Sentence examples for profound hibernation from inspiring English sources
After months of profound hibernation, drugged by the body fat of summer, a groundhog sometimes, on a mild winter day, pokes its head out of its burrow.
One of the most profound changes in physiology is hibernation, and one of the most physiologically remarkable hibernators is the bear.
Daily mean Tb was highest in June and decreased during the rest of summer, at first slowly, but with a profound drop just prior to hibernation.
Entry into hibernation is signified by profound reduction in whole animal metabolism (to 2-25% basal rates), regulated decreases in body temperature, heart beat and metabolic rates that persist over hibernation seasons that can span nearly eight months.
We considered this hibernator suitable because it shows profound changes of Tb throughout the year (Fig. 1), and relies entirely on fat reserves to fuel metabolism during hibernation and early spring [25] [27], excluding any direct dietary influence on membrane PL composition during these periods.
Hibernation in mammals is a naturally occurring process of profound suppression of metabolic demand and tolerance to hypothermia that enables individuals to fast for 6 8 months.
Indeed, hibernation in lemurs is also novel among mammals, which are the only cases of natural hibernation not accompanied by profound reductions in body temperature [8,9].
"I went into hibernation.
This is miles beyond hibernation.
In October he studies animal hibernation.
