Secrets Of Humanity’s Closest Hibernating Relative Could Pave Way For Space Flight And Surgery
Hibernation is a vernacular reaction to cold weather across much of the animal land , but humanity and our nearest primate relations never mastered it . Except one , the fat - dog nanus lemur ( Cheirogaleus medius)does hibernate in the natural state . However , once in zoostheyhave take over a wintertime lifestyle much like the relief of us , jam study . Now for the first time in captivity , research worker at Duke Lemur Center have carry some of them to shut out their bodies down for winter , much as they do at home ....