1.Sometimes it is difficult to determine whether a particular animal is a true hibernator.

例如，熊很容易从眠中被唤醒。它们不真眠。有时很难确定一种特定否真眠。

2.And black bears, like most hibernators, don’t urinate or defecate the entire hibernation season.

黑熊和大多数眠者一样，在整个眠季节都不会小便或排便。机翻

3.To find out how hibernators are able to do this, researchers turned their attention to those animal’s genomes.

为了找出眠如何做到这一点，研究人员将注意力转向了这些基因组。机翻

4.Understanding how hibernators deal with reduced blood flow could lead to better treatments for protecting the brain during a stroke.

了解眠者如何应对血流量减少可能会导致更好治疗方法来保护中风期间大脑。机翻

5.Some animals that fall into a wintertime sleep are not true hibernators because they spend only apart of the cold season asleep.

一些进入季睡眠不真眠，因为它们只在寒冷季节一部分时间睡觉。Bears，for example，can easily be awakened from their winter nap.Theyare not true hibernators。

6.So far, they’ve discovered that hibernation is controlled by genes that turn off and on in unique patterns throughout the year, fine-tuning the hibernator’s physiology and behavior.

到目前为止， 他们发现眠由基因控制，这些基因全年以独特模式关闭和开启，从而微调眠者生理和行为。机翻