Investigating Hibernation – the Golden Mantled Ground Squirrel (1972)
1972 · Short film · 14 min · dir. Tom Smith
Synopsis
As the weather cools in the high mountains of California, the small golden-mantled ground squirrel prepares for a winter’s hibernation. But do the clues for the cold winter ahead come from the temperature or from something internal, something in the animal itself. Eric T. Pengelley and Sally Asmundson capture pregnant females in the mountains and bring them back to the lab where they are raised in a controlled environment. Will the offspring who have never been outside, go into hibernation when…
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- Director
- Tom Smith
- Running time
- 14 minutes
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Tom Smith Director
