Monday, December 7, 2015


Hibernation.
Hibernation is a state of energy conservation during which body temperature and metabolism are drastically reduced. If this state lasts longer than 24 hours, it is called hibernation. There are many mammals that hibernate for example the lemurs exclusively live on the island of Madagascar, where they hibernate during the dry season to conserve water. For most animals finding enough food in winter can be difficult when the main source of food like insects or green plants is in short supply. Some animals solve this problem by hibernating. Hibernation is a deep sleep that helps them to save energy and survive the winter without eating much. During hibernation the animal’s body temperature drops, and its heartbeat and its breathing slow down so that it does not use much energy. But the problem is that some animals are having insomnia because they are being disrupted, and they are being disrupted by humans. The humans are bothering the animals while sleeping because they want to hunt them, or because the deforestation.  

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070202-groundhog_2.html

Questions:

1. What do you think it is a good way so the humans stop bothering the animals while they are sleeping on winter?
2. Why do you think hibernate its important for the animals?

2 comments:

  1. Frédéric migneaultDecember 8, 2015 at 8:06 PM

    1- the gouvernement could make A law to only durring winter tout stop déforestation so the animal could sleep.
    2-I Think its important because some animal can't probally survive the winter so they sleep in cave or holl to survive thé winter.

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  2. 1. I think we should stop bothering animals while they sleep because animals will get their full rest until the summer.

    2. So then the animals will be well rested like we need a lot of sleep.

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