2007-10-20 09:32:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
"Hibernation" comes from the Latin word for winter "hiber". The opposite is aestivation from the Latin "aestas" meaning summer.
Animals hibernate because there is insufficient food to keep them alive during the winter. With hibernation their metabolism slows down so they can survive for months on their stored fat. I think dormice have the longest hibernation, spending 9 months asleep. As hibernation refers to sleeping for the winter, hibernating animals in the Southern Hemisphere do it at a different time of year from their Northern Hemisphere counterparts as the seasons are reversed. Different species spend different lengths of time in hibernation and so start in different months. Species start earlier closer to the poes as well.
A few animals aestivate. One that does is the bogong moth of southeastern Australia which collects in vast numbers in rock cracks and shelters in the Snowy Mountains every summer.
2007-10-20 11:25:08 · answer #1 · answered by tentofield 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-13 08:36:28 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paul is right. Hibernation doesn't have a "schedule" per se, but it is "activated" by the lack of food and dropping temperatures.
2007-10-20 10:51:11 · answer #3 · answered by Double You 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
most animals that hibernate do so based on temperature or lack of food, that way they can adapt to changing conditions.
2007-10-20 10:13:18 · answer #4 · answered by paul 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That depends on what kind of animal and on what continent you're on.
2007-10-20 09:42:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋