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Origin?

One would like to know if it is a family trait or if hibernation is widely distributed between different groups of animal species? When did the phenomenon first appear, etc. Zzalpha (talk) 06:41, 12 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

confusing sentence in bears section

This sentence in the bears section, "The heart rate variability only increases around three weeks before arousal and the bears only leave their den once outside temperatures are at their lower critical temperature," needs more explanation. It's not clear what "lower critical temperature" means, so it would be good to either explain that phrase, or reword it to be understandable to a general audience. 50.225.46.187 (talk) 19:53, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Inclusion of torpor and possible expansion of birds section

In the birds section, there's a sentence that reads: "It is now understood that the vast majority of bird species typically do not hibernate, instead utilizing torpor." Earlier in the article, it's indicated that torpor is largely considered to be within the definition of hibernation, so it's unclear to me why birds that go into torpor would be excluded in this article. It seems like this section should be edited and expanded to include how birds utilize torpor for overwintering since that seems to be otherwise accepted as a form of hibernation in this article (such as in the bears and evolution sections). 50.225.46.187 (talk) 20:02, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

misleading wording in "in endothermic animals" section

This section refers to the "ancestor of birds and mammals" very often in a way that seems to imply that there is a common ancestor of both birds and mammals which developed endothermy and hibernation, which is unlikely to be the case. The common ancestor of both birds and mammals first diverged into synapsids (including mammals) and sauropsids (including reptiles, which birds evolved from) before developing endothermy and/or hibernation, since most reptiles other than birds do not display any endothermy. This indicates that endothermy and hibernation likely evolved separately, once in a synapsid ancestor of mammals, and once in a reptilian ancestor of birds. It might be better if these separate ancestors were referred to as something like "both the ancestors of birds and mammals" to make it clear these are separate events, and not a single common ancestor. 50.225.46.187 (talk) 22:20, 2 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]