Tundra by Greisly Gonzalez

Tundra

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Place: Alaska
Animal: Artic fox

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Description

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Tundra is a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs. It has a very short summer time.

Physical Adaptations

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Their round and compact bodies minimize the surface exposed to cold air. Its muzzle, ears and legs are short, which also conserves heat. The biggest defining characteristic of the polar fox is its thick, deep fur that allows it to maintain a constant body temperature. They also have thick hairs on their legs, allowing them to walk on snow and ice.

Behavioral adaption

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The Arctic Fox is a amazing animal with many behavioural adaptations they use to survive in their extreme habitat. One of these adaptations would be that they live in burrows to keep warm and out of bad weather. In an emergency the fox would burrow deeper into the ground to stay hidden. Another adaptation would be that they move from place to place looking for food. So if no more food came to one place they would move to another.

Alaska

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The largest state of the US, in the extreme north-west of North America, with coasts on the Arctic and North Pacific Oceans and on the Bering Sea.

Artic Fox

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The polar fox or artic fox is found throughout the arctic tundra, across Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Russia, Norway, Scandinavia, and even Iceland, where it is the only native land mammal.

Food

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Lemmings are an important prey animal for the polar fox. It also eats a wide range of other small animals, including arctic hares, birds, rodents, fish, and seals.
The polar fox is an omnivore , it can feed on berries and other plants.
When food is scarce, they display great ingenuity by following polar bears and eating the chunks of food left behind by larger animals.

Fat and Skin

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They have thick layers of fat that gives them the insulation they need, also they have skins that are located on the soles of the feet. This is a characteristic that allows them to maintain their body heat. It also allows them to move on the ice without falling and with great agility.

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Fur Color Changes

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The polar fox changes the color of its fur according to the seasons. In winter they are white to mix with the snow, while in summer they turn brown.

Nocturn Animals

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They have very long, pointed ears and have a long nose that is not very wide. Both characteristics allow them to have a great sense of smell and can see very well at night, because they are nocturnal animals.

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