estivate (also aes·ti·vate)
1. To spend the summer, as at a special place.
2. zoology. To pass the summer in a dormant or torpid state.
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It means to pass a summer being idle and lazy.
yes they may estivate in some problems of harsh weathers.
hibernate
Nope - dogs are active all-year round - they neither Aestivate nor Hibernate.
Tigers do not hibernate or migrate.
Crocodiles do estivate. It is a very interesting biological state in which the crocodile enters everything is slowed from respiration to circulatory functions. at average a crocodile heart beats approximately 40 times per minute when a crocodile is estivating, its heart rate slows down to about 5 beats per minute and can remain in this "standby" state for a year or more, depending on the conditions.
Some frog species estivate, but not all do.
No, cheetahs do not hibernate nor do the estivate.
This summer, Frau Unthank and I will estivate in Manhattan Beach.
"Estivate" is to pass the summer in a dormant or torpid state.
No, the platypus does not estivate. It is active all year around.
Estivation is the summer equivalent of hibernation in the winter. No, wolves do not estivate, as they are active year round.
They do not.
No.
Red foxes neither estivate nor hibernate. No fox estivates or hibernates.
yes they may estivate in some problems of harsh weathers.
No.
When it becomes too cold or too hot, the hibernate or estivate to regulate their body temperature and avoid death.