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Why do some animals that live in the northern regions hibernate while the animals that live in the southern regions do not?
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∙ 14y ago
Animals hibernate to conserve energy. When you sleep, you don't use much energy compared to when you are awake, exercising, or doing whatever.
During the winter in polar climates, it becomes colder and harder to find food; a deadly combination. So to balance it out, animals hibernate to conserve energy.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoWell I know why they migrate: because they want t go to a place that's warmer
Not all animals either migrate or hibernate. Some just stay where they are and carry on with what they're doing.
Migration is when animals move from one place to another, while hibernation is a dormant state. They are both ways of dealing with changing situations, either go somewhere where the conditions are better or go to sleep until conditions improve. Animals that migrate (birds, deer) are usually much more motile than hibernating animals (hedgehogs, badgers)
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