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In which solar term do hibernating animals wake up?

1. Animals hibernate at different times and wake up at different times. Most animals wake up automatically in this solar term, not because they want to come out for activities, but because the temperature is getting warmer and reaching the awakening temperature in this solar term.

Second, animals sleep in winter, which is completely an action to protect the bad environment. The main factors leading to animal hibernation are the decrease of environmental temperature and the lack of food. After hibernating, the ability of animals to resist bacteria and diseases has improved compared with before. Obviously, hibernation is beneficial to them, which makes them more agile and have a bigger appetite when they wake up in the next spring.

Extended data:

Animal hibernation: (1) Hibernation is an extreme but regular decrease in body temperature, metabolism and other physiological activities, which is an adaptation to reducing energy consumption. This definition does not include seasonal or day and night dormancy of temperature-changing organisms in passive response to environmental temperature reduction. Therefore, true hibernation is limited to birds and mammals.

(2) Hibernating species can be roughly divided into active hibernating animals and passive hibernating animals. The latter, such as hamster, external factors, including photoperiod, food and external temperature, play a major role in the timing of this hibernation cycle event.