The big idea: how keeping warm wards off loneliness Recent research suggests that the energy crisis threatens not only our physical health, but our sense of social connection tooAs winter approaches, warm-blooded animals have two ways to cope with the cold. The first is anatomical, building a layer of fat under the skin and shedding their svelte summer coat for a snug winter pelt.The second is social: they can huddle. From mice, voles and rabbits to Himalayan marmots and Barbary macaques, individuals in a group will gather together so that they can share the heat radiating from their bodies and avoid the risk of dying from exposure. Continue reading...
Author: David Robson
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