A few desert animals, such as the Round-tailed Ground Squirrel, a diurnal mammal, enter a state of estivation when the days become too hot and the vegetation too dry. They sleep away the hottest part of the summer.
The average starting salary for a Georgia certified teacher is $38,925. According to the Georgia Department of Education, the average teacher salary for all levels of experience is $53,164. However, these figures are not guarantees of actual salaries for students pursuing teaching certification in Georgia.
In 2013 professors at University of Georgia had an effective annual salary of $133,318. This is $6,529 less than professors earned in 2012, the most recently reported prior year, and a 4.7 percent decrease in effective annual salary in comparison to the previous year's average annual salary ($139,847).