When he was found in the freezing field 24 days after his fall,he did not seem to be breathing and had no detectable pulse.His body temperature was nearly30 degrees below normal, and his organs had nearly shut down.Doctors assumed he was dead.Yet something incredible happened while he was at Kobe City General Hospital:He woke up!Even more incredibly,Uchikoshi,who was treated for severe hypothermis and blood loss,made a full recovery.Doctors believe that Uchikoshi's body went into a state similar to hibernation.In hibernation,the body temperature of an animal is lowered and ite breathing and heart rate slow down.Hibernation reduces the need for food and protects animals from damage to the brain and other organs.