To better understand how this unusual hibernation process works, Université de Montréal biologist, Matthew Regan, injected the blood of ground squirrels with tracking agents.
Researchers designed an experiment to track urea in hibernating squirrels. They proved a theory that urea is turned into nitrogen and then muscle tissue.
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