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'''Hibernation''' is a behaviour of certain animals, particularly in cold climates, of entering a prolonged physically inactive state of lowered metabolic activity, as a means of coping with the vicissitudes of [[winter]]. While many animals will sleep more than usual during the winter, true hibernation involves dramatically reduced heartrates and body temperatures, generally over a single unbroken period of torpor.

'''Hibernation''' is a behaviour of certain animals, particularly in cold climates, of entering [[dormancy]] (a prolonged physically inactive state of lowered [[metabolism|metabolic]] activity) as a means of coping with the vicissitudes of [[winter]]. While many animals will sleep more than usual during the winter, true hibernation involves dramatically reduced heartrates and body temperatures, generally over a single unbroken period of torpor.

Animals that hibernate include [[bear]]s, the [[dormouse]], the [[hedgehog]], and many types of [[reptile]]s and [[amphibian]]s.

Animals that hibernate include [[bear]]s, the [[dormouse]], the [[hedgehog]], and many types of [[reptile]]s and [[amphibian]]s.