The Best-Laid Plans of Squirrels and Bears (Are Indeed the Best)

A Scientific Guide to Hibernation or Why I Wish I Were a European Hedgehog

1. Eat everything in sight in order to build up body fat.
2. Sleep for months in a warm place during the howling winter.
3. While slumbering, use up said body fat to keep alive.
4. Emerge in spring, among flowers and sunshine, newly slender.
5. Rinse, wash, and repeat like it's your mode of existence. Oh wait. It is.