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The phenomenon of summer sleep by animals is called

  • A.Hibernation
  • B.Aestivation
  • C.Laziness
  • D.Lethargy

Answer: B

Summer sleep is aestivation, from the Latin aestas, summer.

Animals pass the hot dry season in a dormant state with lowered metabolism - lungfish, snails and some frogs bury themselves until the rains. Hibernation is the winter equivalent.

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