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ByM. R. Gumma,F. E. South,H. N. Allen,COLORADO STATE UNIV FORT COLLINS.
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The preferences of pre-and-post-hibernative hamsters for relatively cool (8C) or relatively warm (19C or 24C) environmental temperatures was tested in a T-maze using the method of forced choice to equate number of visits to, and total time spent in each environment. The findings of the experiment were: (1) pre-hibernative hamsters show a marked preference for an 8C environment to either a 19C or 24C environment, and (2) following arousal there occurs a shift in preference on the part of the hamsters to a 24C environment over one of 8C. The significance of these results is discussed in terms of possible purposive thermoregulatory behaviors. (Author).
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