Assertion: echidna's food | /r/HasProperty | scarce
Facets:
value: after a bushfire
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Afterward, scientists were astonished to discover that they went on with life as usual, except that they frequently went torpid for days at a time to reduce their need for energy while food in the area was still scarce.
text: Losing a tail isn't a favorable event for a gecko, not only because it's an energy-intensive process to regrow a whole tail, but also because a gecko stores nutrients and fat in its tail as a protection against times when food is scarce.
text: When food or water is scarce, these birds travel long distances to find sustenance.
text: Because food is scarce after a bushfire, the echidna compensates by lowing its body temperature down by as much as 20 °C and metabolism and goes into frequent states of torpor (mini hibernations) for as long as three weeks enabling it conserve energy and live through the hard times.