Animals That Hibernate During Winter
Here are 10 other animals that prefer to take the winter months off.
Animals that hibernate during winter. Bears skunks chipmunks and some bats. This is a special very deep sleep. When it comes to hibernating mammals reptiles and amphibians are fair game for this long rest.
Children will love learning about these fascinating animals from around the world that hibernate during the cold winter months. Animals that hibernate. A species of bird called the gray and.
The animals included in this book are a bear a chipmunk a raccoon a snake a bat and a hedgehog. Once winter approaches the old queens worker bees and male bees die repeating the cycle. Like many other reptiles and amphibians lizards hibernate during the winter because they are cold-blooded animals.
Some animals which hibernate are jumping mouse little brown bat the eastern chipmunk some species of ground squirrels wood frog deer mice skunks hamsters prairie dogs and hedgehogs. During the process they dont eat or drink for about 6 months on average and they rarely urinate or defecate. Most American bumblebees will die during the winter.
Do you know other animals that hibernate in the winter. Other hibernating animals do not experience major changes in temperature heart rate and breathing. During this phase body metabolism and heart rate of the animal go down drastically and the animal practically sleeps for various days to months.
There are a few insects like the winter stone fly crane fly and snow fleas that are normally active in winter. The Winter climate in North America ranges from cold and wet to snowy and windy. They may sleep during the most severe weather and wake to roam and eat during milder weather.