hila <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>I only want to say something about the hibernate part -
>I once heard that gerbils can survive being frozen for 24 hours and stay in
>a sort of coma , and when it gets hot they wake up .
>it is not hibernating but I guess in the wild it helps them through a bad
>storm or something ...
>
I have never heard of this. It seems unlikely. Mice and hamsters can go
dormant if their temperature becomes reduced. it is not hibernation, and
is extremely dangerous, but the animal can sometimes recover.
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Julian
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