| 31. | Vampires may enter a deathlike sleep called torpor.
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| 32. | Torpor may be caused by near-fatal injuries or may be entered voluntarily.
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| 33. | Examples include hibernating bears and torpor in bats.
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| 34. | This allows them to remain in torpor longer, and to conserve metabolic resources.
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| 35. | This species is unique in that it can use torpor during development and reproduction.
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| 36. | The species has been known to enter torpor in response to shortages of food.
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| 37. | Compared with other mammals of similar size, they rouse from torpor unusually quickly.
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| 38. | Inertia in technical jargon means inactivity or torpor.
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| 39. | The brisk pace of processing contrasts dramatically, though, with the torpor that follows.
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| 40. | But perhaps it was only tropical torpor.
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