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What do snakes do when they hibernate?

2025/5/26
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Emily Taylor: 作为一名生物学教授，我发现蛇类的生活很大程度上受到温度的影响。当冬季来临，温度降低时，蛇的体温也会随之下降，因为它们依赖环境中的热量来保持体温。最终，这些低温会促使它们进入冬眠状态，它们会寻找合适的冬眠场所，例如松鼠的洞穴或火山裂缝，许多蛇会聚集在那里。在这些地方，蛇的体温会变得非常低，可能仅略高于冰点。关于蛇穴深处发生的事情，我们了解的还不够多。我们知道，在大多数情况下，如果蛇移动，它们也不会移动太多，因为天气太冷了。当天气非常寒冷时，蛇无法移动。这些地方位于深入地下的隧道中，隧道有很多曲折。科学家们在很大程度上无法获得相关信息。 Esther the snake: 作为一条蛇，我想告诉大家，冬天太冷了，我几乎什么都做不了。不过别担心，当春天天气转暖，平均温度高于60华氏度时，我会回到地面。春天也是蛇的交配季节，到时候我会分享一些寻找伴侣的技巧。

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Happy Snake Week! Every episode this week explores a different question about our slithery friends. Did you know snakes hibernate in the winter just like bears, chipmunks and geckos? But what do they do while they’re hibernating? Do they have dreams? Do they wake up for mid-hibernation snacks? We asked snake scientist Emily Taylor to help us find the answer! 

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