Investigating Hibernation: The Golden-Mantled Ground Squirrel

Series: Biology Series Unit 9: Behavior

Duration: 14 0:15:00

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor Encyclopaedia Britannica

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Studies the causes of hibernation and shows an experiment which attempts to determine the triggering mechanism of the golden-mantled ground squirrel. Explains that laboratory animals undergo the same physiological changes of reduced temperature, heartbeat, and breathing rate as their wild counterparts, thereby suggesting that the mechanism is independent of environmental influences. Demonstrates arousal signs and differentiates between hibernation and sleep.

Complete Record: Studies the causes of hibernation and shows an experiment which attempts to determine the triggering mechanism of the golden-mantled ground squirrel. Explains that laboratory animals undergo the same physiological changes of reduced temperature, heartbeat, and breathing rate as their wild counterparts, thereby suggesting that the mechanism is independent of environmental influences. Demonstrates arousal signs and differentiates between hibernation and sleep., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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