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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.
All animals remain on-site throughout the year in their various homes. Jasmine, a snow leopard, alternates between indoor and outdoor areas along with Raj, the zoo's male snow leopard at Binder ...
Chameleons - Colour change signals a chameleon's physiological condition and intentions to other chameleons. [3] [4] Because chameleons are ectothermic, they change color also to regulate their body temperatures, either to a darker color to absorb light and heat to raise their temperature, or to a lighter color to reflect light and heat, thereby either stabilizing or lowering their body ...
The Cuban and South American forms are tropical and do not form hibernacula in the winter. Drosera intermedia grows in sunny, but constantly moist habitats including bogs, fens, [4] wet sandy shorelines [5] and wet meadows. Since it is carnivorous, it is able to occupy relatively infertile habitats including wet sand and peat.
Winter moth larvae (caterpillars) emerge in early spring from egg masses laid near leaf buds after a series of days in which the daytime high temperatures reach around 10 °C (50 °F). [9] Recently hatched larvae feed on expanding leaf buds, often after having burrowed inside the bud, and later on foliage, for approximately six weeks.
A section of the body wall and an extension of the digestive cavity develops, creating a bud. [2] The buds grow into miniature adults and break away when mature. When a hydra is well fed, a new bud can form every two days. [11] When conditions are harsh, often before winter or in poor feeding conditions, sexual reproduction occurs in some Hydra ...
The few animals that live on the mainland are birds such as Antarctic terns, grey-headed albatross, imperial shag, snowy sheathbill and the most well known inhabitant of Antarctica, penguins. The inhospitable environment helps to deter predators ; the few predators that hunt on the mainland, including the south polar skua and the southern giant ...
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