From the fact which we formerly stated, namely, that the hamster which we kept confined in a cage, and in a room where water was frozen, was not reduced to a torpid state, we cannot but regret that M.
These animals pass the winter in a torpid state, and are the only ones of Europe which have pouches in their cheeks.
When in a torpid state they do not appear to respire, or to have the smallest degree of feeling.
The Bat was soon brought to light; and, in its half-torpid state, placed in my hand.
During winter, frogs and toads remain in a torpid state; the last of which will dig into the earth, and cover themselves with almost the same agility as the mole.
Subsist they cannot openly among us, and yet elude the eyes of the inquisitive: and, as to their hiding, no man pretends to have found any of them in a torpid state in the winter.
Besides it is uncertain whether they remain for seven or eight months in a torpid state as most authors pretend.
For it is possible, that the capillaries of the stomach may act too violently, and produce heat, at the same time that the large muscles of it may be in a torpid state; which curious circumstance future observations must determine.
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