Estivation

Have been trying to remember this word for a while: estivation.

a state of dormancy similar to hibernation, except done so in the summer 

Molluscs, lady beetles, land crabs, some (but not all) desert tortoises, crocodiles, frogs, toads, salamanders, the fat-tailed dwarf lemur and the East African hedgehogs all are said to do it.

I often feel like estivating.

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