Assertion: echidna | /r/CapableOf | lower its metabolic rate
Facets:
value: drastically
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: It then hibernates, lowering its metabolic rate drastically thereby reducing its oxygen requirement and allowing it to breathe the toxic oxygen starved carbon dioxide rich environment of its underground shelter.
text: It allows echidnas to lower their body temperature and their metabolic rate, so that they can conserve energy while out-waiting danger.