Hibernating Animals

Hibernating

Many animals hibernate during the cold winter season.

Some sleep in caves, another cuddle inside burrows, or hollows in tree trunks. They hibernate because food is harder to find in the winter and the lack of food makes it hard for them to find energy to move around.

When animals hibernate they undergo physical adaptations. Their heart beat slows down. They breath less and their body temperature goes down ( very close to freezing temperature)

Hibernation also cause their brains to goes into a deep sleep. Hibernating animal take a long time to wake up.

Hibernating animals eat a lot of food during the fall season and store a lot of fat which will helps them to survive during their hibernation.

Groundhogs and bears, bats, are some of the animals that hibernate

Hibernating Bear coloring page

Hibernating Songs

Bear is Sleeping
Sing to the tune of Brother John
Author unknown

Bear is sleeping. Bear is sleeping
In a cave, in a cave,
Sleeping all of winter, sleeping all of winter
Snug and warm, snug and warm.

Bear is sleeping, Bear is sleeping.
In a cave, In a cave.
I wonder when he'll come out,
I wonder when he'll come out.
In the spring, In the spring.


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