The Grizzly Bear
In Washington, they have just found out that grizzly bears love pastries, can have 50 per cent body fat and spend nearly half the year sleeping. Doesn't it sound a bit like us or at least described what we really want to be? Despite this, the hibernating bears do not suffer from heart attacks and have no hardening of the arteries, no fatty deposits or any circulation issues. Scientists are seeking to learn how bear hearts stay so healthy and whether when found, the answers can benefit humans. The conditions of the changes in the heart that occur in hibernation are things that you and I cannot survive, yet bear hearts are very healthy. This is important as in future there may come a time of economic hardship where there just isn't enough jobs to go around and we may have to spend half the time sleeping, taking turns to go to work. This may already be happening to some economies. Is is because bears are very happy animals? I think so, that is why they could sell huggies in be...