"Brumation was a term used for escaping hot and dry. As in doing down to avoid inhospitable heat and dryness."

brumation - a reduced state/torpor of metabolic activity of cold-blooded animals in response to reduced temperatures.

hibernation - metabolic levels reduced to conserve energy/fat reserves over extended periods of time, usually seasonal. More often related to warm-blooded animals. A brumating animal can come out of its tropor much more quickly than a hibernating animal can.

aestivation - reduced metabolic activity due to higher temps or dryer conditions.
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• Length of brumation cycle? - foxturtle, Sat Feb 14 12:03:24 2009
• It's an art, not a science... - brhaco, Sat Feb 14 12:43:19 2009
• RE: It's an art, not a science... - DISCERN, Sat Feb 14 13:39:32 2009
• RE: It's an art, not a science... - brhaco, Sat Feb 14 14:15:38 2009
• RE: Its simple biology, not art - FR, Sat Feb 14 14:32:15 2009
• So FR........... - BobS, Sat Feb 14 15:16:46 2009
• RE: So FR........... - BobS, Sat Feb 14 15:28:36 2009
• RE: So FR........... - antelope, Sat Feb 14 20:59:57 2009
• RE: So FR........... - BobS, Sat Feb 14 22:27:09 2009
• RE: So FR........... - FR, Sun Feb 15 00:35:37 2009
• RE: So FR........... - BobS, Sun Feb 15 15:09:51 2009
• That is your biggest problem - zach_whitman, Mon Feb 16 01:03:23 2009
• RE: That is your biggest problem - BobS, Mon Feb 16 08:35:06 2009
• RE: That is your biggest problem - BobS, Mon Feb 16 09:15:24 2009
• RE: That is your biggest problem - DISCERN, Mon Feb 16 12:01:45 2009
• RE: That is your biggest problem - BobS, Mon Feb 16 12:39:26 2009
• RE: That is your biggest problem - zach_whitman, Wed Feb 18 21:26:43 2009
• RE: That is your biggest problem - DISCERN, Wed Feb 18 21:51:47 2009
• RE: That is your biggest problem - markg, Mon Feb 16 14:33:11 2009
• By the way Zach............ - BobS, Mon Feb 16 16:52:59 2009
• RE: By the way Zach............ - indictment, Mon Feb 16 19:21:53 2009
• thanks nm - BobS, Mon Feb 16 21:02:40 2009
• RE: By the way Zach............ - zach_whitman, Wed Feb 18 21:20:25 2009
• RE: By the way Zach............ - BobS, Wed Feb 18 22:59:39 2009
• RE: By the way Zach.....III....... - BobS, Wed Feb 18 23:57:49 2009
• RE: By the way Zach.....III....... - zach_whitman, Thu Feb 19 01:03:58 2009
• RE: By the way Zach.....III....... - BobS, Thu Feb 19 02:01:33 2009
• RE: Its simple biology, not art - Beaker30, Sat Feb 14 15:39:29 2009
• Small correction... - brhaco, Sat Feb 14 19:10:45 2009
• RE: Length of brumation cycle? - ZFelicien, Sat Feb 14 15:31:46 2009
• RE: Length of brumation cycle? - foxturtle, Sat Feb 14 17:40:07 2009
• Btw... - foxturtle, Sat Feb 14 17:44:34 2009
• I Wish! - ZFelicien, Sat Feb 14 19:22:49 2009
• RE: Length of brumation cycle? - FR, Sun Feb 15 08:52:14 2009
• RE: Length of brumation cycle? - brhaco, Sun Feb 15 09:18:31 2009