Which risk increases when a hibernating marmot's burrow floods?

💡 Explanation

Fatal hypothermia is more likely because water's high thermal conductivity causes rapid heat loss from the marmot, dwarfing metabolic heat production. The mechanism is conductive heat transfer; therefore, hypothermia occurs rather than a desiccation, which is mitigated by the fur.

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