hyperphagia

It’s even “fairly common,” Bryant said, for bears to be struck by vehicles in the fall when the animals are in hyperphagia — consuming as much food as possible before hibernation.

Bears are about to enter a stage called hyperphagia to prepare for winter.

This power-eating marathon is called hyperphagia, and bears must consume 10 times as many calories.

Churchill warns that bears currently are going through hyperphagia, which is when they begin eating more to put on weight for hibernation.

The animals are going through hyperphagia, a physiological change in which they eat as much as they can to store fat for winter hibernation.