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Mating is thought to take place during the aestivation period.

After a period in summer known as "aestivation", some narrow green leaves come up from the ground.

However they require more than 12 months of life and 1-2 aestivation periods in order to reach their full size.

Hibernation during the summer months is known as aestivation.

A similar process is aestivation, when animals escape hot, dry conditions through torpor.

This is called aestivation, which is a type of dormancy.

They spend most of the time during the dry season buried in the ground in aestivation.

From May to October, aestivation is the norm for this species.

The resort, meanwhile, slips into a state of aestivation.

A small air-hole may remain to aid respiration, especially during aestivation.

This sea cucumber has been known to continue in aestivation in some areas of China for four years.

In dry hot conditions, they undergo aestivation in groups.

Aestivation rarely lasts for more than six weeks.

The water holding frog is known to lay its eggs and once hatched go back into aestivation for a period of 3 to 6 months.

There is no evidence of hibernation or aestivation of pupa.

Hibernation occurs in some areas and aestivation in others.

The resultant quiescent periods are known as aestivation and hibernation respectively.

In dry condition, it undergoes aestivation in the summer.

Both land- and water-living animals can undergo aestivation.

Mosquitoes also are reported to undergo aestivation.

It's the smell of adoration, of passion seized in rigid aestivation.

Favored retreats include mammal burrows and other underground hiding places where they also Aestivation.

It is thought the species migrates from lowland reproduction grounds to alpine aestivation sites.

This summertime variation of hibernation is called aestivation.

Aestivation only occurs during unusual drought conditions.

Seeds are an important source of calories just prior to estivation.

Finally it was time for the first estivation.

His body was nearly fat free, the fat burned out of him during too long an estivation.

The hosts understood the need for occasional estivation.

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In moments, the second worker joined the first in estivation stupor.

Especially in the summer, when all sensible animals are lounging in splendid estivation.

Estivation and hibernation (each of these are present in some gastropods only)

The beaded lizard has a short tail which is used to store fat so the animal can survive during months of estivation.

On the under story, towards the garden, let it be turned to a grotto, or a place of shade, or estivation.

In the driest months of summer comes into estivation, dehydrating their fronds, reaching apparently dead.

It spends the winter in hibernation and the hottest parts of the summer in estivation.

The males make calls only during the rainy season, which is when they come out of estivation to breed in pools of water.

When estivation is complete, the frog uses its front and hind legs to help shed the protective layer.

Twenty to 56% of radio-collared juvenile squirrels survived to estivation.

Both terrestrial and aquatic animals undergo estivation.

"I believe I'll take an estivation."

I will not reach that stage until after my next estivation; your piddly little planet will long be cold by then).

Aestivation, also spelled estivation, is an example of consequential dormancy in response to very hot or dry conditions.

Reduction of thyrotropin-releasing hormone concentrations in central nervous system of African lungfish during estivation.

They spend most of the dryer seasons buried in the soil in estivation, typically only emerging during spring and fall rains.

During a time of drought, the turtles enter a time of estivation in an attempt to survive the dry conditions.

When kept in captivity, at more regulated temperatures, this species does not typically display its estivation or hibernation behaviour.

But this isn't hibernation- or estivation, either."

In the dry summer months enters in estivation (summer sleep), dehydrating the fronds until apparently dead.