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Christmas in Yellowstone
Video: Hibernating Bear

This grizzly bear is not sleeping. She’s been in a state of hibernation since November. Her heart rate has slowed, she takes fewer than two breaths per minute, and she won’t eat or drink for up to five months.

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Jennifer -- January 25th, 2009 at 5:37 pm

Thanks for making these short clips available. I put this on the SmartBoard for our class unit on Hibernation in First Grade.

Pierina -- March 13th, 2009 at 10:25 am

This is a sad but intresting video!

Brenda -- June 2nd, 2009 at 11:21 am

Absolutely wonderful. Yellowstone is my husband and I’s favorite place. We will be going back out again. I am a photographer and it doesn’t get any better than Yellowstone and the Tetons. I wish I could team up with some other photographers for a winter trip.

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