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Terminal burrowing behavior is a term used to describe a paradoxical undressing followed by the seeking of shelter sometimes observed in human cases of life-threatening hypothermia. People exhibiting such behavior shed their clothing despite already rapidly losing body heat. Following this action, sufferers seek warmth in some form of protective shelter in what is believed to be a primitive autonomous response to the extreme cold originating from the brain stem. This action is typically one of the final symptoms observed before death.
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