SOILS AND NATURAL VEGETATION
NATURAL VEGETATION INDIA
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Question
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Long winter sleep in animals is known as
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Migration
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Hibernation
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caribou
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none of above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -When the animal’s body systems slow down it goes into a sleep-like state called torpor. Torpor in the summer is called estivation. Torpor in the winter is called hibernation.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hibernation or “winter sleep” is an inactive state of animals or unconscious sleep of animals during the winter season. For example:-Bears and squirrels inhabiting cold regions show winter sleep.
Detailed explanation-3: -The winter sleep that extends throughout the winter is known as hibernation.
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