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Brumation and torpor: How animals survive cold snaps by playing dead-ish
Enlarge this image A stunned iguana lies on the sidewalk after having fallen from a tree on Jan. 6, 2010, in Surfside, F...
Texas cold leaves alligators frozen underwater, but still alive. Here's how
Enlarge this image During the winter months, American alligators go into a state of brumation, the cold-blooded version...