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THESE records of the varying temperatures of hedgehogs during their period of hibernation, and of the relationship between these and relevant air temperatures, were made during three winters before and just after the Second World War. In pre-war days the feeding of these animals was less difficult (we used milk and eggs). Our aims were to discover : (1) whether an adequate supply of fresh food would delay hibernation ; and (2) to what degree temperature changes were related to or independent of relevant air temperatures.
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PROCTOR, E. Temperature Changes in Hibernating Hedgehogs. Nature 163, 108–109 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163108a0
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