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The drug causes torpor and prostration within minutes.
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By going into a torpor when resting or during cold weather, they conserve energy and reduce their need for food.
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Further, body mass declines throughout nocturnal torpor at a rate of 0.04 g per hour, amounting to about 10% of weight loss each night.
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However, during the winter they do go through a period of torpor for a certain amount of time each day.
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They do not enter torpor or hibernate, but die at ambient temperatures of below about.
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Some species can survive short periods of cold weather by entering torpor, a state similar to hibernation.
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This allows them to remain in torpor longer, and to conserve metabolic resources.
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Remarkably, the common poorwill is the only bird known to go into torpor for extended periods (weeks to months).
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While roosting, at least some banana pipistrelles enter daily torpor during cool weather.
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Some hummingbirds go into a nightly state of torpor accompanied with a reduction of their metabolic rates.
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