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Q: When an animal hibernates why does its body temperature drop?
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When does an animal's body temperature drop?

It drops during hibernation


An involuntary response to a drop in the temperature outside or inside the body of a warm-blooded animal is?

shivering.


Tigers hibernate in the winter is that true or false?

No. Only the bear hibernates. Actually, bears do not truly hibernate, because their breathing and body temperature does not drop as much as true hibernators like ground squirrels and other rodents.


What happens to the carbon dioxide and oxygen exchanged through both the lungs and the skin when an animal hibernates?

An animals breathing rate during hibernation slows down. The animals heart rate also slows during hibernation. Their body temperature will drop at this time as well.


What best describes hypothermia?

Hypothermia is the condition when your body's core temperature becomes dangerously low, usually below 35 degrees C. apex- A potentially fatal drop in core body temperature.


Why does you body temperature drop during flu?

Body temperature drops when someone has gotten swine flu. The virus causes a spike in fever and a sudden drop -hypothermia - which results in chills. The sudden drop requires outside measures to return the body temperature to rise to normal.


How fast does urine temperature drop out of body?

98.6 degrees.


What is the blood temperature of a reptile?

Reptiles are cold blooded, therefore there Body/Blood temperature equalizes with their surrounding environment.


What is it called when there is a dangerous drop in body temperature?

Hypothermia


Does it hurt when a boys balls drop?

Yes , the balls drop to reduce the testis temperature. If they remain in body, the sperm may die due to the higher temperature.


What temperature is feces?

When it is freshly deposited, it is at the same temperature as the animal that deposited it. So human body waste will be at 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit upon excretion and then cool to room temperature. Dog mess would be around 101 degrees Fahrenheit upon excretion and then likely drop to atmospheric temperature.


Why would your body temperature drop to dangerous levels during the night?

Because of a reduced metabolism and poor insulation against the cold.