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<blockquote data-quote="hbnetto" data-source="post: 5516830" data-attributes="member: 6673837">Winter : hibernation. HIBERNATE&nbsp; Some animals &quot;hibernate&quot; for part or all of the&nbsp; winter.&nbsp; This is a special, very deep sleep.&nbsp; The animal's body&nbsp; temperature drops, and its heartbeat and breathing slow down. It uses&nbsp; very little energy.&nbsp; In the fall, these animals get ready for winter&nbsp; by eating extra food and storing it as body fat.&nbsp; They use this fat&nbsp; for&nbsp;&nbsp; energy&nbsp;&nbsp; while hibernating.&nbsp; Some also store food like nuts or acorns&nbsp; to eat later in the winter.&nbsp; Bears, skunks, chipmunks, and some bats hibernate. Cold-blooded animals like fish,&nbsp; frogs, snakes and turtles have no way to keep warm&nbsp; during the winter.&nbsp; Snakes and many other reptiles&nbsp; find shelter in holes or burrows,&nbsp; and&nbsp; spend the winter inactive, or dormant. This is similar to hibernation. Water makes a good shelter for many animals. When the weather gets cold, they move&nbsp; to the bottom of lakes and ponds. There, frogs, turtles and many fish hide under&nbsp; rocks, logs or fallen leaves. They may even bury themselves in the mud.&nbsp; They become&nbsp; dormant.&nbsp; Cold water holds more oxygen than warm water, and the frogs and turtles can&nbsp; breath by absorbing it through their skin. Hibernation- cure, grant saves, tmpSome animals remain and stay active in the winter.&nbsp; They must adapt to the changing&nbsp; weather. Many make changes in their behavior or bodies. To keep warm,&nbsp; animals may grow new, thicker fur in the fall. On weasels and snowshoe&nbsp; rabbits, the new fur is white to help them hide in the snow. Food is hard to find in the winter. Some&nbsp; animals, like squirrels, mice and beavers,&nbsp; gather extra food in the fall and store it to eat later.&nbsp; Some, like&nbsp; rabbits and&nbsp; deer, spend winter looking for moss, twigs, bark and leaves to eat.&nbsp;&nbsp; Other animals&nbsp; eat different kinds of food as the seasons change.&nbsp; The red fox eats&nbsp; fruit and insects in the spring, summer and fall.&nbsp; In the winter, it can&nbsp; not find these things, so instead&nbsp; it eats small rodents.&nbsp; Animals may find winter shelter in holes in trees or logs, under rocks or leaves,&nbsp; or underground. Some mice even build tunnels through the snow.&nbsp; To try to stay warm,&nbsp; animals like squirrels and mice may huddle close together.&nbsp; Certain spiders and insects may stay active if they live in frost-free areas and can&nbsp; find food to eat.&nbsp; There are a few insects, like the winter stone fly, crane fly,&nbsp; and snow fleas, that are normally active in winter. Also, some fish stay active in&nbsp; cold water during the winter. fall- migrationSuggest movement grant, shifts, etc. Birds, insects, autodamage zones, they won't occupy squares.It would be great to support ranged weapons.MIGRATE&nbsp; Animals do many different, amazing things to get through the winter.&nbsp; Some of them&nbsp; &quot;migrate.&quot; This means they travel to other places where the weather is warmer or they can find food. Many birds migrate in the fall.&nbsp; Because&nbsp; the trip&nbsp; can&nbsp; be dangerous,&nbsp; some travel in large flocks.&nbsp; For example, geese fly in noisy, &quot;V&quot;-shaped groups.&nbsp; Other kinds of birds fly alone. How do they know when it is time to leave&nbsp; for the winter? Scientists are still studying this.&nbsp; Many&nbsp; see migration&nbsp; as part of a yearly cycle of changes a bird goes through. The cycle is&nbsp; controlled by changes in the amount of daylight and the weather. Birds can fly very long distances.&nbsp; For example, the Arctic tern nests close to the&nbsp; North Pole in the summer. In autumn, it flys south all the way to Antarctica. Each&nbsp; spring it returns&nbsp;&nbsp; north&nbsp;&nbsp; again.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Most&nbsp; birds migrate shorter distances.&nbsp; But&nbsp; how do they find their way to the same place each year?&nbsp; Birds seem to&nbsp; navigate like sailors once did, using the sun, moon and stars for&nbsp; direction.&nbsp; They also seem to have a compass in their brain for using&nbsp; the Earth's magnetic field. Other animals migrate, too.&nbsp; There are a few mammals, like some bats, caribou and&nbsp; elk, and whales that travel in search of food each winter.&nbsp; Many fish migrate. They&nbsp; may swim south, or move into deeper, warmer water.&nbsp;&nbsp; Insects also migrate. Some butterflies and&nbsp; moths fly very long distances.&nbsp; For example, Monarch butterflies spend&nbsp; the summer in Canada and the Northern U.S. They migrate as far south as&nbsp; Mexico for the winter.&nbsp; Most migrating insects go much shorter&nbsp; distances.&nbsp; Many, like termites and Japanese beetles, move downward into&nbsp; the soil.&nbsp; Earthworms also move down, some as far as six feet below the&nbsp; surface.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hbnetto, post: 5516830, member: 6673837"] Winter : hibernation. [B]HIBERNATE[/B] Some animals "hibernate" for part or all of the winter. This is a special, very deep sleep. The animal's body temperature drops, and its heartbeat and breathing slow down. It uses very little energy. In the fall, these animals get ready for winter by eating extra food and storing it as body fat. They use this fat for energy while hibernating. Some also store food like nuts or acorns to eat later in the winter. Bears, skunks, chipmunks, and some bats hibernate. Cold-blooded animals like fish, frogs, snakes and turtles have no way to keep warm during the winter. Snakes and many other reptiles find shelter in holes or burrows, and spend the winter inactive, or dormant. This is similar to hibernation. Water makes a good shelter for many animals. When the weather gets cold, they move to the bottom of lakes and ponds. There, frogs, turtles and many fish hide under rocks, logs or fallen leaves. They may even bury themselves in the mud. They become dormant. Cold water holds more oxygen than warm water, and the frogs and turtles can breath by absorbing it through their skin. Hibernation- cure, grant saves, tmp Some animals remain and stay active in the winter. They must adapt to the changing weather. Many make changes in their behavior or bodies. To keep warm, animals may grow new, thicker fur in the fall. On weasels and snowshoe rabbits, the new fur is white to help them hide in the snow. Food is hard to find in the winter. Some animals, like squirrels, mice and beavers, gather extra food in the fall and store it to eat later. Some, like rabbits and deer, spend winter looking for moss, twigs, bark and leaves to eat. Other animals eat different kinds of food as the seasons change. The red fox eats fruit and insects in the spring, summer and fall. In the winter, it can not find these things, so instead it eats small rodents. Animals may find winter shelter in holes in trees or logs, under rocks or leaves, or underground. Some mice even build tunnels through the snow. To try to stay warm, animals like squirrels and mice may huddle close together. Certain spiders and insects may stay active if they live in frost-free areas and can find food to eat. There are a few insects, like the winter stone fly, crane fly, and snow fleas, that are normally active in winter. Also, some fish stay active in cold water during the winter. fall- migration Suggest movement grant, shifts, etc. Birds, insects, autodamage zones, they won't occupy squares. It would be great to support ranged weapons. [B]MIGRATE[/B] Animals do many different, amazing things to get through the winter. Some of them "migrate." This means they travel to other places where the weather is warmer or they can find food. Many birds migrate in the fall. Because the trip can be dangerous, some travel in large flocks. For example, geese fly in noisy, "V"-shaped groups. Other kinds of birds fly alone. How do they know when it is time to leave for the winter? Scientists are still studying this. Many see migration as part of a yearly cycle of changes a bird goes through. The cycle is controlled by changes in the amount of daylight and the weather. Birds can fly very long distances. For example, the Arctic tern nests close to the North Pole in the summer. In autumn, it flys south all the way to Antarctica. Each spring it returns north again. Most birds migrate shorter distances. But how do they find their way to the same place each year? Birds seem to navigate like sailors once did, using the sun, moon and stars for direction. They also seem to have a compass in their brain for using the Earth's magnetic field. Other animals migrate, too. There are a few mammals, like some bats, caribou and elk, and whales that travel in search of food each winter. Many fish migrate. They may swim south, or move into deeper, warmer water. Insects also migrate. Some butterflies and moths fly very long distances. For example, Monarch butterflies spend the summer in Canada and the Northern U.S. They migrate as far south as Mexico for the winter. Most migrating insects go much shorter distances. Many, like termites and Japanese beetles, move downward into the soil. Earthworms also move down, some as far as six feet below the surface. [/QUOTE]

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