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The Russian scientists are considering the possibility of launching into space to study rodents dormouse hibernation in animals, reports RIA “Novosti» .

This was told the head of the laboratory “Biological human livelihoods,” Institute Biomedical Problems RAS, program manager of the biological part of the project “Foton-M” Vladimir Sychev.

According to him, there is a scientific group that really wants to explore the hibernation and suggests that research on dormice. However, the organization of scientific research on dormice has its difficulties.

«For some reason they do not fall into hibernation when we need” – complained the scientist.

Earlier “Times” learned cause of death geckos astronauts.