Torpor: a state of suspended animation
Mar 10, 2022
2 minutes
WITH EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGIST JV CHAMARY
SOME ANIMAL SPECIES ENTER A state of suspended animation that is called ‘torpor’. And while it might look like torpid animals have just gone to sleep for a while, they’ve actually undergone profound physiological changes that include a dramatic drop in their body temperature.
Is torpor like hibernation?
Sort of. Some animals can enter ‘daily torpor’ for a few
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