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the body's strategic surrender, where life slows to a whisper to outlast the impossible
heart ratehummingbirds drop from 1200 beats to 50 per minute
not sleepanimals must rouse from torpor just to actually sleep
survival hacksaves up to 90 percent of daily energy
deep versionprolonged torpor across seasons becomes true hibernation
frozen frogswood frogs torpor solid, then thaw back alive