>>55182610The problem with mammals is that energetically speaking we are very expensive (even a sloth in adverse climates is a constant expenditure of calories), however there are other animals better adapted to times of scarcity.
Just look at the Gynaephora groenlandica moth caterpillars, those bastards only wake up in the short spring and consume what they can and if the situation is adverse they go back to sleep until the next spring saving energy to become adults and they can continue like this for up to 7 years , it doesn't seem like much, but their relatives who live in optimal conditions only live a couple of months, it is the equivalent of one of our species extending their life for centuries.
