Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago

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To make long distance space travel possible, we need to figure out how to hibernate. But we're primates, and primates just can't do that! Or can we...?

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Sources:
usgs.gov/centers/fort/science/white-nose-syndrome-threatens-survival-hibernating-bats-north-america?qt-science_center_objects=0#qt-science_center_objects
https://lemur.duke.edu/discover/meet-the-lemurs/fat-tailed-dwarf-lemur/
https://lemur.duke.edu/tail-of-torpor/
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iucnredlist.org/species/163023599/115588562#habitat-ecology
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researchgate.net/publication/226222210_Big_Is_Beautiful_Fat_Storage_and_Hibernation_as_a_Strategy_to_Cope_with_Marked_Seasonality_in_the_Fat-tailed_Dwarf_Lemur_Cheirogaleus_medius
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982213001310
nature.com/articles/s41598-021-84727-3
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ox.ac.uk/research/could-humans-hibernate-0
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https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/abdominal-fat-and-what-to-do-about-it
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