Israeli Scientists Discover Local Bat Species That Hibernate at Room Temperature

Finding contradicts common wisdom that mammals hibernate at freezing point in winter to keep bodily functions very low.

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Most animal species that hibernate in winter do so by lowering their body temperature to near-freezing, but now scientists in Israel have found two species of bats that use a different, much more...
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