hibernate
Bears are thinner following hibernation.
Bats are now beginning their long winter hibernation.
Research showed that some members of the mosquito species have evolved so that hibernation is triggered by a shorter day length.

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Examples of hibernation

hibernation
At the end of the summer they search for hibernation sites where they spend winter and spring.
In contrast, the extent of chronic pathology, the removal of host blood during hibernation, is likely to be determined primarily by immune competence.
At the protein level, myoglobin appears to increase in skeletal muscle as animals prepare for and undergo hibernation.
Altogether 189 adults hatched and 36 larvae remained in hibernation.
The beetles had recently emerged from winter hibernation and started to mate.
It would be perhaps more justifiable to look for an intoxication as a cause of this phenomenon than as a cause of hibernation.
In the early spring the arrival of migratory birds coincides with the ending of hibernation of the non-aedinine mosquitoes which fly around seeking blood.
Like seeds in hibernation, they await a more receptive climate, in the meantime gathering strength and power.
Peaks in activity levels are associated with migrations to and from hibernation sites and with breeding activity, especially mate searching by males.
Some did certainly succumb to the new pressure and lost their fortunes, some went into hibernation anticipating that this uncongenial phase would soon be over.
These larvae were either allowed to continue their development, or were cooled and subsequently put in the refrigerator for hibernation or shipment.
Because the hibernating mammal arouses periodically from torpor throughout the hibernation season, the ability to function at euthermic temperatures must be maintained continuously.
In broods kept under out-of-door conditions hibernation could be interrupted by several methods.
The dust storm season problem can be accommodated by hibernation.
The few genes that are 'switched on' during hibernation are mitochondrial genes, genes encoding antioxidant and stress proteins, and transcription factors.
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