperatures above 60 o F (16 o C) are not cool enough for true hibernation.

True hibernation requires a constant temperature between 50o - 60 o F (10 o -16 o C).

True hibernation is an evolutionary response to freezing or near - freezing climates.

This means that stores of body fat will be used up, whereas in true hibernation and even brumation, they would be barely touched.

In a true hibernation, the body enters into an immobile state, very similar to a coma, where there's almost no muscle contraction and the body temperature sometimes lowers to almost freezing levels.

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Groundhogs are one of the few animals that achieve true, or «profound,» hibernation, burrowing down below the frost line for the coldest months of the year.