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These field exposure estimates informed subsequent studies on the impact of such exposure on hibernating bumble bee queens and the hoary squash bee, a solitary ground-nesting species.

The fungus invades the skin tissue of hibernating bats and causes them to wake too often or too early during winter, depleting their precious fat stores when there’s scant food.

Yellow-bellied marmots hibernate for most of the year, but they become active between April and September.

"Minimizing disturbance to bats when they are hibernating or raising young is critical," Loeb said.

The only catch is that Sparkle’s younger and older selves must trade off every week, agreeing to hibernate while the other one goes out on the town.