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Wow! What an educational post! I had to go online to learn about 'torpor'. Thanks.
I also had to look it up :-)http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2006/04/09/hummingbirds-and-torpor/If anyone else is curious - it's when they sleep they lower their metabolic rate significantly and appear almost dead.
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Wow! What an educational post! I had to go online to learn about 'torpor'. Thanks.
I also had to look it up :-)
http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2006/04/09/hummingbirds-and-torpor/
If anyone else is curious - it's when they sleep they lower their metabolic rate significantly and appear almost dead.
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