The Mammal That Can Shut Down Its Organs and Come  (1) - video Dailymotion

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00:002. You know, there's a real-life superhero in the animal kingdom.

00:05A mammal that can basically hit paws on life, shut down its organs, and then just...

00:12come back.

00:13No, it's not a comic book character. It's the Arctic ground squirrel.

00:18When winter hits, this little guy doesn't just hibernate.

00:22It goes into a state of suspended animation.

00:25Bits. Heart rate drops from 300 beats per minute to just one.

00:311. Its body temperature plummets below freezing, and its brain activity pretty much flatlines.

00:38It's clinically... well, you know.

00:41But here's the magic trick.

00:43Every few weeks, it shivers itself back to life, warms up completely for a few hours.

00:49Chat, and then dives right back into its icy slumber.

00:53Scientists are studying these squirrels like crazy,

00:57hoping to unlock secrets that could help humans with strokes or heart attacks.

01:02How cool is that?

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01:08Thanks for watching.