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Why Don't Humans Hibernate - References

  • Turtles don't actually breathe through their butts (except for a few Australian ones)

  • Dwarf lemurs slowing heartbeat

  • Bears recycle their urine into muscle

  • Why sleep is not like hibernation

  • The bonkers metabolism of hummingbirds

  • Overnight torpor in hummingbirds

  • Estivation is like hibernation in the heat

  • Mucus-covered water-loving frogs

  • Wood frogs become frog popsicles

  • Hibernation is seen only in mammals (and one bird)

  • The hypothalamus controls hibernation

  • Blood hormones in hibernation

  • Brown fat is like a cellular furnace

  • The extreme body temperature changes of arctic ground squirrels

  • Hibernating animals are sleep-deprived

  • Behold: Fecal plugs!

  • Hibernators live longer

  • Hibernation slows aging in marmots

  • Humans evolved in Africa, so we don't hibernate

  • Human brains made hibernation unnecessary

  • Brain synapse loss in hibernation 

  • Animals have to relearn smells after hibernation

  • Human ancestors may have hibernated

  • NASA hibernation research

  • Therapeutic hypothermia in medicine

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