This bear just came out of hibernation fashionably late
The animal care team at Montreal’s Ecomuseum Zoo usually picks the spring day Genie the bear will come out of hibernation based on her activity. But they had no idea strong winds on March 17 would make the black bear hit the snooze button.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7135297?cmp=rss
@tth @cpu : Ceci dit, il faut quand même reconnaitre que @tetalab, notre bien-aimé community-manager, ne semble pas vraiment sorti de son #hibernation. Mais le #tetalab vous donne rendez-vous samedi 28 mars pour découvrir en exclusivité mondiale la #Tetanoise, l'ultime machine à déchirer les tympans, dont nous attendons avec impatience la publication du dossier technique.
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This bear just came out of hibernation fashionably late
The animal care team at Montreal’s Ecomuseum Zoo usually picks the spring day Genie the bear will come out of hibernation based on her activity. But they had no idea strong winds on March 17 would make the black bear hit the snooze button.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7135297?cmp=rss
Black bear bluff charges 2 people walking in Squamish
Conservation officers are warning the public about a black bear encounter in the Sea to Sky region over the weekend, as bears start to emerge from hibernation.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bears-bluff-charge-squamish-9.7134094?cmp=rss
Delayed hibernation comes to OpenBSD/amd64 laptops

❄️ In winter forests, bears vanish into quiet dens while hearts slow and bodies wait. What unfolds inside that long stillness?

Curious how a bear’s muscle, bone, and life endure months of near silence?
✍️ Explore the full story here: https://TPC8.short.gy/Pj3mayaY

A season of stillness, a quiet lesson in resilience.

#Bears #Hibernation #Wildlife #Physiology #Nature #Winter #Biodiversity #TPC8

🐻 Sleeping Giants of Winter: How Bear Hibernation Rewrites the Rules of Survival

Bears endure winter through remarkable metabolic shifts that preserve muscle, bone, and strength. Explore how hibernation reshapes survival.

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 287

Research suggests that around one in five #bumblebee queens perish during winter #hibernation.
Heavier queens, having greater reserves of fat and glycogen, are more likely to survive than their lighter counterparts.
#bees

#nature #biodiversity
#worldbeesanctuary
#wildlife #environment
#science #education
#bumblebees #pollinators

#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 286

Before entering hibernation in the autumn #bumblebee queens build up reserves of fat and glycogen in their bodies.
These queens will lose up to 80% of their fat reserves during #hibernation over the winter period.
#bees

#nature
#worldbeesanctuary
#environment #biodiversity
#insects #science #education
#vegan

I am never going to understand why the #Linux community is so allergic to #hibernation.

It's available in every other major operating system, and has been for decades. It's extremely useful for those of us who actually own multiple computers, for preserving battery life and longevity.