-
aestivation may have
evolved several hundred million years ago.
Organisms that
aestivate appear to be in a
fairly "light"
state of dormancy, as
their physiological...
- is
capable of aestivation; however, it
generally does not
aestivate. When it does
aestivate, the
lungfish creates a dry
mucus cocoon on land. As most...
- neck
always stay
above 0 °C (32 °F). A few
mammals in hot
environments aestivate in
times of
drought or
extreme heat, for
example the fat-tailed dwarf...
- and
reside in
mountains such as
Mount Bogong,
where they
gregariously aestivate over the
summer until their return towards breeding grounds again in the...
- Tar-gan-gil, Tackingal; however, all of them mean
Bogong Moth,
which aestivate on the mountain. In 2019, "Kunama Namadgi" was
submitted to the Geographical...
- adaptations. Most of them are fossorial,
spending the hot dry
months aestivating in deep burrows.
While there they shed
their skins a
number of times...
- carrion. They do not brumate, due to
their equatorial home range, but may
aestivate in the hotter,
drier months. Red-footed (and yellow-footed) tortoises...
- extreme, the
striped burrowing frog (Cyclorana alboguttata)
regularly aestivates during the hot, dry
season in Australia,
surviving in a
dormant state...
- of Mexico,
reproduces annually. Like most
other snakes,
rattlesnakes aestivate during very hot or dry periods,
which is why they are
rarely seen during...
-
metre (over 930 per
square foot)
under rocks in Illinois. Some
species aestivate during droughts,
burying themselves in the sediment, and can lose up to...
