As seen in the Winnipeg Free Press, Sunday Magazine, Mar. 11, 2001. Click the thumbnails to see full size images. Close the image windows when you're done.
Animals possess true cold-coping abilities.
S he was cold to the touch, curled into a ball as though asleep. There was no apparent heart beat or breathing. The next day she was running around and playing in her cage. I'm talking about a female Richardson's ground squirrel in a research lab at the U of M, back when I was a grad student. I'd been able to hold the hibernating squirrel in my hand and feel how cold it was.