| Show black bear in real stupor throughout winter woodchuck Is one of his rivals cold weather holds little terror for the chipmunks bears raccoons and others of the tribe which holes up in the winter time and goes to sleep best known of all the winter sleepers says a writer in the detroit free press is the michigan black bear who crawls into a sheltered hole under the root of some fallen tree for the winter when he first goes into his den his sleep is natural and he is ea easily si ly aroused if he is left undisturbed his sleep develops into a real stupor when he is in the midst of the winter sleep he can be aroused only by many prod dings of a sharp stick the woodchuck or groundhog ground hog rivals the bear for popularity as a winter sleeper woodchuck uck dives underground late in september and remains hidden until earl early Y in in spring when some bright day he again begins to look around unlike the woodchuck who goes underground sharp on time the chipmunks disappearance is prompted entirely by the frost the chipmunk postpones po his departure until some cold day after which ch lie he passes the test lest of the winter in a eath alce sleep to reappear a agim c h baim day in aprin sprin jn on oil ahu i cou rages many a popular belief about animals lists a total of seven sleepers to include the skunk raccoon jumping mouse and bat all of these except the bat hole up during part of the winter when the weather is severe the bat merely hangs itself head do down wn on a convenient peg in a barn 0 or r sheltered spot and remains in this position until warm weather comes |
