Are there animals that can deliberately manipulate their metabolism, apart from hibernation?

Asked Mar 19 '16 at 07:22

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Are there animals that can slow down their metabolism deliberately? I know that hibernation would be one mechanism, and maybe being cold-blooded, but I was wondering if there was maybe an animal that could crank up or slow down metabolism based on food resources?

Are there chemical compounds that could have this effect?

asked Mar 19 '16 at 07:22

A Man With Feet

By deliberately do you mean voluntarily? Pythons are known to modulate their metabolism. Are you looking for examples like this? – WYSIWYG Mar 19 '16 at 07:32
Yes, sorry, voluntarily would be a better word! – A Man With Feet Mar 19 '16 at 16:31
Humans. – Count Iblis Mar 19 '16 at 21:00

Are there animals that can deliberately manipulate their metabolism, apart from hibernation?

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