a neat survival trick once thought rare in Australian animals is actually widespread
- Written by Chris Wacker, Postdoctoral Research Fellow - School of Environmental and Rural Science, University of New England
ShutterstockLife is hard for small animals in the wild, but they have many solutions to the challenges of their environment. One of the most fascinating of these strategies is torpor. Not, to be confused with sleep or Sunday afternoon lethargy, torpor is a complex response to the costs of living.
To enter torpor, an animal decreases its...
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