Do Bears Lose Bone in the Woods?

More seriously, since bed rest is a good analog of zero-G and leads to
similar bone loss to space travelers, why don't bears when they hibernate
suffer bone demineralization? Apparently this is a real question that real
scientists (e.g., the Mayo Clinic) have looked into, but I haven't heard if
NASA has.

"James Oberg" wrote in message
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More seriously, since bed rest is a good analog of zero-G and leads to
similar bone loss to space travelers, why don't bears when they hibernate
suffer bone demineralization? Apparently this is a real question that real
scientists (e.g., the Mayo Clinic) have looked into, but I haven't heard
if
NASA has.


From memory, NASA did tests in the '70's/'80's on this subject - people
laying in bed for up to a year.
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Alan Erskine
alanerskine(at)optusnet.com.au
John Howard doesn't speak for this
Australian in the Amrosi death sentence -
Jail, not death.

"James Oberg" wrote in message
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Yes, bed rest tests with humans -- and in Russia too. But apparently bears
are different in this regard, and not just about rectal thermometers.

Hey, you get your fun your way... nah, better not...
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Alan Erskine
alanerskine(at)optusnet.com.au
John Howard doesn't speak for this
Australian in the Amrosi death sentence -
Jail, not death.