☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agoBears don’t actually hibernate, their winter survival trick is a months-long power-save modewww.popsci.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down11
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkBears don’t actually hibernate, their winter survival trick is a months-long power-save modewww.popsci.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Science@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareScott@lem.free.aslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoIf lack of food triggers it, what triggers the bears to come out of torpor?
minus-square0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoThe sound of running squirrels, I guess. Jokes aside, maybe the smell and environment turning from winter to spring. They mention these happen to black and brown who are omnivorous, so smell of food that’s easily accessible is most likely. Just a guess.
minus-squareracoon@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day agosun energy is a form of energy. Sun warms the blood, so they body can spare itself that effort
If lack of food triggers it, what triggers the bears to come out of torpor?
The sound of running squirrels, I guess.
Jokes aside, maybe the smell and environment turning from winter to spring. They mention these happen to black and brown who are omnivorous, so smell of food that’s easily accessible is most likely. Just a guess.
sun energy is a form of energy. Sun warms the blood, so they body can spare itself that effort