The Arctic Fox (Alopex Lagopus)
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The Arctic Fox lives on the Arctic Tundra which is one of the planet’s most extreme habitats to survive in. It has amazing temperatures that can drop to Minus 50 degrees Celsius in the winter. It is relatively empty and can have storms that invoke winds that make in difficult for adaptable humans to survive in.
The Arctic Fox survives by having adapted many aspects of itself to the harsh environment. This ranges from its coat colour to its blood flow. The Arctic Fox’s coat is a bright white in the winter which allows it to camouflage in the snowy environment in order to escape predators and hunt its prey and can even do the same in the summer as its coat goes a muddy brown colour to camouflage with the landscape after the snow has melted.
The Arctic Fox survives by having adapted many aspects of itself to the harsh environment. This ranges from its coat colour to its blood flow. The Arctic Fox’s coat is a bright white in the winter which allows it to camouflage in the snowy environment in order to escape predators and hunt its prey and can even do the same in the summer as its coat goes a muddy brown colour to camouflage with the landscape after the snow has melted.
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The thick fur helps keep the cold out in the winter and the fur thins in the summer to allow heat to leave the body, they have small ears to prevent heat leaving them in the winter, they have veins very close to the skin on their feet to keep them warm when walking in the snow and it lives in small burrows away from the frost. They sleep in these small burrows and the snow around them bounces the heat back at them and they wrap their tails around themselves as an insulator. They also have small legs and snouts to conserve heat loss.
They are scavengers that find food by following large predators and stealing leftovers after a kill has been abandoned or when the animal that killed it isn’t looking. They eat small birds, fish and animal eggs and due to their omnivorous nature also eat berries, fruits, seaweed and other vegetation should the need arise.
Their main threats are the predators that live on the tundra. These include wolves, polar bears and golden eagles and it hides from these predators using its camouflage coat and burrowing in its den and has adapted a stealthy movement.
They are scavengers that find food by following large predators and stealing leftovers after a kill has been abandoned or when the animal that killed it isn’t looking. They eat small birds, fish and animal eggs and due to their omnivorous nature also eat berries, fruits, seaweed and other vegetation should the need arise.
Their main threats are the predators that live on the tundra. These include wolves, polar bears and golden eagles and it hides from these predators using its camouflage coat and burrowing in its den and has adapted a stealthy movement.
This Map shows the areas of the world where the Arctic Fox can be found which includes places like Russia, Norway and Finland etc.