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Why do woodchucks need only a little oxygen during it's winter sleep?
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∙ 11y ago
Hibernation has been studied extensively in woodchucks. As I recall, someone at Swarthmore University has made it his primary research interest. Metabolic rate drops quite a bit, reducing the need for
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Where does the frog get its food and oxygen during the winter?
Frogs lower their temperature in the winter and often burrow into mud. They move very little and have oxygen that is dissolved in water.
How do you know that a groundhog needs only a little oxygen during its winter sleep?
Groundhogs live underground in a burrow.
How do you get oxygen in the fall when the leaves fall?
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Revolutionary War how did people get hungry?
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