Assertion: bat | /r/CapableOf | reduce its metabolic rate
Facets:
value: drastically
type: MANNER
value: during torpor
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: During torpor, a bat reduces its metabolic rate, lowers its body temperature, and slows its breathing and heart rates.
text: To conserve their fat resources, bats drastically lower their metabolic rate and enter a state of deep sleep.
text: Stable, low temperatures are required to allow the bats to reduce their metabolic rates and conserve fat reserves.