Timothy Treadwell
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Timothy Treadwell was an American bear enthusiast, environmentalist, documentary filmmaker, and founder of the bear-protection organization Grizzly People. He lived among coastal brown bears in Katmai
Timothy Treadwell
Torpor
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Torpor is a state of decreased physiological activity in an animal, usually marked by a reduced body temperature and metabolic rate. Torpor enables animals to survive periods of reduced food availabil
Timothy Treadwell
…also wanted to locate a favorite female brown bear about which he was concerned. The bears he was familiar with during the summer had already gone into torpor, and bears from other parts of the park that did not know Treadwell were moving into the area. Some of the last footage taken by Treadwell hours before…
Lystrosaurus skull showing prominent tusks; growth rings within these tusks (not visible externally) have been used to infer periodic metabolic stress consistent with torpor-like states.
Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) in nocturnal torpor during a cold winter night (−8 °C (18 °F) near Vancouver, British Columbia. The bird remained in torpor with an unchanged position for more than 12 hours.
Tri-colored bat Perimyotis subflavus in torpor (family Vespertilionidae)