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  2. Bud - Wikipedia

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    European beech (Fagus sylvatica) bud. In botany, a bud is an undeveloped or embryonic shoot and normally occurs in the axil of a leaf or at the tip of a stem.Once formed, a bud may remain for some time in a dormant condition, or it may form a shoot immediately.

  3. Taxodium distichum - Wikipedia

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    Taxodium distichum (baldcypress, [3] [4] [5] bald-cypress, [6] bald cypress, swamp cypress; French: cyprès chauve; cipre in Louisiana) is a deciduous conifer in the family Cupressaceae. It is native to the southeastern United States. Hardy and tough, this tree adapts to a wide range of soil types, whether wet, salty, dry, or swampy.

  4. White-tailed ptarmigan - Wikipedia

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    In the summer it is speckled in gray, brown and white whereas in winter it is wholly white. At all times of year the wings, belly and tail are white. The white-tailed ptarmigan has a diet of buds, leaves, flowers and seeds. The nest is a simple depression in the ground in which up to eight eggs are laid. After hatching, the chicks soon leave ...

  5. Watch these wild animals steal the spotlight in unforgettable ...

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    Watch the video below to see an enthusiastic soccer-playing elk. A California bear with a hankering for healthy snacks pulled off a daring heist at a La Cañada Flintridge family's garage.

  6. Chionophile - Wikipedia

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    However, when animals live in an environment that is inhospitable for much of the year, then hibernation is not necessary. One of the few animals that does so are lemmings, which have a mass migration after they come out of dormancy. However, most animals living in the arctic would still be active, even during the most brutal times of winter.

  7. Deer Happily Playing in Puddle with Golden Retriever Friends ...

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    Every year, animals like bears are either killed or relocated due to well-meaning people who don[t understand that “making friends” with their neighborhood wildlife may mean a death sentence ...

  8. Budding - Wikipedia

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    In hydra, a bud develops as an outgrowth due to repeated cell division at one specific site. These buds develop into tiny individuals and, when fully mature, detach from the parent body and become new independent individuals. Internal budding or endodyogeny is a process of asexual reproduction, favored by parasites such as Toxoplasma gondii. It ...

  9. Hibernaculum (zoology) - Wikipedia

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    A hibernaculum (plural form: hibernacula) (Latin, "tent for winter quarters") is a place in which an animal seeks refuge, such as a bear using a cave to overwinter.The word can be used to describe a variety of shelters used by many kinds of animals, including insects, toads, lizards, snakes, bats, rodents, and primates of various species.