Sentence examples for deep torpor from inspiring English sources

"They're dying in situ and do not have the ability to arouse from their deep torpor".

The insectivorous bats of temperate latitudes are the most dramatic example: although they have life spans in excess of 20 years, almost 80 percent of that time is spent in deep torpor, and, as a result, their lifetime energy expenditures are no greater than are those of other small mammals.

During the winter it goes into deep torpor and hibernation to save energy and reduce metabolism before emerging, as the temperature increases, to mate.

When a bear hibernates for the winter, its core body temperature declines, which depletes the synapses between brain cells, allowing the mammal to fall into a deep torpor for extended periods of time without the need for nutrition.

This is only the second account of a mammal entering deep torpor, or hibernation, when pregnant.

Some females re-entered deep torpor for extended periods after mating.

The day of Aug. 6, 2001, broke in the capital with the steamy torpor of deep summer.

In autumn and winter the echidna shows periods of torpor or deep hibernation.

She was just falling asleep when her torpor was shattered by a deep, frenzied cry.

Finally, future studies may include deeper transcriptomic and/or proteomic analysis on daily torpor to identify more candidate genes, pathways or networks, which may mediate the transitions between daily torpor and arousal.

Many hibernating bat species in genera Myotis and Rhinolophus are deep hibernators that stringently control their overall metabolism during torpor [ 9, 10].