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Bears don’t actually hibernate, their winter survival trick is a months-long power-save mode (www.popsci.com)
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[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 days ago

Actually what is colloquially known as "hibernation" isn't hibernation at all, it's a distinct but trivially different classification that only scientists who specifically study bears have created. Wow!