Bears Don't Hibernate — 4 Cool Ways God Designed Creatures to Rest - Episode 23

Nat Theo Nature Lessons Rooted in the Bible

Eryn Lynum

Kids & Family, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Education For Kids

4.8 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Did you know bears don’t hibernate? But what is it called when they take a long, sleepy nap in winter? We’re exploring four fascinating ways God designed creatures to rest and why rest is important for us, too!

Here’s our trail map:

What is hibernation?
What is a bear’s winter nap called?
What are four ways God designed animals to rest?
Why is rest important for us?

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Scriptures Referenced in This Episode:

“So the sky, the earth, and all that filled them were finished. By the seventh day God finished the work he had been doing, so he rested from all his work. God blessed the seventh day and made it a holy day, because on that day he rested from all the work he had done in creating the world.” Genesis 2:1-3

“...The Lord is the God who lives forever, who created all the world. He does not become tired or need to rest…” Isaiah 40:28

“This is what the Lord commanded, because tomorrow is the Sabbath, the Lord’s holy day of rest.” Exodus 16:23

“Come to me, all of you who are tired and have heavy loads, and I will give you rest. Accept my teachings and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit, and you will find rest for your lives. The burden that I ask you to accept is easy; the load I give you to carry is light.” Matthew 11:28-30

Terms Learned in This Episode:

Hibernation: When an animal goes into a dormant, sleepy state and its metabolism slows, heart rate slows, and body temperature lowers.

Metabolism: A chemical process in a body that changes food into energy.

Denning: A bear’s winter nap. Similar to hibernation, but they only lower their body temperature by about ten degrees. (Also called Ursid hibernation or carnivore lethargy)

Estivation: Like winter hibernation but happens during the summer.

Torpor: Similar to hibernation but only lasts a few hours. Like a small, daily hibernation

Circadian rhythm: Circadian means “around a day.” Circadian rhythm is our internal clock that helps us know what time it is.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Have you downloaded the free coloring sheet for this lesson?
0:04.0	Click the link in our show notes to print and color along as you listen.
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0:17.0	So you can dive deeper into every lesson.
0:20.0	Explore God's wild and wonderful world in the Nat Theo Club at Aaron Linum.com
0:25.2	slash club or at the link in our show notes.
0:31.4	Hello world.
0:32.7	Wake me up to another good, good morning time to go.
0:46.0	Got that smile upon my face because there's excitement in the chase this I know
0:59.2	Welcome to the Nat Theo podcast where we explore nature, the Bible, and what both of them show us about our creator, God, who made this wild and wonderful world. I'm your host, Aaron Linum. I'm a certified
1:08.9	master naturalist, Bible teacher, and author. And I am so excited to
1:15.0	explore God's Word and His created world with you. If you live in a cold climate, you were to walk through the wintry woods, you might notice that there isn't as much activity or noise as there is in the summer. That is because
1:47.2	many animals and even plants are sleeping. When you think about the word hibernation, what do you
1:56.8	picture in your mind? Maybe you're not familiar with hibernation and that is okay because we
2:03.7	are going to deep dive into hibernation on this episode. But some of you, when you think about
2:10.0	hibernation, probably picture a bear cozied up in a winter den taking a long, deep nap through the cold months.
2:20.8	And that is understandable because most people think of bears when they think of hibernation.
2:27.8	However, bears don't actually hibernate. Does that surprise you? It surprised me when I began learning about
2:37.4	hibernation a few years ago. Today I want to share with you some surprising and very interesting
2:45.7	things I learned along the way about how God designed animals to rest. Here's our trail map. We are going
2:55.0	to learn what is hibernation and what is a bear's winter nap called? What are four cool ways that
3:04.1	God designed animals to rest? And why is rest important for us?
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