Bears don't hibernate!

[uncurled]

it's true, they don't...............

any questions?

[CrispyChrisBCritter]

I'm game...
from wikipedia
Many bears of northern regions are assumed to hibernate in the winter. While many bear species do go into a physiological state called hibernation or winter sleep, it is not true hibernation. In true hibernators, body temperatures drop to near ambient and heart rate slows drastically, but they periodically rouse themselves to urinate or defecate and eat from stored food. The body temperature of bears, on the other hand, drops only a few degrees from normal and heart rate slows slightly. They do not wake normally during 'hibernation' therefore do not eat, drink, urinate or defecate the entire period. Recycling urine is quite a physiological feat. Higher body heat and being easily roused may be adaptations because female bears bear cubs during this winter sleep.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear

[uncurled]

good job!

what the bears do is called Torpor

[rhythmship]

oh boy... now you got her goin... mag, you love this topic huh?

[CrispyChrisBCritter]

i have been in a stupor
does that count?

i have also recycled urine!!

Now that's got to count for something!

[rhythmship]

RECYCLED URINE HUH? that could be handy me, i'll stick to a water filter and a stream.

[spauldazzio]

On the topic of bears...

I saw \"Grizzly Man\" over the weekend.
If you have not caught this documentary it is truly fascinating.

It was on TBS over last weekend a couple times and is at the video store, I highly recommend it.

[PolyOntology]

i have also recycled urine!!

Did you do this because you lost a bet, for health reasons, or spiritual/recreational reasons? I remember reading about how drinking your own urine (but NOT anybody else's) is supposed to be good for you. Also, the active ingredients in amanita muscaria, a type of psychotropic mushroom (not the usual psychedelic kind most people are familiar with) can be recycled. Siberian shamans have been known to drink the urine of reindeer that have been eating amanita muscaria, which is red and white (like santa claus) and grows at the base of pine trees. People have theorized that maybe this is part of the origin of some Chistmas customs...for some more info check out one of Tool's old newsletters here: http://www.toolband.com/news/letter/2000_12.php

[CrispyChrisBCritter]

all i can say is you're on the right track to see Santa

[meatstick]

mmmmmm........... urine.