Dormancy - Animals

Animals

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Animal dormancy
  • Torpor
  • Hibernation
    • Hibernaculum
    • HIT
  • Aestivation
  • Cryptobiosis
  • Brumation
  • Diapause
    • Embryonic diapause
  • Winter rest
  • Critical thermal maximum
  • Sleep (non-human)

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Famous quotes containing the word animals:

    “The saying, “The Magyar is much too lazy to be bored,” is worth thinking about. Only the most subtle and active animals are capable of boredom.—A theme for a great poet would be God’s boredom on the seventh day of creation.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    “All animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others.”
    —George Orwell (1903–1950)

    “He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven no harm shall touch you. In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword. You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes. At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the wild animals of the earth. For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the wild animals shall be at peace with you.”
    —Bible: Hebrew, Job 5:19-23.