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Aestivation (Latin:
aestas (summer); also
spelled estivation in
American English) is a
state of
animal dormancy,
similar to hibernation,
although taking...
- Symonds, B.; Franklin, C. E.; Harper, G. S. (2005). "Lessons from an
estivating frog:
sparing muscle protein despite starvation and disuse". AJP: Regulatory...
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areas that have no rain for
portions of the year due to
their ability to
estivate or
burrow in the
ground to form an air
bubble and
breathe out of a hole...
- The
larvae feed on the
leaves of
Artemisia turanica.
Fully fed
larvae estivate and hibernate.
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group since the Carboniferous. All
lungfish of the
order can and
often do
estivate (except the
spotted African lungfish,
which can but
rarely does so). All...
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southeastern U.S., even ones
which periodically dry out, as they are able to
estivate in the
moist mud
below drained marshland and
other ephemeral wetlands....
- (typically
October through April in the
Northern Hemisphere). They may also
estivate in the
summer in
drought conditions. To stay
moist during hibernation,...
- inactive,
seals its s****, and
estivates (becomes dormant)
until cooler,
moister weather returns. Some
snails estivate in
groups on tree trunks, posts...
- estimate,
inestimable aestas aest-
summer aestival, aestivate, aestivation,
estivate,
estivator aestus aestu- estuarial, estuarine,
estuary aetās aet- age coetaneity...
- and late
afternoons when the
weather is warm; when very hot, they may
estivate. They are social, and live in
colonies with
several females and one dominant...