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The meaning of hibernate is when a animal is awake during a season/seasons and then they hibernate (sleep for awhile). Like a bear will hibernate during winter and be awake most of the time in summer
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoSome animals hibernate over the winter, going into a very deep sleep. Hibernating animals usually retreat to a den, a burrow, or a hollow log for protection and shelter. During "true hibernation," the animal's body temperature drops, and its rate of breathing slows down. These hibernating animals are very difficult to awaken.
Most animals will eat large amounts of food before hibernating, adding body fat that will nourish them during the winter. Occasionally, hibernating animals will awaken periodically during the winter to eat. When most hibernating animals awaken in the spring, they are very hungry.
Some of the animals listed below are not "true hibernators," but they do become dormant over winter or go into diapause (a suspended state that some insects enter during cold, short days). For example, during cold winter months, some bears go into a dormant state in which their heart rate is extremely low, their body temperature is relatively high, they neither eat nor release bodily waste, and they can be roused (unlike "true hibernators"). In older scientific literature, hibernation used to refer only to low-body-temperature winter dormancy, but now that much more is known about this dormancy phase, some bears (like the black bear) are considered to be extremely efficient hibernators (some biologists refer to these animals as "super hibernators").
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∙ 15y agoThey look like Henry Hagge!
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They go to sleep for a very long time
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What does exhabitation mean?
The word ex-habitation may be used to mean the previous place of habitation for animals. This is common for animals that hibernate and when the climate normalizes the return to their ex-habitation.
When do animals hibernate in the autmn?
Animals hibernate in the autumn.
When animals hibernate?
They hibernate in winter
Does a grey whale hibernate?
No, they do not hibernate. They migrate up to 16,000 miles per year.
When do animal hibernate?
Animals hibernate in the winter.
Why do sloths hibernate?
Animals that hibernate do so to escape the cold weather. Sloths do not hibernate.
Is hibernate a compound word?
Yes, "hibernate" is a compound word formed by combining the words "hiber" and "nate." "Hiber" comes from the Latin word "hibernare," meaning "to pass the winter."
What are the names of the creatures that hibernate in winter?
when do you animals hibernate
What are four animals that hibernate?
The four animals that hibernate are bears,bats,frogs,and fish.Bears and bats hibernate in caves.Frogs and fish bury themselves in ponds.
What happens to animals while they hibernate?
the earth changes while they hibernate
Names 2 different animals that hibernate?
Bears and badgers hibernate.
Do animals in the grassland hibernate?
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