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Candice Davis
MDC biologist explains how our cold-blooded turtles survive the winter months.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- As winter sets in, some of our wildlife, like turtles, seem to disappear. According to Bruce Henry, a natural history biologist with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), turtles are still here, they just have ways of hiding away to stay safe from the elements.
Instead of hibernating, cold-blooded turtles slow their metabolic processes down tremendously when temperatures drop, he said.
"They're in a dormant, inactive state," he said.
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Candice Davis
MDC biologist explains how our cold-blooded turtles survive the winter months.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- As winter sets in, some of our wildlife, like turtles, seem to disappear. According to Bruce Henry, a natural history biologist with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), turtles are still here, they just have ways of hiding away to stay safe from the elements.
Instead of hibernating, cold-blooded turtles slow their metabolic processes down tremendously when temperatures drop, he said.
"They're in a dormant, inactive state," he said.
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