High-Elevation Hummingbirds Evolved a Temperature Trick
Podcast |
Science, Quickly
Publisher |
Scientific American
Media Type |
audio
Podknife tags |
Science & Medicine
Technology
Categories Via RSS |
Science
Publication Date |
Sep 15, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:02:08
Hummingbirds in the Peruvian Andes enter a state of torpor at night to conserve energy, dipping their body temperature to as low as 38 degrees Fahrenheit. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

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