aestivating

There are hibernating animals: why no aestivating animals.

On Summer « Unknowing 2010

Some fish species can survive in these dwindling pools by aestivating or by breathing air.

Inner Niger Delta flooded savanna 2008

The non-migratory fish have developed adaptations to survive extended drought periods, such as air breathing or aestivating in a mucous cocoon or egg.

Lake Chad flooded savanna 2008

Do you know what species of snail might be aestivating in plain view on vertical surfaces plant stems, leaves, walls in Tunisia?

Off to Pittsburgh AYDIN 2007

Several species of Australian burrowing frogs Cyclorana spp. cover their bodies with a cocoon when aestivating during dry periods.

Archive 2006-04-01 AYDIN 2006

They usually hide under the rocks, but one summer we had more than a hundred of them aestivating on our garage door.

Archive 2006-05-01 AYDIN 2006

Xerolenta obvia, a native of the istanbul area, aestivating on a lichen covered limestone rock.

Archive 2006-01-01 AYDIN 2006

Many species in the family have the habit of climbing and aestivating on tree trunks, bushes, stems of grasses, herbaceous plants and on walls.

Archive 2006-09-01 AYDIN 2006

Cocoon formation and metabolic depression by the aestivating hylid frogs Cyclorana australis and Cyclorana cultripes Amphibia: Hylidae.

Archive 2006-04-01 AYDIN 2006

About 3 weeks ago while visiting the Tampa area, I found a bunch of them aestivating under rocks in Fred Howard Park in Pinellas County.

Archive 2006-06-01 AYDIN 2006