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Originally Posted by TerraDown
One such creature would be desert toads. They can bury themselves into the soft mud of a rare desert deluge, and can emerge as much as 20 years later, unscathed. The ability to regulate their heart and other organs to a very reduced rate
creates this situation. Many amphibians are capable of similar feats. (hibernation/aestivation)
If a human could slow their pulse and other needs of the body, perhaps they too, could do with less food/water.
Amphibians are thus studied for this and other many different reasons.
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It's a type of hibernation. Humans don't hibernate. The Indian yoga guru, Paramahansa Yogananda, claimed to be able to change his heart rate, but that was debunked, too. He did it by trickery, and when medical personnel discovered the trick, his show was over.