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Show Some Fish Hibernate Many fish do hibernate but the ph nomenon Is not very well understood Certain fish In the temperate zorje hibernate, but they do not fall nto ' condition of complete torpidity as M bernating reptiles and mammals fl0' However, their vital functions are low' ered and they hide in sheltered holei and cense to go abroad to search f0r food. Other species, especially n tt tropics, survive long drouths by pass. Ing the dry season in a perfectly tor pld state, imbedded deep In the mui A few species prepare themselves cavity coated Inside with a layer 0f hardened mucus which preserves them from complete desiccation. In p It Is said, fish survive more than on season In ponds which are dry for several years. Even though the bottom bot-tom of the pond has been dry for 0ver a year, when the water releases then from the mud the fish come out apparently ap-parently none the worse for their ej. aerlence. |