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Why do chipmunks sleep?

Updated: 10/8/2023
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14y ago

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The time has 2 do with what type of squirrel it is... Comment and tell me what type of squirrel :) well chipmunks do not hibernate, they go into torpor, it is sleep that can last for a few days at time

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14y ago

Because it gets too cold for them and having small bodies they're a little less cold tolerant. So they store energy by eating a large amount of food. Then they'll sleep through the winter warm in their burrows/tree holes.

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9y ago

Before chipmunks hibernate, they stuff their cheek pouches full of food. Since they do not store fat, then during hibernation they gnaw at the food they have stored in their cheeks for nourishment during the winter.

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10y ago

Stays underground chambers during the winter months.Stays underground about the end of October. Sleeps deeply only during the coldest period.

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13y ago

they noramlly get bigger from eating so much, but afte hibernation they run it off and burn the fat in the summer.

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14y ago

ummm...because they are robots

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