Did you know that these ANIMALS Hibernate?

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you for watching this video and taking a look at the comments! If you would like to support me to make even more videos, please consider my Patreon which can be found here> www.patreon.com/ashotofwildlife Cheers.

[@Spacey7]

Brumation is usually like some others on the list, they go dormant in the cold but if there's warm days they'll get more active & try to absorb some heat out of their den where they brumate. Great video Liam 😊

[@sandraadams4697]

Love the shot of the 2 dormice touching noses, so cute. Thank you.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks for watching. I cannot claim that footage as my own, its creative commons, but one day I would love to film a shot like that. Cheers!

[@ramblingrob4693]

I loved that too

[@chrisstones1249]

Its simply ,a fantastic channel .at the age of sixty five im still learning more about nature . fabulous .thankyou .👍👍👍👍👍

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you so much! Hearing that feedback is great, I am glad to be helping you learn more about our beautiful wildlife.

[@jimbojet8728]

As always a superb vid from you. You enjoy nature as I do , but you get out and witness and live it in a way that I never have or will. So I’m grateful to you, thanks.

[@MegaVector2011]

Not British, but my tortoise Wendy hibernates. I've had her 55 years, since I was a kid, outlived many of my dogs and numerous other pets and will probably outlive me!

[@philiptaylor7902]

Thanks Liam, great little video. I’d suggest adding ladybirds to the list, we often find them around the house sleeping over winter.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers Philip. I might do a part 2 of this video soon and if I do, ladybirds will be on the list.

[@PapunBhattacharya]

Beautifully filmed.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks. I can only take credit for some of the footage, a lot of it (in this video) is creative commons and filmed by other people.

[@williamrobinson7435]

Thanks for enduring the cold on our behalf! As ever, some brilliant shots in this wonderful little film. The dormice footage is excellent. Nice one Liam! ⭐👍

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks William. I cannot claim the ownership of some of the footage, with these list type videos I use a mix of my own footage and creative commons. The Dormouse footage isnt mine, but hopefully I will be able to film some in the spring.

[@nickmay9797]

When I was a young teenager I painted my bedroom black. And in the middle of winter when I put the little portable gas fire on I had butterflies flying around my bedroom in the middle of winter. It was strange at first until I saw them in the corner of my bedroom on the ceiling and realised that they were hibernating or something. I didn’t know they could survive the winter in this country.

[@PaIaeoCIive1648]

My cousin was into Goth music as a teen and 'painted it black' too. He got a little dazzle of colour in the top corner where a mob of ladybirds took up residence for the winter. Butterflies are often found overwintering in sheds so they'd be fine on a ceiling indoors.

[@General_Confusion]

Grizzly bears hibernate as well. I take the dog to Thetford Forest every week and I've never seen a Grizzly bear in the winter. So they must all be sleeping. 🐻

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thats a good point, I have never seen a Grizzly in thetford in the winter either! I'll be heading that way next weekend so maybe i'll see one then...

[@clarsach29]

Great video- it would, conversely, be great to see a video of animals which DON'T hibernate over winter (despite many people thinking they do....like squirrels, mice, rats, foxes, etc..) and if they don't hibernate what do they do instead to cope with cold weather and lack of food resources?

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Great suggestion! That is a video which I am definitely going to do, so when it comes out in a few weeks, some of that is down to you. Cheers.

[@balletickid]

Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful videos

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Without people like you watching, and commenting, It would be much harder for me stay inspired to make more, so thanks for watching!

[@charlesstewart9246]

Another great video ,Liam 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👌🏻😃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@shonaphilp9321]

I didn’t realise butterflies hibernated - didn’t think they lived long enough.? Great video.

[@Caviidae]

Some butterfly species do! Monarch butterflies, for example, will typically only live 2-6 weeks (with generational variation), but hibernation can double their lifespan!

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers Shona. That seems to be one of the more surprising facts in this video. I think the fact they can pause development as a caterpillar is also really interesting.

[@jillatherton4660]

TY Liam. 😄👍

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@Tim.Weaver]

5:56 Those sleepy bats looked very cosy, snuggled up together like that! Nice selection of clips, and another informatuve video. Thanks, Liam 👍

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank Tim, glad you enjoyed!

[@timroot4207]

Thank you !!!

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks for watching!

[@sidensvans67]

Lovely video . Well done , thank you .

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you for watching!

[@Frostie3672]

With the mild winters we have some hedgehogs don't hibernate at all & those that do often wake up at times through the winter, just one reason why it's important to have food & water available in our gardens for them. Still one active in my garden who at the moment shows no sign of hibernating

[@lindaaird6232]

Fascinating!

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@alanjust]

Thanks Liam. Another great video! 😊 Happy Christmas if this is your last post before the big day. Cheers

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks Alan. I believe/hope you will hear from me 2 more times before xmas. But if I dont get to speak to you again before then, merry Christmas to you are yours!

[@EdMcF1]

One bright sunny and unusually warm December day in Walberswick, Suffolk, I saw a hedgehog ambling around looking for food. When we had hegdehogs, I would put out some food on the warmer winter evenings.

[@asseyez-vous6492]

If hedgehogs are seen during the day, it normally means something is wrong. They could be sick, injured or their nest has been disturbed.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Great job helping the hedgehogs. As below, if you see hedgehogs out in the daytime, especially in the colder months, they need rescuing unfortunately.

[@magichands135]

My cat also hybernates near the heater when temperatures drop.

[@Crow_Friend]

Very sweet little Dormice 😍❤

[@PaIaeoCIive1648]

Yes, I kept finding the distinctive dormouse-nibbled nut cases in the wood in Kent I used to live near. Despite waiting quietly for them at night with nuts baiting the area I never saw one. Did have a fine badger family turn up and eat the nuts on the ground one night - even better!

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Very nice with the Badgers Clive! Living in Norfolk, I havent been lucky enough to see a dormouse yet, but im grateful that footage was available for me to use.

[@PaIaeoCIive1648]

@@AShotOfWildlife Hi Liam. Yes, both dormice and badgers aren't keen on being seen, even if you're quiet and hidden up-wind. I staked out a sett near Exeter for many nights while there was a badger poaching threat locally and never saw them by moonlight, only heard them, so I reckon they knew we were there and sneaked in and out of the sett undetected. The ones i saw in Kent were a boar, sow and two young brocks foraging at twilight and I was close enough to see them hoover up the nuts. I'd draped a camouflage sheet over myself with just an eye-slit so maybe this stopped them smelling or seeing me. Nice to see live badgers for a change rather than be saddened by a roadkill one. Cheers!

[@cvgthedaydreamfairygirl8092]

I’m so glad wasps hibernate through winter :D it means I can go outside without the fear of being chased! Seriously all summer, wasps and bees have been chasing me and going into my room near me. Now that it’s winter I’m free to roam outside without any of those buzzy things coming after me!

[@RHR-221b]

I treat them with respect, and they respect that I am not a threat. Just my thoughts, c! Stay free and un-stung. Rab 🎄 🕊 👋

[@cvgthedaydreamfairygirl8092]

@@RHR-221b thanks :) I do try to not disturb them sometimes they just come out of nowhere and scare, I’ve always been scared of wasps and bees ever since I was little. I remember trying to save a bee we called buzz buzz but he died in our care :( so bees are ok but I’m still scared of them

[@RHR-221b]

@@cvgthedaydreamfairygirl8092 Thank you for your endearing reply, c. Like some of ‘us’, I suppose some wee bees have bad days. Until perhaps the next time: To you and yours. Wishing you well. Rab 🐝 👋

[@Sami-Nasr]

Bumble bee queen

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers! They will be in part 2 of this video if I do one.

[@SomewhatSnakes]

lovely video, as usual!

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you for watching! See you next time!

[@paulinephillips8305]

Such an interesting and informative video, thank you so much 😊

[@doubles6508]

Saw a bat last night whilst on an evening stroll, was quite surprised to see it.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

That is quite surprising. I guess it must have been disturbed or something, although it has been a bit warmer the last few days.

[@paulwarner5674]

I can't say that I particularly like wasps but this made me very sad .😢 They are amazing to watch as they go back and forth from the water feature building their nests in the spring/summer .They seem so busy. Their nests seem so intricate. Do you know if they have seperate tasks? Ie builders ,food gatherers, nursery workers? I think my visiting hedgehogs must be asleep as I haven't seen them for weeks.The squirrels are busy stealing the nuts off the bird table. The friendly seagull seems to be missing too although been replaced by crows, magpies, and a couple of pigeons. Dozens of sparrows on my hedge yesterday. Which attracted a beautiful sparrow hawk.( But they just went further into the hedge without any panic) It's a great time to see the birds as no leaves for them to hide behind. Still filling feeders 3x a day. The fox rushed at my front door as I opened it and stood there waiting to be fed too😂 Seem to have attracted 2 cats too. Beginning to feel.like Dr. Doolittle😂

[@RHR-221b]

Thanks for your heartfelt and heart-warming comments, Paul. ❤ To *yours* and you. Rab and Family 🎄 🕊 👋

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Great stuff Paul! I have tried to find the answer to your question about wasp roles, but I cant find anything definitive at the moment. What I will say, in the spring I am going to do a Wasp fact-file and by then I will know that answer and many more. Cheers!

[@paulsanderson8804]

Very informative vlog thanks for the time and effort you put into these vlogs keep up good work

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks Paul, I am glad you enjoyed it! Next video coming this weekend.

[@aladinfox4098]

Happy christmas Liam and to any one else that needs some happy 🎅

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you, merry Christmas!

[@johnpark8297]

Great video Liam, thank you for posting 👍

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers John. Thanks for watching.

[@celestenova777]

Didn't know that peacock butterflies can hibernate, I've had quite a few in the garden this summer and took a short film of them, such beautiful wee things. Also did not know we have 18 species of bats here! Thanks for another informative vid Liam, always interesting.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you. Their underwing camouflage is really good so they stay hidden most of the time, but if theres a warm spell in the winter, they can sometimes come out and fly around. See you next time!

[@karyne826]

Butterflies 😮 I never would have guessed that in a million years! Great video so interesting.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers! It was one of the more interesting ones, glad you enjoyed it.

[@auroraborealis2442]

What a wonderful video, thank you.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@dexocube]

Wish I could hibernate

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Yes, you and me both!

[@nickjanczak9665]

Great information, thank you.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

You're welcome, thanks for watching!

[@bernardshieldstysonfive1009]

Hi Liam brilliant video again very interesting a lot in this video I didn’t know about I put food out for the birds all year round to day we had a squirrel on the bird table feeding on the seeds nuts and fat balls keep up the brilliant videos and work Bernard

[@OMGitshimitis]

So for those wondering the technical difference betweem hibernation and brumation Wikipedia says that in hibernation the energy comes primarily from stored fat but in brumation it comes primarily from reducing their metabolism.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you! I hope that helps a few people.

[@OMGitshimitis]

Thanks man your channel is such a positive part of my life.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

@OMGitshimitis thank you, that's great to hear and kind of you to say

[@IostsouI]

Bumble bees also hibernate. I see them flying around on warm sunny winter days but not other times. They live under ground and like a Hedgehog come out when warm enough though there aren't many flowers so I've no idea what they are eating but they must be getting something or it'd be a waste of energy.

[@TheWillpar]

Nice video.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@Daniel-S1]

Thanks.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@alexthompson5820]

Just to let you know that 'dormouse' coming from a french word is folk etymology (which basically means that some people noticed a similiarity in how two words sound and assumed a connection when in fact there is none), 'mouse' is not a french word after all :)

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks Alex. Can you direct me towards any sources? I took another look and everything I can find suggests that at least the Dor part does derive from dormit - French for slept.

[@CCharlotte1]

❤

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers!

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

Well, that explains why I've seen Peacock butterflies early in the year - they are last year's adults emerged from hibernation. 😊

[@Jaded-Wanderer]

Another great video.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers! As long as people like you keep watching them, I will keep making them. See you next time!

[@Jaded-Wanderer]

@@AShotOfWildlife Please do, I love these vids.

[@patrickhiggins3582]

the red squirrell, and the red fox, mentioned them in your next vidio.

[@SkylarkFields]

Very interesting and informative video!

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you :)

[@PaIaeoCIive1648]

Out of interest, Liam, I see you sourced these lovely wildlife clips using Creative Common Attribution licences. Since I'm thinking of YouTubing next year, voicing over clips might be an easier way to start. Do you have to pay per clip or for one or more licences - or are the clips freely available? Thanks if you choose to respond.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Hi Clive. Happy to help. So you can filter youtube videos by their licence, either creative commons or normal youtube licence. Creative commons videos on KZbin are free to use, as long as you provide a link to the original video and mark the video you have made as creative commons as well. There are other sources for creat8ve commons footage, but youtube is the best choice as the licence cannot then be questioned. What topic are you going to be making videos about?

[@PaIaeoCIive1648]

@@AShotOfWildlife Hi Liam. Thanks for that. I'm thinking of a catchall British landscape, archaeology, natural history and even folklore site but might specialise on just one. Other option might be a site interviewing people about their lives - eg old folk and the homeless- as these type of videos can be fascinating. Millions are on YT and there are many sites like Shot of Wildlife there, so purely as a hobby and starting middle of next year. Even a couple of hundred subs in a year would do. Free use of videos would be helpful but I'd hope to film field trips too. Appreciated the advice, cheers.

[@stevenperry7493]

Another first class video ,but somebody should tell my hedge hog or hogs ,I think there is more than one it’s time for bed .Food is eaten & they leave there calling card .

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Hmm, I suspect it hasnt been cold enough for them to properly go to hibernation yet, but they can also emerge during warm spells in the winter as well- Remember that winter hasnt officially started yet.

[@andyalder7910]

I only see pipistrelles in the garden for six months of the year so they must hibernate for 6 months and they spend 2/3 of the summer hours asleep as well, lazy beggars.

[@PaIaeoCIive1648]

Ours by the river came out too early last Spring and had to go back to sleep again, there being nothing insect-wise to eat yet. I found one poor wee male bat a couple of days later at the base of a tree on a less frosty day. Picking him up I was amazed to feel it's little body burning up on my palm though it was motionless. He wasn't alive but was decomposing and the puncture wounds I then saw showed a cat had clawed him.

[@RHR-221b]

@@PaIaeoCIive1648 🦇💓

[@S.Trades]

Flying must be very energy draining, so they would need to have enough food to make "going out hunting", worth their while.

[@keso665]

Some turtle species hibernate too. For pet turtles it is common to bury the underground or keep them in the refridgerator during this time

[@andyalder7910]

No native turtles in UK though except in the sea.

[@PaIaeoCIive1648]

@@andyalder7910 Although we do have introduced chelonians such as red-eared terrapins - from the Ninja Turtles craze and after - which manage to survive winters here. In the Royal Bushy Park near me here are at least three that are seen basking each Summer, around six inches in length. We'd rather they weren't there given they predate the Park's native fauna including wildfowl chicks.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

If I make a part 2 of this video, I will definitely include the invasive terrapins that we do have here in the UK.

[@paulohara1502]

👏👍👌⭐

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks for watching!

[@fitzroy-q4g]

great stuff mate!

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you.

[@JenP386]

great video very interesting

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you, I am glad you enjoyed it!

[@petelumley1578]

Nice one Liam, some species I didn’t know about.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Cheers! Glad you learned something new, cheers.

[@Calvin.The.Unfindable]

some great information here, I really enjoyed this video as i do all your videos, so glad to have found your channel. i had actually forgotten there was a separate word for amphibians and alike hibernating. very awesome fact thrown in there. i get asked a lot of wildlife questions, and people often ask me the lifecycle or what happens to butterflies over winter, and they are shocked to learn that some hibernate... also many species of moth do too. which is just totally fascinating and amazing to me. not sure why over the last decade its name seems to have changed to Hazel Dormouse? (do you have any idea why this would be?? it used to be used interchangeably - either Hazel or Common, it seems so weird to me to call them Hazel! such a fascinating little creature though. a great book recommendation is Living with Dormice by Sue Eden. If i don't see you before, have a great Christmas, and an awesome new year. Happy holidays.

[@patrickreddy9058]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@markymark3075]

Thanks!

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks for watching!

[@jess53nz]

Wow, so interesting!!

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thanks Jess! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@User-3O3]

How lovelyh(!) 😌🤗❤

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@stevegee7593]

The signal crayfish is not an British species. it recently came from USA and has been deemed an invasive threat to the UK White-clawed crayfish species and to the river side banks. To fish for them you must have a Licence and White- Clawed must be recorded and returned to the river. Red-clawed can be eaten but they must be cleaned correctly because they contain poison.

[@nickmay9797]

But after I painting my bedroom ceiling back to white and put up new wallpaper its never happen again I don’t know why not. But I did have them for a few years when my bedroom was painted black.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

I wonder if it was that they were attracted to the light contrasting against the dark room.

[@gerrimilner9448]

i have a box that gets red admarels hibernaying in it. the french for doormouse, has the same root as dormatery (sleeping room).

[@S.Trades]

Hedgehogs don't necessarily need to hibernate. And even when they do, they will wake and scurry around during mild spells.

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Well, I think it is within them to want to hibernate. I worked at a rescue for a few years, we kept some of the hedgehogs there indoors, in warm rooms with artificial light and unlimited food... most of them still hibernated once they made it up to hibernation weight.

[@Cadence733]

I wonder if the Dor part of Dormouse in the French comes from the Latin dormit - to sleep?

[@S.Trades]

Think it comes from the French "dormir", meaning, to sleep.

[@Cadence733]

@@S.Trades thanks sorry that's what I meant whether the Dor French word in Dormouse comes from Dormit in Latin.

[@matthewhodder3029]

Do frogs bromate Liam?

[@AShotOfWildlife]

They do indeed, but theres is a bit more flexible than toads. If I do a second version of this video, Frogs will definitely make the list. Cheers!

[@Eye_Exist]

i'm disappointed that the snake hibernation isn't called snakernation

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Haha, well if we can get a petition going, I would support a change of terminology!

[@Mgh-r]

👍👍👍👍👍☕🥮☕🥮☕🥮🌹🌹🌹🌹🥰🥰🥰🥰 thank youuuuuu

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!

[@sjaakmcd1804]

Cheers Liam

[@AShotOfWildlife]

Thank you!