Joel Kontinen
Squirrels seem to remember where they buried their nuts.
Now, scientist have made an interesting discovery of squirrels. While most squirrels don’t hibernate, they spend their day of cold days in their nest.
However, in particular the “13-lined ground squirrel (Ictidomys tridecemlineatus), whose heart rate, metabolism, and body temperature dramatically plummet during their long rest—similar to bears, woodchucks, and other hibernating animals.”
This is in keeping with the laws of nature, they accept intelligent design for their task of getting through winter.
In a study published in Current Biology, scientists measured the “blood fluid, or serum, of dozens of squirrels. the squirrels seemed to regulate their blood concentration, to keep it low by removing electrolytes like sodium and other chemicals like glucose and urea and storing them elsewhere in the body (possibly in the bladder).”
Source:
Frederhick, Eva, 2019, Here’s how hibernating squirrels live for months without water. (1 October).
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