![]() They have no control over their internal body temperatures and therefore cannot actively down-regulate it or suppress other physiological activities like metabolic rates and heart beat. We didn’t use the term ‘hibernate’ because based on scientific convention and beliefs, frogs actually cannot hibernate. They remain ‘involuntarily’ dormant for the most part of winter, a method fairly similar to the way squirrels and bears actively repress their physcological activities to conserve energy. ![]() During the cold, frigid and bitterly bleakly conditions of the winter season, humans protect themselves by staying indoors while completely shrouded and heavily insulated by comfy sweaters and soft cloth, animals like whales, caribou, bats and monarch butterflies migrate away to warmer environments in order to safely guarantee their winter survival, arctic dwelling mammals like polar bears and walruses develop fist-sized blubbers to stay warm and cozy for the most part, and smaller sized mammals like chipmunks and squirrels along with some species of Northern bears retire mostly into partly insulated dens and actively repress their bodily functions to conserve energy.īut what exactly do frogs do? How do they cope with the immensely emotional and dramatic atmosphere of the winter season? How do they find food and where do they drink water?
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