A new study finds that despite lowering its metabolism by 75 percent, a bear's internal temperature barely drops. Bears also don't lose muscle mass or strength, and researchers hope the study ? the first continuous monitoring of a bear in hibernation ? will be a boon for human medicine.
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Full story at http://www.npr.org/2011/02/18/133849231/hibernating-bears-a-metabolic-marvel?ft=1&f=1001
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