Problem
i. If the temporal relationship between body temperature and metabolic rate during the initial stages of hibernation was the reciprocal of what it is in reality, what would this indicate? Explain your answer.
ii. Explain the relationship between body temperature and metabolic rate during deep hibernation in marmots as ambient temperature decreases. What does this relationship indicate? Explain your answer sufficiently that I am convinced that you understand what is happening.
iii. The future is here and it is now routine to give a wounded, injured or sick person an injection that causes them to enter into a hibernation-like state. Suggest three possible pharmaceutical agents that could be part of this injection treatment. Give the name of the drug, indicate what it does and explain how that could lead to a hibernation-like state.