Which risk increases when a hibernating mammal’s shivering thermogenesis rapidly intensifies after arousal?

💡 Explanation

When shivering thermogenesis intensifies, it causes rapid metabolic rate increase mobilizing calcium rapidly, increasing platelet reactivity and blood viscosity, potentiating clot formation potentially causing myocardial infarction. Therefore myocardial infarction is the risk, rather than other listed organ failures occurring via completely different mechanisms.

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