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Sleeping It Off: How Animals Use Hibernation, And Other Cold-weather Survival Strategies, To Stay Alive
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- January 16, 2005
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- University Of Minnesota
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- If you wish you could hibernate for the winter instead of facing minus-20 windchillls every day, blame our distant ancestors. Really distant. According to Matt Andrews, biology professor at UMD, our reptilian forebears, like reptiles today, would have been able to experience large fluctuations in their body temperatures, a key trait for a hibernating species.
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If you wish you could hibernate for the winter instead of facing minus-20 windchillls every day, blame our distant ancestors. Really distant. According to Matt Andrews, biology professor at UMD, our reptilian forebears, like reptiles today, would have been able to experience large fluctuations in their body temperatures, a key trait for a hibernating species.
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University Of Minnesota. (2005, January 16). Sleeping It Off: How Animals Use Hibernation, And Other Cold-weather Survival Strategies, To Stay Alive. ScienceDaily. Retrieved October 9, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com
University Of Minnesota. "Sleeping It Off: How Animals Use Hibernation, And Other Cold-weather Survival Strategies, To Stay Alive." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com
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