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Gut microbes help hibernating ground squirrels emerge strong and healthy in spring

  • Written by Hannah V. Carey, Professor Emeritus of Comparative Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Gut microbes help hibernating ground squirrels emerge strong and healthy in springWhen not hibernating, ground squirrels need to feast to store energy.Robert Streiffer, CC BY

Ground squirrels spend the end of summer gorging on food, preparing for hibernation. They need to store a lot of energy as fat, which becomes their primary fuel source underground in their hibernation burrows all winter long.

While hibernating, ground...

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