Look up torpor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Torpor is a state of decreased physiological activity in an animal, usually marked by a reduced body...

and will enter torpor to conserve energy. Huddling as an energy conserving mechanism is not as efficient as torpor. Before entering torpor, a sugar glider...

decline in body temperature. Many experts believe that the processes of daily torpor and hibernation form a continuum and utilise similar mechanisms. The equivalent...

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two types of torpor: hibernation which is long term (weeks or months) and daily torpor which is usually only a few hours. Daily torpor involves a less...

and poikilothermic when at rest. This phenomenon has been termed 'daily torpor' and was intensively studied in the Djungarian hamster. During the hibernation...

mammals use the capillary network in oversized ears for the same purpose. Torpor, a state of decreased activity where the body temperature and metabolism...

energy when food is scarce and at night when not foraging, they can enter torpor, a state similar to hibernation, and slow their metabolic rate to 1⁄15 of...

and entering a state of torpor. When studied in colder temperatures at mountainous elevations, Anna's hummingbirds used torpor more frequently and for...

nights in torpor. Torpor results in energy conservation by significantly slowing down heart rate and metabolism, which lowers body temperature. Torpor is different...

byāpāda): feelings of hostility, resentment, hatred and bitterness. Sloth-and-torpor (thīna-middha): half-hearted action with little or no effort or concentration...

listed as vulnerable. All species of mulgaras use torpor daily. Studies have shown they use torpor in the wild and in the lab setting. In contrast to...

that it uses is daily torpor. It lowers its body temperature and metabolic rate, in order to reduce energy expenditure. Torpor is unaffected by alterations...

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Torpor Inducing Transfer Habitat For Human Stasis To Mars is a hibernation system proposed by SpaceWorks Engineering in 2013. The proposed system would...

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(sloth-torpor). Styāna or thīna is identified as: One of the five hindrances to meditation practice (in combination with middha, i.e. as sloth-torpor) One...

during harsh weather, and some species even entering torpor. There were several reports of suspected torpor in swallows from 1947, such as a 1970 report that...

daily. They do not hibernate, but some species are capable of entering torpor. In winter, many species undergo morphological changes that drastically...

experience torpor each winter, not all males go into winter torpor annually. For those males that do enter winter torpor, they exit torpor on average...

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their antithesis, the Five Hindrances (sensual pleasure, ill-will, sloth-torpor, restlessness-worry, doubt). In addition, one Samyutta Nikaya sutta identifies...

and on the availability of food, it spends much of the day in a state of torpor. Such behaviour enables it to survive periods of extreme weather and food...

to seek a microhabitat of reduced thermal stress. Aestivation Physiology Torpor R.W. McDiarmid, 1999 Roy W. McDiarmid and Ronald Altig (1999) Tadpoles:...

मिद्ध  ; Tibetan phonetic: nyi) is a Buddhist term that is translated as "torpor", "drowsiness", "sleep", etc. In the Theravada tradition, middha is defined...

wild and 18 years in captivity. It uses its tail to store fat reserves for torpor. Recent research has shown that C. medius hibernates (or aestivates), even...

ultraviolet radiation. Bet hedging (biology) Plant physiology Scotobiology Torpor Capon, Brian (2005). Botany for gardeners. Timber Press: Timber Press. p...

drop, thereby conserving energy. Examples include hibernating bears and torpor in bats. Thermoregulation in organisms runs along a spectrum from endothermy...

acoustic signals. During extreme conditions, some frogs enter a state of torpor and remain inactive for months. In colder regions, many species of frog...

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