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Question:
We learned, at the forest preserve, that frogs hibernate in the winter. How
do frogs hibernate? We are 7 and 8 year old children asking this question.
Replies:
From the New Webster's Universal Encyclopedia: "Hibernation involves a period
of sleep during which the body temperature drops almost to that of the surroundings,
the body processes are slowed, and the hibernator lives on a reserve of body fat until
it awakens in the spring."
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