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How a species of ground squirrel manages to go without food and water over the winter months

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Yale University study shows thirteen -lined ground squirrel hibernates from six to eight months every year during the winter.

Hormones in the squirrel's brain were acting as antidiuretics, helping to hold onto water.

Researchers also found that the parts of the squirrel brain that signaled for the production of such hormones remained high during torpor states.

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86

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informal

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English

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long-living

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