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'Mini-Hibernation' and Winter Survival Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - Ehud Rattner Home >> Headlines >> Biology   
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A daily dose of torpor helps desert-dwelling marsupials make it through chilly nights. A dormant state called torpor could be as important as hibernation in helping small mammals to survive cold winters. Many small animals are known to rely on torpor, a state somewhere between sleep and full-blown hibernation in which the animals' body temperature drops significantly. (source: nature.com)
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