r/BeAmazed • u/L0kivich • 17h ago

Animal Japanese raccoon dogs called Tanuki.

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u/DashLeJoker 11h ago

Is "winter dormancy" a weird way to say hibernation or is it a different thing here?

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u/TalkingRaccoon 3h ago

Specially they mean "torpor" where it's like hibernation-lite. Their metabolism slows and they'll sleep for just days or weeks at a time instead of months. But still go out looking for food throughout the winter, especially on warmer winter days. Also when looking it up I found out bats and hummingbirds torpor daily too, to conserve their energy!