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the_q@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
Bears sleep for their entire hibernation and recycle their waste.
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the_q@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
Bears sleep for their entire hibernation and recycle their waste.
Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Bears do not hibernate, they enter Torpor
shalafi@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Isn’t torpor just the scientific term for hibernation, or are they distinct?
Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 10 months ago
They are similar, but Torpor is involuntary, hibernation is voluntary. Torpor is for short periods of time, hibernation is for long periods. Torpor drops the body temperature just a little, hibernation drops body temperature significantly. Torpor allows an animal to wake up and move around minimally (like to get food/eat) while hibernation does not.