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| | MSN Encarta - Hibernation |
 | | Hibernation is a controlled physiological state—the animal regulates all internal body changes even during the deepest torpor of hibernation. | | | Although the physiological changes that occur during hibernation vary from one animal to the next, all animals entering hibernation undergo certain similar changes. | | | Some ectothermic animals—cold-blooded animals that depend upon heat from the environment to maintain their body temperature—also hibernate. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/refarticle.aspx?refid=761552980
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| | Hibernation Guidelines for Turtles and Tortoises |
| | The immune system isn't effective in hibernation and a sleeping animal has no resistance to infection, either internal or external. | | | The rule-of-thumb to guide you on your research should be: The farther from the equator the species occurs naturally, the more likely it is to hibernate; the closer to the equator, the less likely. | | | You can then allow it a shorter sleep period, usually several weeks, in a place where you can monitor its well-being. |
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http://www.anapsid.org/hibernation.html
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| | Tortoise Trust Web - Safer Hibernation and Your Tortoise |
| | The effectiveness of these techniques is such that despite hibernating possibly more tortoises each year than anyone else, we have never suffered a single hibernation fatality. | | | A tortoise in hibernation does not stay in one place, but attempts to move, and it either digs deeper into its box, or climbs to the surface. | | | At this point, rather than follow tradition and wait for your tortoise to emerge from its hibernating box itself, you should remove the hibernating box from its winter quarters and warm it up by placing it near a heater, and allow it to warm gradually. |
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http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/safer.html
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| | Box turtle hibernation |
| | This author hypothesizes that the lack of proper hibernation may lead to irreparable damage to the immune system. | | | However, if behavioral changes characteristic of pre-hibernation are exhibited, even very late into the winter, the turtle should be hibernated, even if only for a brief time. | | | The two most important factors in hibernating box turtles are maintaining hydration and monitoring them. |
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http://www.boxturtlesite.org/dvmhib.html
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| | Forced hibernation could save lives - LiveScience - MSNBC.com |
| | Hibernating humans and space travel aside," Roth told LiveScience, "we hope that 'metabolic flexibility' can be used to enhance trauma care, surgical outcome and organ transplant." | | | Eric Blackstone, a graduate research assistant in Roth's laboratory, was lead author of the journal paper. | | | "We are, in essence, temporarily converting mice from warm-blooded to cold-blooded creatures, which is exactly the same thing that happens naturally when mammals hibernate," said lead researcher Mark Roth of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. |
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7588904
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| | Hibernation |
| | Dropping into deep hibernation or into a torpid state allows the animal to use their body's energy reserves at a slower rate than they would if they were maintaining themselves at their typical basal metabolic rate. | | | The reliance of these animals upon warmth from their environments for their body heat necessitates that they anticipate the onset of cold conditions and not be caught out of their hibernaculae by potentially lethal cold temperatures. | | | The disadvantage of consequential dormancy is that the organism is exposed to potentially damaging environmental conditions (poikilotherms in particular are especially vulnerable to the stresses of consequential dormancy). |
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http://www.nk2.psu.edu/naturetrail/Winter/hibernation.htm
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| | Tortoise Trust Web - Refrigerator Hibernation for Tortoises and Turtles |
| | The first thing to be aware of is that hibernating tortoises and turtles have a very low oxygen demand. | | | This topic probably causes the most concern to those unused to the concept of refrigerator hibernation. | | | I put each tortoise in it's own box. |
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http://www.tortoisetrust.org/articles/Refrigerator.htm
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| | EEK! - Snug in the Snow - Hibernation Story |
| | The "true" hibernators sleep so deeply that they are almost impossible to wake up. | | | These animals breathe a little more slowly and lower their body temperature a few degrees while sleeping, but they wake up to forage between winter snows. | | | This special fat is found across the back and shoulders of hibernating animals, close to an animal’s organs (brain, liver). |
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http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/nature/snugsnow.htm
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| | NOVA Online Japan's Secret Garden Secrets of Hibernation |
| | Ours is not to quibble, however, and for the purposes of this article, sleeping through the winter -- to whatever degree -- will be referred to as hibernation. | | | Black bears keep their heads and torsos warm enough that they can wake if disturbed, though some may take awhile to do so. | | | Biologists have long acknowledged that hibernating black bears may have something to teach us, and they are now studying the animals with an eye to aiding everything from organ preservation to kidney disorders, from human hibernation to long-distance space travel. |
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/satoyama/hibernation.html
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| | Box turtle hibernation |
| | This is a good way to hibernate your box turtle since it allows you to monitor the temperature and health of your box turtles. | | | It’s also crucial to assess your box turtle’s health before you allow it to hibernate. | | | Once it becomes sedentary you may place it into the hibernation box. |
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http://www.boxturtlesite.org/hib.html
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| | BBC NEWS Science/Nature Mice put in 'suspended animation' |
| | If humans could be freed from their dependence on oxygen, it could buy time for critically ill patients on organ-transplant lists and in operating rooms, said Dr Roth. | | | Lead investigator Dr Mark Roth said this might ultimately lead to new ways of treating cancer, and preventing injury and death from insufficient blood supply to organs and tissues. | | | Mice do not normally hibernate, but they can reach a similar state called clinical torpor in conditions of food deprivation. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4469793.stm
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| | Lesson Exchange: Hibernation (Kindergarten, Science) |
| | Motivation: Ask the students, ¡§Did you ever wonder what it would be like to sleep all winter long?¡¨ Then have an open discussion informing the students that some animals do and discover their current information base. | | | Final Summary: After three times using the oral story telling technique to develop a deeper understanding of story, the class will create a mural to help establish long term memory through further transference of knowledge. | | | Concepts Taught: What animals hibernate and why; what the environment looks like for animals to know its time |
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http://www.teachers.net/lessons/posts/3293.html
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| | hibernation on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Buying Time Through 'Hibernation on Demand'; Landmark Finding in Mice May Lead to New Approaches for Cancer, Trauma Care in Humans. | | | Let HighBeam Research help you refine your search | | | Analogous to hibernation is aestivation, a dormant period of escape from heat and drought. |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/h1/hibernat.asp
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| | The Open Door Web Site : Biology : Hibernation |
| | The animal's biological clock (a natural instinct the animal has to begin hibernation) triggers the start of changes in its behavior. | | | Marmots which live in the Alps hibernate for 6 months. | | | This is why an animal which is hibernating should never be disturbed. |
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http://www.saburchill.com/ans02/chapters/chap034c.html
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| | Birds and All Nature: The Hibernation of Animals |
| | As to the suspension of breathing in hibernators, the fact is proved sufficiently in the instances of the raccoon and the woodchuck. | | | Birds and All Nature: The Hibernation of Animals | | | It is known that in perfect hibernators the processes of nature are interrupted during the period of this long insensibility. |
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http://www.birdnature.com/feb1899/hibernation.html
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| | Hibernation |
| | Insects experience a type of dormancy called diapause - a time when they do not grow and their body functions slow down. | | | True hibernators are able to reduce their body temperature to near freezing - a level that would be fatal under ordinary conditions. | | | Torpor is not as deep as hibernation and usually does not last as long. |
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http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/science_surfing/112415
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| | Hibernation / Brumation |
| | Once feeding stops, the tortoise should be bathed regularly to encourage it to pass anything left in its digestive system. | | | Before hibernation, a tortoise should be gradually cooled and feeding should be stopped. | | | It is important that a tortoise doesn't enter hibernation with food still in its stomach, so as the time for hibernation approaches, the desire to feed will be gradually reducing due to the drop in temperatures. |
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http://home.earthlink.net/~rednine/hibernation.htm
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| | Where do Animals go in Winter? |
| | It uses very little energy during hibernation and has no need to eat. | | | Although it may appear like there are no creatures about, you are probably being watched by some animal from his winter home. | | | if humans get a bit of the instinct to hibernate: in the fall we get out our soup recipes, light a fire and curl up wit... |
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http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/science_for_kids/110830
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| | Technorati Tag: hibernation |
| | Now if only humans could pick up this ritual. | | | Bobo the bear goes into hibernation That’s what bears do in the wintertime, they hibernate. | | | A tag is like a subject or category. |
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http://technorati.com/tag/hibernation
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| | Frogs and Weather: Desert Frogs |
| | Wood frogs, like this one on the right, are the most widely found frogs above the Arctic Circle. | | | When the weather gets cold their bodies cool down and they can't move. | | | As the temperature drops, frogs burrow a little ways under forest leaves (so they won't freeze to death), and go into hibernation until the weather gets warm again. |
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http://allaboutfrogs.org/weird/strange/freeze.html
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| | Hibernation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Hibernation is believed to come about due to increased production of the thyronamines which have the effect of lowering body temperature and inhibiting neuronal activity. | | | This article refers to the process of hibernation in biology. | | | One animal that some consider to be a hibernator but is not a true hibernator is the bear. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibernation
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| | Hibernate (OS feature) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Hibernation is defined as sleeping mode S4 in the ACPI specification. | | | Early implementations of hibernation did use the BIOS but on modern systems the functionality is usually handled by the operating system. | | | To use hibernation the hard disk needs to have at least as much free space as there is RAM on the system. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibernate_(OS_feature)
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| | Astrobiology: The Living Universe - Human Hibernation |
| | Of course, it's one thing to say 'place humans in hibernation' and another thing to do it. | | | A great many of the problems involved in sending humans interstellar distances could be solved by placing them in a hibernating state, much like the hibernation which squirrels and other small mammals undergo during winter. | | | If you placed humans into a state of hibernation, then you wouldn't have to worry about keeping them particularly happy with the parks, activities and other space-consuming factors mentioned in Generation Ships. |
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http://www.ibiblio.org/astrobiology/index.php?page=future03
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| | Animals in winter - animal hibernation, migration, & adaptation - hibernate, migrate, adapt, animal behavior |
| | Other hibernating animals do not experience major changes in temperature, heart rate and breathing. | | | Recent research suggests that it is some kind of opiate, chemically related to morphine. | | | Animals in winter - animal hibernation, migration, & adaptation - hibernate, migrate, adapt, animal behavior |
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http://www.sciencemadesimple.net/animals.html
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| | Biology - Hibernation |
| | The research aims to identify what genes are involved in triggering the loss of body fat, and to find a way of kick-starting the same genes in humans as a way of losing weight. | | | The American army, which has been funding the research, is interested in the concept of inducing protective hibernation in battlefield casualties to keep them alive when medical help is not at hand. | | | Scientists have discovered genes for hibernation in humans. |
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http://www.crystalinks.com/hibernation.html
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| | Hibernating Hamster Hibernation |
| | Though hamsters have evolved some in the 60 years they have been commonly kept as pets, they still are not very used to our changing seasons. | | | He may want to sleep, or he might be more interested in food and water. | | | Syrian hamsters, however, are not so good at hibernating. |
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http://www.hamsterific.com/HamsterUniversity/HamsterHibernation.cfm
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| | Kodiak Island, Alaska - Official Visitors Guide - Bears - Hibernation |
| | Hibernation of bears is different from other "hibernators" such as bats, marmots, squirrels, woodchucks and rodents that are in a deep sleep or state of torpidity, with a low metabolic rate and temperatures many degrees below normal. | | | Hibernation is a state of dormancy and inactivity used by bears and various other animals to adapt to short winter food supplies. | | | Bears in poor condition, with an inadequate fat reserve, may not hibernate or for only a short period. |
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http://www.kodiak.org/hibernation.html
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| | Hibernation |
| | Prior to the period of winter dormancy, called hibernation, there are physiological adjustments that occur over a period of weeks. | | | This will allow the tortoises to snug into it inside the inner box and unlike slick newspaper will not cause muscle strain on the legs as the tortoise walks about. | | | It is the natural thing for them to do. |
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http://www.tortoisegroup.org/hibernation.html
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| | How To Configure a Computer to Enter Hibernation in Windows 2000 |
| | The procedure for Advanced Power Management may vary because the BIOS of the computer is responsible for hibernation. | | | All documents and programs are restored to their original state when the computer comes out of hibernation. | | | Enable hibernate support check box has been selected. |
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http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308098
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| | ANIMALS IN WINTER - HIBERNATION |
| | During HIBERNATION, an animal appears to be dead because the heart rate and the body temperature and movements have slowed down. | | | Many animals that hibernate will wake up and then go back into hibernation again. | | | During their hibernation, they wake up every 10 to 14 days and have a "snack". |
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http://www.expage.com/page/mrsgwinter2
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| | Duc in Altum |
| | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License. | | | I do not know how long the slumber will last, but similar to the hibernation of some animals there will probably be an occasional awakening from sleep in order to post an entry or two. | | | How often have we asked somebody to do something and the response has been that the something could not be done because the person is busy? |
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http://ducinaltum.blogspot.com/2005/12/hibernation.html
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| | Hibernate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. | | | Hibernate (OS feature): An operating system feature where the system saves its state to disk and then powers off. |
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| | UNE Sciences -Staff Details |
| | Körtner G, Geiser F (1998) Ecology of natural hibernation in the marsupial mountain pygmy-possum (Burramys parvus). | | | Geiser F, Ruf T (1995) Hibernation versus daily torpor in mammals and birds: physiological variables and classification of torpor patterns. | | | Geiser F. Baudinette RV (1990) The relationship between body mass and rate of rewarming from hibernation and daily torpor in mammals. |
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http://www.sciences.une.edu.au/esnrm/page.asp?PgName=staff_details&StID=2726
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| | Chrisma - Hibernation |
| | Vangelis' possible cooperation with Chrisma and his brother on this album has been a source of speculation, but fact is that he is not credited in any way and his participation has never been confirmed... | | | Apparently the success of 'Chinese Restaurant' one year before made Italian punk-rock group Chrisma come back for more. | | | The result was 'Hibernation', their second album recorded in Vangelis' studio Nemo and produced by brother Niko. |
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http://www.vangelismovements.com/hibernation.htm
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| | the imperfect poet: hibernation |
| | Not necessarily the best state to exist in but it's been working for me. I believe everyone should have the odd moment of self-pity to put life into perspective and give one a ditch to crawl out of... | | | I have spent the last two months wallowing in a state of hibernation, reflecting on life, love and the purpose of breathing. | | | You can consume, copy and share for personal use - with my CC License link - but if you get paid, I need to get paid. |
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http://infinitepursuit.blogspot.com/2005/11/hibernation.html
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| | Hibernation |
| | Some cold climate amphibians have an antifreeze-like substance in their blood that makes hibernation in cold climates possible. | | | Just imagine, September through April, close to three-fourths of their year is spent in hibernation. | | | Ice and snow can lock the toads in their hibernation burrows for eight to nine months at a time. |
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http://www.mesc.usgs.gov/resources/education/borealtoad/hibernation.asp
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| | Hibernation information and rulings |
| | Flavor text: The deep sleep of winter is not always restful. | | | Click here to see the official rulings for Hibernation in our Ask the Judge database! |
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http://sales.starcitygames.com/cardsearch.php?singlesearch=Hibernation
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| | BBC NEWS World Europe Unbearable thaw grips Russian zoo |
| | Temperatures have reached record highs of seven degrees celsius in some areas. | | | A zoo official told Interfax news agency that a black bear had woken from hibernation, while a brown bear had still not gone to sleep for the winter. | | | Temperatures in north-west Russia are so mild this week that they are disrupting bears' sleep in St Petersburg's zoo, local media say. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4169565.stm
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| | Hibernation - Wizards of the Coast |
| | Return all green permanents to their owners' hands. | | | Look up Hibernation in our Magic rules database |
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http://www.wizards.com/magic/autocard.asp?name=Hibernation
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