this gnarly winter thing gets me down
    way down
and i make like a bear more than a clown
    a clown. . .
so doth the spleanoid creature hibernate much, thereby negating both postulates in your inquiry, tho "hibernating" could be construed as "busy"! ;)
but the springish vibrations are getting to me now. i done poked me nose outta the cave a few times. . .