Talk:Torpor

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I think the World of Darkness term should be removed from this page and put in the World of Darkness page. Any objections? Jim Abraham 03:32, 23 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I would agree. The term is only ever applied to vampires in WoD. --138.163.0.37 20:44, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I would agree also....

217.206.224.221 (talk) 11:44, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The phrase "Arousal from torpor in bats is facultative, not obligate" is not clear, and requires a much higher level of education than the rest of the page. Also, looking up both words, one does not find a concise and clear explanation applicable in this context. Gwrede (talk) 15:31, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

So highlight them 99.236.221.124 (talk) 10:17, 4 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This page suggests that torpor is the same as dormancy, and all of the types of dormancy (hibernation, estivation, etc.) are types of torpor. I don't think this is correct. For example, there is no physiological preparation for daily torpor (in birds and ground squirrels I've handled, when the temperature drops, they 'pass out' but when you warm them up (putting them in your pocket or by a heat source) they wake up. Not the same as the longer process of hibernation in bears or rodents. (see http://www.bear.org/website/bear-pages/black-bear/black-bear-facts/hibernation/190-do-black-bears-hibernate.html for new stuff on bears). If I get time, I'll perhaps look into the differences.--Paddling bear (talk) 17:49, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

While editing the hibernation page, I was more active and edited out the long-term hibernation sections of this page. As others commented, I think torpor is a specific, short term state, not an umbrella term for hibernation, aestivation, dormancy, etc.

The article still needs some work that I didn't have time to edit. The paragraph on bats has good stuff on their need for temporary torpor, but it's intertwined with bits that should be on the hibernation page. I hope to get back to it, but if not, someone else please take a crack at it.--Paddling bear (talk) 18:27, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What is the physiological difference between Sleep and Torpor? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.116.4.64 (talk) 16:32, 3 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What is the relationship between heterothermy and torpor? Is 'torpor' synonymous with 'temporal heterothermy', or is temporal heterothermy a part of torpor? Or,...? ~E 74.60.29.141 (talk) 17:18, 4 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Could you please update the page to contain information on this study, included like so in 2020 in science:

Two teams of neuroscientists report the identification of populations of

metabolic rate and body temperature. They also show that stimulation of specific populations of neurons can induce the key features of torpor even in mice that are not calorically restricted as well as in rats, which do not naturally go into a state of torpor.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

I think it should be mentioned here shortly somewhere. If you see a problem with the item's content at or notability for 2020 in science please edit it.

Thank you.

--Prototyperspective (talk) 14:53, 23 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]