Animals

**Ice World Animals** Snowy Owl - Sarah Brewer

 ·  Up to 27 inches ·  Wing span up to 20-27 inches ·  40-70 ounces males are smaller than females ·  Oldest snowy owl in wild = 9 years 3 months ·  Oldest snowy owl in captivity = 28 years ·  Eat mammals ·  Small rodents to large hares ·  Meadow voles, white footed, deer mice, arctic hares, birds, small song birds, medium sized geese, and lemmings ·  adult owl needs 3-12 lemmings a day (1600 a year) · Local population depends on mainly on local lemming population when there are fewer lemmings that means fewer owls and more lemmings means more owls ·  Swallow prey whole ·  Also called Great Arctic Owl and Great White Owl ·  Unlike other owls Snowy Owls hunt during the day and night · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Can be very aggressive when protecting nest · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Highly nomadic, they move with the lemmings · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Problems include, collisions with auto mobiles, utility lines, global warming, other objects(collisions), gunshot wounds · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Recent reports say… that Snowy Owls are being killed for their eyes, feet, and are being traded in the Asian market · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> The Snowy Owl is the official bird of Québec, Canada · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Snowy Owl homes include willow, saxifrage, heather, lichens, Snowy Owls in the low arctic’s home’s are dense hummocky, dwarf shrub(s), use meadows for nesting <span style="color: #a334ef; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 115%;">· <span style="color: #a334ef; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> Eyes don’t move in sockets they swivel in head

Emperor Penguin - Dakota Eaton




 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Only one that stays when winter arrives in Antarctica.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Largest of the 17 species.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Live their entire lives in Antarctica
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Flightless birds
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Lay 1 egg
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">If the chicks get out of the warm spot they can freeze to death in 1 to 2 minutes
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Scientific name – aptenodytes forsteri
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Average length is 45 inches
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Eat krill
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">They clump together in big masses to stay warm and rotate to the middle to the outside
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Breed in the winter
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Penguin fathers have a brood pouch that they keep the babies in while the mothers leave
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">The mother also has a brood pouch

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Caribou-Hunter Johnson




 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Caribou are also called reindeer
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">They live in snowy areas
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">In the winter they eat moss
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">In the summer they eat mushrooms
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Caribou can swim through icy waters
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Caribou usually dig for food
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Females can also have antlers
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">They can climb steep hillsides with their sharp hooves
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">In one year they travel more than 1,600 miles
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Caribou can eat more than 12 lbs a day
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">They are mammals
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Reindeer/Caribou are herbivores

<span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Arctic Fox - Jacob Rodriguez

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Lenth-85.3cm Lb-7.7pounds Height-10 to12 inches The arctic fox has the thickest of all fur in the animal kingdom allowing it to survive in frigid tempitures. The arctic fox will generally eat anything it can find, but lemmings are the most common prey. An average size pack of fox can eat dozen of lemmings a day. When food becomes scarce the fox will forage on left over’s and even take on big predators like the polar bear depending on size of the fox. When breeding fox are active in early September to early may .Liter tend to average 5-8 pups. Both mother and father tend to their young until the female leave to form their own group, as for the male they stay in the family.

<span style="background-color: #fe00ff; color: #46e845; display: block; font-size: 20pt; text-align: center;">__<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #b045e8; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Arctic Ground Squirrel- Holley Chase __




 * The Arctic Ground Squirrel is found in arctic and alpine tundra in places like bushy meadows or riverbanks.
 * They feast on things like seeds, berries and mushrooms.
 * This particular type of squirrel belongs to the sciuridae family.
 * The Ground Squirrel has a red with white speckled gray and brown fur.
 * It also has white fur around it’s eyes and a short bushy tail that is about 3- 5 inches long.
 * They also have strong front paws used for digging and burrowing through the ground.
 * Next, they live in large colonies in places like Alaska and Canada.
 * This squirrel has many natural predators including bears, wolves, owls, and eagles.
 * Finally, they are about 1- 1.3 feet long.

Arctic Hare- Eliza Kuhn

**·** <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 156%;">**Harsh environment. · ****Omnivore · ****6 to 15 lbs. · ****Larger than rabbits · ****Sometimes found in groups of dozens, hundreds or thousands. · ****Male might take more than one female. · ****Females have one litter per year of 2 to 8 hares. · ****Born spring or early summer. · ****Resemble parents by September and can breed the next year. · ****Eat woody plants mosses and lichens. · ****In other seasons they eat buds, berries, leaves, roots, bark. · ****Native Americans hunt them for food and fur. · ****They can bound up to 40 miles. · ****Their coats provide camouflage. · ****They don’t hibernate · ****They dig their shelters in the snow. · ** **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">They huddle with other hares for warmth.

Braden Graham - Polar Bear

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<span style="color: #000080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Polar bears, or "sea bears," are the world's largest land predators, weighing up to 600 kg (1300 lb.) and measuring up to 3 m (10 ft.) tall. On average they live to be about 25 years old, reaching sexual maturity at around 4 years. Although they appear white or yellow in color, their fur is actually clear and hollow, and their skin is black. Their visibly pale coloring is caused by the reflection and scattering of light. Inhabiting the ice and sea of the Arctic, polar bears are well-equipped for survival in a harsh environment. They have 2 coats of fur and a thick layer of blubber help insulate the polar bear's body from the cold, keeping its temperature at an even 37° C (98.6° F). In addition, polar bears' paws are especially adapted for walking on the ice and swimming in the sea. Polar bears have a keen noses they use their powerful sense of smell when hunting for seals, their main source of food. Supplemental foods include walruses, short-legged reindeer, birds, bird eggs, kelp, and beached whales. When in proximity to human settlements, they have even been known to eat garbage such as Styrofoam. Polar bears are located in cold like Antarctica and Iceland.

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