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Why Don't Hibernating Bears Get Osteoporosis?


Science & Tech  (tags: AnimalWelfare, animals, animalwelfare, environment, habitat, humans, protection, wildanimals, habitat, nature, Sustainabililty, wildlife, concept, environment, habitat, health, interesting, news, science, scientists, research, world )

Wolfweeps
- 228 days ago - gi.alaska.edu
Bears have the right idea. Don't fight the cold; just shut 'er down for six months and emerge when it's warmer. Why didn't we think of that? For one thing, our bones would wither. We'd all get osteoporosis, a disease in which bones become more fragile.
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Anita G. (15)
Sunday April 26, 2009, 3:29 am
How clever they are. We can learn from them.Thank you Wolfweeps.
 

Celeste F. (50)
Sunday April 26, 2009, 3:44 pm
Noted...It's amazing what science can do! I live in Ohio, and complain every winter about wishing we could hibernate the cold weather away like bears...Maybe my dream can finally come true! Ha! Ha!
 

Dee C. (518)
Sunday April 26, 2009, 6:41 pm
Nature know what it's doing..
Thanks Wolfweeps
Noted..
 
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