Episode: High-Elevation Hummingbirds Evolved a Temperature Trick
Description: Hummingbirds in the Peruvian Andes enter a state of torpor at night to conserve energy, dipping their body temperature to as low as 38 degrees Fahrenheit. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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