Thursday, March 18, 2010

Awake to Spring



Kalamazoo's chipmunks (Tamias striatus) may not be true hibernators, but they've just emerged from their burrows, where they spent the winter alternating between a deep sleep called torpor and eating stored food. Their relatives, the fox squirrels, were active all winter. Their woodchuck cousins are still underground.

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