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Hummingbirds found to exert fine control over body heat

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2022-02-02

At night, hummingbirds lower their body temperature and metabolism drastically by dropping into an energy-saving state of inactivity called torpor. Scientists from multiple universities now find there's more than one level of torpor: shallow and deep, plus the transition stage between levels of torpor and the normal sleep state. Their findings have been published in the Journal of Experimental Biology.

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https://phys.org/news/2022-02-hummingbirds-exert-fine-body.html