Bears experience significant increases in cholesterol during hibernation without developing rapid aortic plaque.

“bears uh especially I think it's brown bears will hibernate for almost half of the year right and during that period of time they've looked at both bears in captivity and in the wild they are hyper lipidemic their cholesterol goes through the roof... well they've also oh good you've got this you've got this one available as well well so then yes I love how they further uh did uh aortic exams and found that they did not have rapid development of plaque”