Adaptations for this family include unusually large ears and small bodies for Fennec and Bat-Eared Foxes. This protects them from the hot African climate. The Fennec and Arctic Fox have thick fur to help provide protection from the climate, and they have thick fur on their paws to protect against hot sand/cold snow. They are also both monogamous animals. Bat-Eared Foxes and Arctic Foxes have no shared traits. They are all monogamous. animals that live in underground dens, have amazing hearing, and are hunted and killed for their fur.…
Fennec foxes are nocturnal. They hunt by night with a coat camouflaged to the desert. This coat also helps the Fennec fox hide from its predators, the Saluki, caracals, eagle owls, jackals, and striped hyenas. It also has big ears, which gives it the…
The Arctic Fox is about 3feet long and weighs between 5 and 15 pounds. The Scandinavian mainland population is acutely endangered. The Arctic fox is also known as the Polar Fox, and the Red Fox. The Fox has…
It’s kidneys have become stronger, its bones have become larger, and its brain has gained more intelligence. The original Fennec Fox’s kidneys could go up to three days without water or hold water for up to three days. Now, the kidneys can preserve water for up to six days. That is only three days more but three days can make a huge difference in a frozen desert. Of course the fox to become larger to catch larger prey so the bones inside the fox grew much larger than they originally were. The fox, before adapting, was only two to three pounds and only sixteen to nineteen inches long. Now, the fox is fifteen to twenty pounds and is about thirty to forty inches long, not including the tail of course. Finally, one of the last changes was the brain. The Frost Fox is far more intelligent than the Fennec Fox. The average Frost Fox is about as intelligent as both a cat and dog. The fox had to become more intelligent to survive the new harsh environment it would be living in.…
Did you know that foxes are solitary hunters? Unlike animals such as wolves, they hunt alone rather than in packs. There are seven characteristics of life that apply to all living things, but they may not be applied in the same way. For example, fennec foxes have fur on their feet to help them move around in the sandy Sahara. The characteristics of life can be applied to all living things, even small animals such as the fennec fox.…
The Alaska Marmot are classified as rodents who live in cold climates in mountain regions. They have very distinctive features that make them different from other marmots. As rodents they have pointed, sharp teeth used for eating. In regards to there appearance, they have black or brown fur that tends to extend from the very top portion of their head to the top of their nose. Eyes are round, in shape and small. It also has five curved limbs that are used to improve their digging(Wilson and Ruff, 1999).The coloration of the marmots fur varies and can range from white, to brown to black. It uses it’s dark fur in order to camouflage from predators. The body of a Alaska Marmot has bilateral symmetry which means they have dorsal and ventral sides, as well as anterior and posterior ends (Bee and Hall, 1956). They are typically large in size ranging from (539 to 652 mm).Males…
Francis Marion was born in the winter of 1732 (his exact birth date is unknown) at Goatfield Plantation in St. John's Parish, Berkeley County, South Carolina. His parents, Gabriel and Esther Marion, were of French Huguenot descent. The Huguenots were French Protestants who had suffered persecution for their beliefs during the reign of Louis XIV. Following the 1685 revocation of the Edict of Nantes, which forbade the practice of Protestantism, 50,000 Huguenots left France. Marion's grandparents were among them. Along with 70 or 80 other Huguenot families, they farmed the banks of the Santee River near Charleston, South Carolina, where the land proved ideal for growing rice and indigo, a highly treasured blue dye…
The average life expectancy for Canada geese can be difficult to determine even is the older goose was keep in captivity and the longest that had lived was 80 years old. The average goose in the wild had lived 30 years and 4 months old. This is an unusual lifespan for a wild bird; the life expectancy for average most wild geese is 12 years. Canada geese (Branta canadensis) are native to Northern America to included Mexico. Canada geese usually spend the winter in southern parts where the weather is cooler. Regardless of the past of the Canada geese have been introduced to habitats worldwide to include much of Europe, Australia, and parts of Asia. Canada geese can be successful to live at nearly all elevations, and the most of the cold region…
Black-tailed prairie dogs have tail that has black tip, hence the name. Their average body length is 30cm and the tail length is usually 8cm. (3) Prairie dogs have short legs and long sharp claws. Their weight ranges from 0.5 to 1.0 kg. (4) However, they weigh the most during autumn and least during winter. Males tend to be slightly heavier than the females, by 10 to 15% higher.…
According to foreign affairs the want to protect animals is not a new concept to people. Chinese Taoist expressed that compassion for others should not be expressed solely to human beings. An Indian emperor decreed a law that was against the unnecessary mutilation and killing of animals. Buddhists believe that treating all living things with equal compassion as part of an ethical perception. Even though ancient societies had these philosophies, they seem to have been lost to modern society. The San Joaquin kit fox is a great example of how the growth of human population has dramatically impacted the depletion of another species.…
The tundra may seem tough, but it’s actually a very sensitive environment. People have started moving to the tundra to work in the mines and oil industry. Because of this, developments have interrupted many of the animals’ migrations and feeding patterns. It has also caused damage to the permafrost. We need to be careful with the tundra…
Hi! This is Ashley and Beatrice! We are both doing a research project on the red fox in Michigan. Michigan has two foxes the gray fox, and the red fox. …
Polar bears are extreamly well adapted tohunt their prey under water. Keeping warm is no problem for polar bears infact sometimes polar bears have to lay flat on their stomachs on the ice just to cool of. Polar bears have the thickest fur of any bear species. Their fur has two layers. The first layer, the under coat, is the closest to their body it consists of thick, plush, hair that retains heat. The next layer, the outer layer, is a layer made of "guard hairs" and are not actually hair at all they are hollow tubes. the tubes trap air for insulation andalso reflect a visible wavelengths of light in their hollow air space, which combine to make the fur whiteeven though it is in fact colorless. The white coloring provides camoflauge for the bears allowing them to blend in with there white snowy surroundings. Under their fur polar bears have black skin that absorb the sunlight and under that they have a 4-inch layer of blubber. This blubber keeps polar bears warm in the cold water. Polar bears have fur at he bottom of their feet providing extra warmth and traction to the ice. they are adapted to swim 60 miles without a pause to rest. They have have the ability to reduce their metabolic rate when the food is scarce and again when it's…
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Snow wolves have white fur and hunt in packs like regular wolves, they eat other species and are mammals, snow wolves are one of the most aggressive species and are smart, and takes care of their pups good too. Snow wolves survive in the tundra by using their white fur to blend in with the snow and hide from enemies, and fights in packs also eats smaller animals such as, snow bunnies and snow foxes. Polar bears are very big mammals and probably the king of the tundra leaving nothing in it's path, it has white fur, and it's very protective withs its cub. Polar bears eat other species smaller than them and the women polar bears eat fish and sometimes they take and feed fish while the fathers hunt with the other polar bears and also the polar bears use their white fur as camouflage they use their big and very fat stomachs to hold food while they hibernate during the summer. Snowy owls are active during the morning especially summertime and uses it's white fur to hide from dangers. Snowy owls use it's white to camouflage and eats insects to have energy. Snow leopards are endangered species and are large. Snow leopards usually run away from it's…