Assertion: hummingbird | /r/CapableOf | go into torpor
Facets:
value: any time of the year
type: TEMPORAL
value: overnight
type: TEMPORAL
value: during cold nights
type: TEMPORAL
value: a state similar
type: OTHER
value: nightly
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: To conserve energy when food is scarce, and nightly when not foraging, they can go into torpor, a state similar to hibernation, slowing their metabolic rate to 1/15th of its normal rate.
text: During cold nights or when fatigued, hummingbirds go into torpor.
text: Hummingbirds can go into torpor any time of the year when temperature and food conditions demand it.
text: If torpor lasted for long periods, we would call it hibernation, but hummingbirds can go into torpor any night of the year when temperature and food conditions demand it.
text: If a hummingbird goes into torpor overnight, it will look for food immediately when it rouses in the morning.
text: When they are low on fuel, they can go into “torpor” to conserve energy.