![]() ![]() ![]() The exact period of hibernation differs according to different species, box turtles in specific hibernate for a period of three to four months in many geographical areas. They try to get oxygen so they can support their minimal needs without using their lungs. Turtles use up stored energy reserves during hibernation and they try to intake oxygen by drinking water wherever available. Turtles can’t produce their own body heat, and that naturally forces them to hibernate. Turtles just find a safe place, crawl inside their shell and hibernate in their own comfort zone. Turtles are one of those animals that can get into hibernation without the hassle of choosing a perfect hibernation spot. But honey bees do not hibernate, instead, they stick together as a group during winter to stay warm and survive with the food they’ve collected over the summer. Similar to bumblebees, even ground bees hibernate. This will then avoid the need for her to eat during hibernation and she can get into a really deep sleep while staying healthy. The queen will then remain in their new hole until spring arrives.Īs a way of preparing, the queen bee will fill up with pollen and plump up during the spring and summer months. Sometimes they may seek holes in walls or other gaps and crevices. The queen of the colony will start digging into a small patch of north-facing soil, as a way of avoiding the winter sun. The queen is equipped to hibernate so that she can bring her new hive to life in the spring. When winter begins to set in, all the bees will die – except for the queen, who will look for a place to hibernate. Bumblebees usually travel in colonies of 50 to 500, which are led by the queen in charge of the colony. However, another bear will often move into these dens the following winter.Īs a way of preparing for the winter, bears double up on their food intake towards late summer and fall, so they can gain enough weight to spend the winter hibernating in deep sleep.Īnd with a bear’s sleeping pattern, bears are generally light sleepers – or in other words, not heavy hibernators.īears more likely enter a state of torpor, from which they can easily be woken – unlike heavy hibernators, who get into a deep sleep.īears hibernate from winter through to spring which on average is about six months, after which bears wake up to feed, mate, and give birth to cubs.īumblebees are one of those surprising animals that actually hibernate. Usually, bears choose dark places and those that can provide greater warmth and shelter from the elements.īut, while they are picky with their hibernating places, it’s very unusual for bears to hibernate in the same place the following winter, especially in the case of caves or rock crevices. ![]() These hibernating dens are likely to be built in hollow trees, hillsides, crevices of rocks, caves, under leaves and bushes or even under the deep roots of trees. Especially bears in warmer climates like the Andian Bear, where they can find plenty of food all year round, so they have little reason to hibernate.īut the bears that do hibernate, choose to hibernate in dens. Bats can actually fall into a deep sleep for up to six months or more, making them true long-term hibernators.Ī bat’s hibernation period usually starts in late fall and ends toward the middle part of March.Īlthough bears are famously known for hibernating, like many hibernators not all bears hibernate. However, unlike many other animals that hibernate, bats store up their food for winter and fall into a deep sleep. The heart rate drops mainly because of the dipping body temperature and immensely slow metabolism rate that bats go through when hibernating during winter. A bat’s heart rate can drop so low, that bats may not breathe for up to an hour at a time during hibernation – on and off. When hibernating a bat’s heart rate drops down from a huge 400 to 25 beats per minute. Not all bats hibernate, some species of bats do choose to hibernate, whereas some choose to migrate to warmer places.īats that choose to remain in cold places to hibernate are most likely to hibernate in dark wall spaces or quiet and/or remote caves.īats will generally not mind sharing spaces with humans during winter, they may even hibernate near houses, or hibernate in barns, old wells, hollow trees, old and abandoned mine shafts, and even in people’s attics. ![]()
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