This led to huge traffic jams; the city even had to hose down hot school buses and provide the kids with bottled water in an attempt to cool them down.
Zoo officials say the iced fruit not only helps to cool the animals' bodies down, but it's a way to give them something to do while they work through the ice.
Now McKechnie and his colleagues have found another energy-saving adaptation: the high-mountain hummingbirds can lower their body temperature by extreme amounts at night—going into a state called torpor.
But as core body temperature cools, these organs produce less heat, in essence causing a protective " shut down" to preserve heat and protect the brain.
When there's not much food, and it's really cold out, hibernation makes a lot of sense. When animals hibernate, they lower their heart rate and body temperature.