In the Krasnoyarsk “Roevoy Ruchey” they talked about the unique “survival technologies” of animals in cold weather

In the Krasnoyarsk Flora and Fauna Park “Roev Ruchey” they told what helps animals endure the cold.

According to park experts, evolution over millions of years has created unique “survival technologies” for animals. For example, in musk oxen the belly is covered with fur up to 60 cm long. This a real moving blanket that warms even at −50°C. U An otter can contain up to a million hairs on a square centimeter of skin. The air between them acts like an impenetrable wetsuit, which allows the animal to dive into icy water.

A bginger bear wears not at all not white, but a transparent fur coat. Every hair these predators works like optical fiber, wireit the sun's rays to the black skin that as a result absorbs heat. And the Arctic foxes are realmi northern chameleonami. In summer they are earthy brown, and in winterOuch become snow-white – this allows you to camouflage yourself in snowdriftX. Arctic foxes are the only representatives of the canids towhich meyut color twice a year.

“Winter fashion dictates other rules: ears become shorter so as not to lose heat, noses become overgrown with fur, like a reindeer, and paws are covered with feathers, like a polar owl. Even the daily routine changes: the same owl hunts whenever necessary on the polar night, because there may not be traditional twilight for months,” the park clarified.

Besides, In winter, animals have different feeding “strategies”. BChristmas trees And Nutcrackers create thousands of caches with reserves. Elive And bears prefer to wait out hungry times by hibernating. U woodpeckerA the beak operates at a frequency of 13 blows per second, and the skull can withstand overloads comparable to shooting from a machine gun. WITHViristels turn into real gourmets in winter: from the abundance of rowan and ranetOK feathers these birds sometimes they turn pink.

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