EMERGENCY!!!!! Pregnant female bears do not go into deep hibernation in the winter like other bears. why might this be a physiological adaptation for mother bears?
a. the pregnant bear's metabolic rate would rise too high, and the fat stores would be gone quickly
b. the fat stores that bears building up in the summer and fall would be wasted on a pregnant bear
c. pregnant bears need to maintain a higher metabolism that nonpregnant bears
d. pregnant bears are unable to build up fat stores during the summer and fall moths.