What are the hibernating animals? What are the animals that spend the winter in the south?

Hibernation (also known as "winter sting") is a state in which the extreme but regular decline of body temperature, metabolism and other physiological activities is an adaptation to reducing energy consumption. It was cold, people began to wear thick clothes, but animals didn't have thick clothes and shoes and socks to wear, so they invented some methods to fight against the severe winter. Some animals sleep by hibernating. Hibernation can be divided into three stages: entering sleep, deep sleep and leaving sleep. It takes about one to several days for the body temperature of sleeping animals to begin to drop to a stable temperature close to the ambient temperature. We know that most hibernating animals, so what are hibernating animals? Next, let's take a look!

What is a hibernating animal?

The most familiar ones are frogs, toads, snakes, earthworms, bears, crocodiles, hedgehogs, turtles, squirrels, bats, ants, wasps, lizards and snails. Generally speaking, these hibernating animals can be divided into warm-blooded animals and cold-blooded animals. For example, a snake is a cold-blooded animal. When the cold weather comes, it can't keep its body temperature and can only hibernate. They are passive hibernating animals. Mammals hibernate to maintain energy when they can't find food, so they hibernate actively.

Generally speaking, most animals have the habit of hibernating, so I'm afraid I can't go into details for the time being, but they mainly live in temperate and cold zones and can be divided into several categories. Reptiles such as snakes and lizards hibernate; Amphibians such as frogs hibernate; Fish usually hibernate; Snails, shellfish and other mollusks hibernate; Some mammals also hibernate, such as raccoons, bears and hedgehogs. In addition, some insects hibernate.

What are the animals that spend the winter in the south?

Generally speaking, because some birds can fly, when there is no food in the north, they will fly to the south for winter, such as swans, red-crowned cranes, geese, flamingos, swallows, wild ducks, orioles, egrets, cuckoos and other animals. These animals usually began to migrate south in June+10 in 5438, and flew back to the north to breed and lay eggs in March or April.