A possible mammalian strategy instead of hibernation?
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 10:50 am
Hey all - just came across this article.
People often ask how the Hairy Guy can meet his resource needs and still stay relatively undetected. Obviously it's easier in some parts of the country than others - researchers have just found that this goat in the mediterranean was able to sychronise its metabolic functions to fluctuating resource levels.
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/11/13/0813385106
Maybe other mammals are capable too? Neat trick anyway...
Cheers,
FG
People often ask how the Hairy Guy can meet his resource needs and still stay relatively undetected. Obviously it's easier in some parts of the country than others - researchers have just found that this goat in the mediterranean was able to sychronise its metabolic functions to fluctuating resource levels.
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/11/13/0813385106
Maybe other mammals are capable too? Neat trick anyway...
Cheers,
FG