Roberto Mespolo News Today

Roberto quickly discovered that monitos really know how to pack on the pounds. [ speaking non-english ] like all monitos this tiny critter is nocturnal. to learn its secrets roberto and his team leave out baited cage traps overnight. this little guy just couldnt resist a free meal. now hes ready to be weighed and measured.

Its a marsupial raising its young in pouches like koalas and kangaroos. the monito is the only creature in south america to truly hibernate. remarkably, its lived here virtually unchanged for 60 million years. biologist roberto mespolo studies animal metabolism. he first encountered one of these puzzling little creatures at the start of his career. the monitos ability to survive the winter fascinated him, and he made it his lifes work to figure out exactly how they pull it off. solve the mystery...