The Sleepy Dormouse

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Even fish can hibernate. Antarctic cod ( Notothenia coriiceps) cuts its metabolism by two-thirds and burrows under the seabed for days on end during dark Antarctic winters. Dormice sleep for months, hedgehogs snore in quilts of moss and wood frogs turn to ice — a spellbound John Lewis-Stempel investigates the annual mystery of hibernation. In addition, there is a Chain based off of the Dormouse in the anime Pandora Hearts. It is in a legal contract with Vincent Nightray, and takes the appearance of a large mouse with a wind up key in its side, and a large chain like tail that winds around its contractor. In addition it causes Vincent to fall asleep if he lets his guard down.

Dormice may begin their winter sleep as early as October. Quite our champion snoozer, the dormouse — hence, of course, the name, from the French dormir. The edible version ( Glis glis) holds the mammalian record for hibernation, at a teenager-envy-inducing 11 months. So chilled out are bats during hibernation that they may be kept in a fridge, although a more usual winter roost is the church steeple, cottage attic or hollow tree. Some hang out in the original bat cave.They can be especially found in Devon, Somerset, Sussex, Cornwall, and Kent. There are records of expansion towards the localities as far up the British isles into the north Midlands area. We should also mention, that dormice are very good escape artists and can easily sneak through even very small openings. In an attempt to recover the species from this decline, the People’s Trust for Endangered Species ( PTES) is releasing breeding pairs within woodland habitats to try and increase the spread of the breed.

The Latin name "glis", which is the origin of the scientific name, is from the Proto-Indo-European root *gl̥h₁éys ("weasel, mouse"), related to Sanskrit गिरि (girí, "mouse"), and Ancient Greek γαλέη (galéē, "weasel").Wonderland • The Exterior • Fish Dinners • White Rabbit's House • Shoreline • The Meadow of Living Flowers • The Mushroom • The Mad Hatter's House • The Queen of Hearts' Castle • Wonderland Maze • Tulgey Wood • England • London

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License and the GFDL; additional terms may apply. See Terms of Use for details. While the character is the same in the Lewis Carroll novel, his fear of cats is taken from The Mouse, a separate character Alice meets earlier in the novel during the Pool of Tears and Caucus Race chapters. Twinkle twinkle, little bat / How I wonder what you're at? / Up above the world you fly / Like a tea tray in the sky. -Alice in Wonderland (1951) So if you have a dormouse as a pet, that extra care and handling are essential which may make it complicated to have a dormouse as a pet.

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The only bird that hibernates is the common poorwill, a nightjar species found in North America. Hiding in a hollow log or patch of grass, the bird enters torpor for weeks, even months. This is easily identifiable, as other types of mice and voles feed through hazle nuts from outwards – to the center, making the rim look like the milled edge of a coin. Dormouse habitat Finding Nemo: Nemo • Dory • Marlin • Crush • Bruce • Destiny • Bailey • Hank • Squirt • Nigel • Gill • Sheldon • Pearl • Darla • Charlie • Jenny