Marmots (IMAGE)

University of California - Los Angeles

Marmots

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During their time hibernating, marmots’ breathing slows, they burn a single gram of fat per day, and their body temperature plummets to the point that “they feel like fuzzy, cold rocks.”

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Daniel Blumstein/UCLA

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