Killers on the Snow: Winter's Most Amazing Hunters

Welcome to the Animal Logic Christmas Special. We're delving into all the animals and plants that make this season special, from the whimsical northern ulet to the poisonous parasites we like to kiss and the adorable and deadly 10-foot-tall bears. These are our favorite

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species. Hello. I'm definitely Danielle and you're seeing animal logic. Santa's reindeer or caribou as we like to call them here in Canada were all females or very young males that were replaced each year, unlike other deer species, both sexes of reindeer grow antlers. To the older males. antlers fall off in early December, long before Santa arrives with his flying flock;

Females, on the other hand, retain their antlers until early spring; young males also keep their antlers later in the year, which means Santa replaces his reindeer herd each year, a chilling I thought or are they all ladies, take that patriarchy, there are many different types of reindeer or rifer tandis and they can be found in the boreal forests of the Arctic tundra and, for that matter, anywhere cold in Europe and North America on a visit from Saint Nicholas of Clemency Moore the The first poem to feature reindeer alongside Santa, the reindeer, was described as Tiny . If you've ever seen a reindeer, you probably wouldn't use that word.

Reindeer weigh up to 180 kg or 400 lb and measure up to 1.7 m or 5.6 feet in height. Add to that their enormous antlers, which can grow up to one meter or 3.2 feet wide and 1.3 M or 4.2 feet long, we get everything but a size small. The reindeer in the poem pulling Santa SLE were probably the Norwegian subspecies of the valard reindeer, which was much smaller, weighing about 7.75 kilos or 165 pounds and measuring about 80 cm or 2 1/2 feet tall, it is So cute that reindeer start to grow those impressive antlers in the spring, the males use them to fight each other to impress the females and since their mating season is in the fall, there is no need to keep the antlers much After that, the females, however, keep their antlers to give them a competitive advantage when searching for food for herself and her baby in the

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months, when the males lose their antlers.

Antlered females occupy the top position in the food hierarchy, but this does not explain why females need antlers in the first place. One theory suggests that female reindeer grow antlers to resemble young males. Adult males will confront younger males as soon as they become a threat, potentially even pushing him out of the herd. This strategy is used by mothers to confuse adult males as to who the young males really are. They are buying them some time to grow before setting out on their own journey, thus giving them a better chance of surviving and continuing the gene pool.

A newer theory suggests that female reindeer have antlers because much of their habitat is open terrain and they need those antlers to defend themselves much more than, say, white-tailed deer, which live in more densely forested areas. In these areas, reindeer are specially designed cold weather survivors, their coats are made up of two layers, an inner layer of wool and an outer layer of long hair made of Styrofoam, like hollow hairs, these trap warm air and They keep them insulated from the elements not only does this hollow fur provide warmth but also buoyancy. Much of their territory is made up of rivers and rivers need to be crossed, luckily for the reindeer.

Their hollow fur acts al

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like a life jacket and they travel much higher in the water than other mammals, not only that, but they also employ the same countercurrent heat exchange system that ducks use, basically blood being pumped to his legs are cooled by blood returning from his legs, this keeps his legs at a temperature warm enough not to freeze, but cold enough so there isn't a massive explosion. Heat loss Also their noses help them stay warm by warming the air when they breathe before it enters the lung. They also have adaptive hooves in the summer months when everything is wet.

Their hooves are spongy, which gives them extra traction, but in the winter when everything stinks and freezes the spongy parts harden and form a horn-like edge. Each hoove has four toes that they can extend over the

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like

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shoes. . Distributing their weight, the underside of each hoof is cupped and they can use this crevice as a shovel. to dig for food in the snow, possibly the

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interesting thing about reindeer is their migration in a year, they will travel further distances than any other mammal in the world, traveling more than 5,000 km or 3,100 m in a year, often covering more of 37 km or 23 m per day Reindeer are quiet animals and outside of mating they do not make much noise when they vocalize.

They use large air sacs in their necks that allow them to make a rattle sound that is used by males to deter other males, but used by females. to adapt individual calls to their calves, which they need because reindeer herds can be huge. In 2001, the George River caribou herd in Quebec, Canada numbered 300-85,000, unfortunately that number has since dropped by 81% to 74,000. This trend is unfortunately happening around the world and in the last three decades, reindeer numbers have decreased by 60% due to climate change and habitat loss. If we could all be a little more aware of our actions and their impact, I'm sure we could all make a big and significant change. to over 1000 species in the order Santa leles now you might be thinking there must be a connection between mistletoe and Santa Lees, it's nothing more than a Christmas coincidence that just so happens to also be the name of a 2018 Christmas movie starring Kathy Lee gford Mistletoes fall into three families commonly known as showy mistletoes, feathery mistletoes, and sandalwood, but when we think of mistletoe, we generally talk about two particular species in the sandalwood or santala family viscum album, also known as the native common mistletoe. from Eurasia and the luk carpo or American odendro. mistletoe which is endemic to North America, these two types of mistletoe are famous for their iconic ball shape that can grow up to a meter wide in the mistletoe flowers from March to May with small pale yellow or green flowers that are They turn into sticky white berries from September to November, this plant loves frigid winters and stays fresh and green all season long despite the cold; in fact, it's most noticeable when the leaves of its host tree fall around it, revealing that iconic Greenery-inducing kiss, a clue to how the mistletoe manages to stick around. alive While others wither is in the name forid dendron means thief of a tree in Greek, while those evergreen mistletoe leaves are more than capable of creating their own energy through photosynthesis, mistletoe steals nutrients and water of its host tree, so you may have exaggerated a bit. when I implied that these plants are cold hard energy vampires, mistletoe is actually not completely parasitic, they are what are called Hemi parasites, which means they don't have to get all their nutrients from Al's stealing if they don't want to and there There are times when it is best for the mistletoe not to take too much of its unwitting host.

A recent study showed that when a tree is infected with more than one mistletoe, each will increase its photosynthesis to produce more of its own food, ensuring that the host does not die and that the mistletoes can also continue when they steal, they do. with haustoria root-like structures that are able to penetrate the bark of the trees and begin to suck the juices. If you want to learn more about History, be sure. to watch our video on daughter, also known as strangler weed, along with holly and poinsettas, mistletoe completes the trifecta of Christmas plants that are toxic to humans, while mistletoe can be poisonous to us, birds can't get enough of its waxy white berries and are the most common spreaders of mistletoe seeds.

The seeds are coated with a super sticky film called visen, or stuck to the beak of the bird, which then uses the nearest tree branch or twig as a napkin or They make a short trip through the bird's digestive system The sticky seeds in the bird's poop cling to anything it comes into contact with If it sticks to a tree The mistletoe seed has found the perfect place to install its new nursery The word mistletoe comes from the Anglo-Saxon and translates as dung twig so this winter when Kissing your lover under the mistletoe, think about the romantic journey you took from the CLA of a bird despite its reputation for being a parasite.

Mistletoe knows how to give back. Many birds and insects depend on mistletoe for food and shelter. About 100 families of vertebrates consume its nutritious fruit, fruit and nectar and 50 call these evergreen spheres home, the forest floor also gains when mistletoe drops its leaves, most trees that lose leaves, make sure suck up every last nutrient before letting them fly, but since mistletoe is a parasite and can steal anything whenever it wants you don't have to worry about releasing some extra nutrients when these leaves full of goodness decompose, they deliver their nutrients to the forest floor, so if you see a lot of mistletoe in a particular area, it means there is a healthy area. bird population and it's a sign of a diverse ecosystem if all the parasites were so adorable.

I'm sure we would see many more tapeworms as pets in ancient times. Mistletoe was used around the world to treat a wide variety of ailments, from seizures to hysteria. rave with plyy the Ancient One himself raves about his powers to cure cancer due to its toxicity, however he lost some of that status as a miraculous healer although he is currently being investigated for his effect on reducing blood pressure adding to his medicinal mystique the pharmacologically active substances found. Actually, in mistletoe, Chang changes depending on the host plant. Mistletoe growing on Nightshade plants, for example, has been found to contain nicotine, while those grown on coffee plants are caffeinated with so many species of mistletoe that there are a lot of twigs to cover, but let's get to a couple of them first. the most unique and fascinating: the dwarf lodgepole pine mistletoe Arium americanum, one of dozens of leafless species in its genus.

It is unique because it disperses its seeds by explosion, while some plants we have covered in the channel explode from touch like Himalayan balsam or from environmental conditions like sandbox tree. This species of mistletoe explodes from the heat it generates within itself. It's called thermogenesis discharge and it's the only plant in the world known to trigger explosive seed dispersal when heated by heat. Similarly, indoors, the agile dwarf mistletoe also spreads its seeds by explosion using hydrostatic pressure to launch its seeds at speeds of almost 600 miles per hour. A tester from the laurenia family infects only two types of cacti in South America instead of growing INF holiday balls like some This mistletoe parasite emerged from the host from the inside, its near inability to photosynthesis distinguishes it from its hemiparasitic cousins, mistletoe, since trer depends more than others on its host for resources, so after learning about all the poison and parasitism, why the hell do we do it? kiss under these things during the holidays, there are a couple of contributing stories that start with ancient Norse mythology and I know I promise that this is not the plot of the next Thor movie or it is taica.

Loki, the god of mischief, had killed Balder, the god of light and joy. a sprig of mistletoe after learning that it was the only thing that could hurt him. The Celtic Druids back in the 1st century AD. They saw mistletoe as a symbol of virility, as its berries appear in winter, when other plants have long withered. The ancient Greeks and Celts even considered the sticky white berries to be a symbol of male fertility. Ironically, one study showed that common mistletoe extract actually decreased sperm quality in rats over the centuries. The tradition of kissing under the mistletoe emerged, although it is not entirely clear exactly when and how a song emerged.

Published in England in 1784, it is generally accepted to be the first reference to kissing under the mistletoe. Originally it seemed like it was just a ruse for men to get kisses from unwilling women; However, in a time when women had very little agency, some accounts suggest that mistletoe was a completely legitimate way for a woman to orchestrate a much-desired kiss herself, while mistletoe can stillsteal nutrients from their hosts. Fortunately, stealing kisses from a person younger than you without their consent is no longer acceptable. I hope the romance of this toxic parasite helps you achieve this. your own pampered kisses this season today we are in Churchill Manitoba visiting the King of the North the largest bear in the world the polar bear this is one of the largest cities in Hudson Bay and every year thousands of people come to see one of The Greatest Hunters on Earth Churchill was originally a port built by the Hudson's Bay Company to ship furs to England and as a fort to protect Canada from an Arctic invasion as demand for fer dwindled and concerns about national security were moved to another part of the city.

Churchill's became an afterthought in the late 40s, it was such a forgotten area that Britain had plans to conduct nuclear tests in the region, this would probably have killed the entire population, but the climate was too harsh for British nuclear scientists and chose to detonate their bombs in the Australian outback, the town only became famous due to stories of bear attacks and the problems locals faced with aggressive bears became international news the problem of While the bears were initially relocated by plane and helicopter, these dramatic scenes attracted the interest of environmentalists and celebrities who traveled to the city to see the bears.

These were some of the first tourists to observe polar bears. This is one of the southernmost polar bear populations and one of the most accessible due to the city's geography, as well as the several freshwater rivers that flow into the bay making the water here freeze faster than in some places further north. Bears begin arriving in the summer and remain on land until fall. Late October is the best time to see them as they are when the ice begins to form and the bears venture out onto the ice to search for seals, although if you come here in July you can see fat bears returning from the ocean and frolicking among wildflowers, one of the few places in the world where this happens.

Regardless of the season, driving out of town requires extreme caution, this is really not a place I would recommend for a night run, unless of course you are faster than a polar bear, which alerts you not to. you are a polar bear. Polar bears are incredibly fast and powerful on land, but they are technically marine mammals. They are found throughout the Arctic Ring of Life. Its scientific name ursus maritimus means sea bear. This is because for most of the year they are on the Arctic ice searching. for their favorite prey, seals, in a couple of months, these seals will only be able to breathe by appearing through holes in the ice and this guy is going to prepare a delicious meal for a polar bear in a couple of months during the whole process .

The biology of their digestive system is oriented towards the consumption of marine mammal fat. Seals are relatively easy prey because they come out of the water to breathe through breathing holes. The polar bear's huge SNES can smell a breathing hole from over a kilometer away and will wait patiently. for a seal to surface once they do they grab it with their giant arms and pull it out of the water then a bite on the head is the Cuda when the ice melts this population of polar bears has to come to land and wait until the ice freezes again during that time, they don't eat much this time of year, the bears have been fasting for over 4 months so they are starving and I'm here looking like a tasty snack.

Summer is the lean months for bears and they have to make do with less nutritious food. Studies have found not only eggs from birds and small mammals but also vegetation such as grasses and berries in their feces. Sometimes, if they are lucky, a whale comes ashore and provides them with a very welcome meal, and very rarely. Larger bears have been seen catching belugas that come to give birth in the Churchill River, but these are only occasional treats and the bears will typically go hungry for about 15 weeks. Today will be the opportunity of a lifetime and I can't tell you.

How excited am I, we are going out on sloth bear expeditions in this giant Tundra tracker to go meet some bears on their lawn. I can't wait these trucks are absolutely huge the windows are about 3m high to prevent even the biggest bears trying something sneaky oh yes they get on the vehicle trying to see us through the window and the viewing platform gives us the best view of this majestic tundra landscape. This is almost worse. Traffic Ford Arctic traffic currently on the observation deck of this arctic tracker and I am as safe as possible up here, even the tallest polar bear can't reach me, he can see me from below, although we are now entering the Wildlife Management Area, the best place to see for sure. polar bears in the region but in the tundra Wildlife can be difficult to spot welcome to everyone's favorite game is it a rock or is it a rock and roll animal baby that's an arctic fox oh negative 50 points that's a rock no, just I'm the one coming Rock Bottom what you thought was a rock no no polar bear loser no that's Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock okay let's look at the points on the board loser this has been an animal.

Logic, is it a rock or is it an animal? Tune in next week after After a few hours on the tundra we finally saw our first pair of bears, but they were very far away and in a place inaccessible to us, they are right there, oh my goodness, they have just been resting in the trees, so we kept searching and then the magic happened, oh wow and there it is, it's our first big, beautiful bear, this polar bear is taking a little stroll along the shore of Hudson Bay, he's probably scanning the shoreline for of seals or belugas dragged by any type of marine mammal. it would be an easy snack for him if he washed up and then he got even better a mom and her one year old cub who came straight towards us to see us oh my god wait how many are there there are two two polar bears this is one of the most magical moments that animal lovers can experience watching an apex predator gently approach you and look at you from just a few centimeters away can change your life.

It is the reason why every year more than 10,000 ecotourists come here to catch a glimpse of the king. It is not a joke. getting so emotional mom is coming to see us I'm face to face with a polar bear and she's curious to see us don't get too close it's not cute it has claws longer than your fingers I'm not going to put my hand on that thing don't worry I don't plan on touching it and just to tell you i'm not lying smelling my boot i don't even know how to feel right now but my eyes can't stop crying this mama bear is just one of the most beautiful creatures i've ever seen this might be the most meaningful encounter i've ever seen I have had throughout my entire experience here with animal logic.

I am beyond excited about this and they are truly fearless but I am honored that this bear is giving us a moment of his day and showing us his extreme curiosity up close after his beautiful long faces and bright, curious eyes. The next thing you notice are its giant paws. Most animals up here have big legs to avoid sinking. snow, but polar bears take that to the next level and have developed these huge furry paddles in open water, the bears have to swim between islands of ice in search of better feeding opportunities and when the ice melts they often have than swim back to the mainland.

Polar bears can swim great distances and some have been recorded swimming up to 800 km in a few days. These journeys can be an absolute odyssey and the average adult bear can swim up to 40 km in one go. This, of course, comes at a huge cost. They and most yearlings do not survive to protect themselves from the cold. They have the advantage of being absolutely massive and having a thick coat of hair. Their round shape helps them lose less heat through the skin by reducing their surface-to-volume ratio like others. Northern animals, these guys have smaller ears and shorter legs, all to help retain heat.

All the animals here are basically striving to achieve the same thing. Obviously, they become an orb and the reason for this is because an orb has the smallest surface to volume ratio and stuff. It means it is the best for retaining heat. Their coat has two layers of dense fur and underneath there is at least 10 cm of fatty tissue. The blood vessels attached to your fat deposits can be opened or restricted to aid in thermoregulation and also give us wonderful eyesight. From the furry underside of their feet, which is what helps retain heat and protect them from the freezing cold of the ice, all of this is necessary to survive, but while the Cubs build their mass to be independent, they will have to rely on mom, this pair.

I see behind me a mother and her cub. The pup is probably approaching 2 years old, at which point it's time to continue forging her own path, but for now there's still time to take a cozy nap with mom, my heart, so this polar mom. The bear probably weighs between 400 and 500 pounds, but at her maximum weight she would probably weigh more like 700 or 800. The reason she probably lost so much weight is behind me. Having a puppy is a big investment for the mother and that usually means losing up to half of her body weight in pure energy expenditure alone.

The Churchill population is famous for the puppies becoming independent when they are 1 and a half years old, as opposed to 2 and 1/2 in other populations, food availability and Denning. The sites make their youth a little easier than that of bears in other areas. The area around Churchill is rich in Pete and DS built on this type of soil are especially warm around -5 even when it's -30 outside for an animal so well equipped for the cold must feel like a warm and comfortable SAA. When the Cubs grow up, they return to their baby dens, but these pampered bears are becoming the exception and soon their world could change forever.

Although global populations are relatively stable, some populations are declining primarily due to During the shorter winter season in the Arctic, you've probably seen photos of hungry bears on melting sea ice, and while that's obviously worrying, there's another problem that we will be forced to address in the next two decades: the conflict between human bears, fortunately, Churchill's experiences. give us a road map for dealing with these situations, while many aggressive bears were successfully relocated, unfortunately some kept coming back and eventually had to be euthanized when they reached town, fortunately there were still military buildings from the Old Fort days and it emerged an idea. to lock in the problem Bears, it was a three strikes type situation on their first strike they would be locked up for a couple of weeks on their second strike they would be locked up until November on their third strike they would be caught and put in a zoo or euthanized if no one he could take them, but the bears kept coming to town and it was discovered that it was the dumpster that attracted the bears, the most important thing was that the Cubs that came to the dumpsters with their moms were more likely. go back to the city when they were older, it's true, the babies were picking up bad habits from their mother, the dumpster was also dangerous for them, since they basically ate anything with a smell, antifreeze, battery acid, car oil, Anything, the probability of poisoning is very high, so the city of Churchill closed it.

The city now sends all its garbage to a landfill far from the bears. Tourism money helps fund these measures to protect the bears, but There may be problems that money cannot solve although the global bear population is difficult to estimate and at the moment appears relatively stable in some parts of its range. There are areas where they are declining. Polar bears do not travel nomadically through the Arctic, but rather remain within certain boundaries called subpopulations. The most studied subpopulations are. those in Hudson Bay and the Bort Sea and there is strong evidence that they are declining.

Longer summers mean longer fasting periods, which leads to lower reproduction rates. In some cases, the males even eat the Cubs. In Hudson Bay, they also face additional threats. of orcas and Grizzlies, who find it easier to survive here. Grizzlies are smaller but can usually defeat a polar bear in combat. Orcas used to stay away from the bay because sea ice would restrict access, but now with less ice they can get there. go in and take seals and belugas, this competition for resources will negatively affect polar bears despite being surrounded from all sidesangles by these big tundra vehicles, this polar bear is just out for a ride, he doesn't care at all because he's an apex.

There's nothing out here that's going to hunt him, so what's there to be afraid of? There are more and more bears entering human settlements, often leading to them being killed in some areas. There is a belief that polar bears are increasing because they are seen more. around town, but this probably means they are there because they cannot find suitable food elsewhere, following Churchill's example of identifying and removing problem bears. Eliminating access to garbage dumps and having a system to scare away curious bears will save both. Both bears and human lives Churchill's strategy may not be suitable for all Arctic communities, but it offers a well-documented case study in how to address conflict with human bears.

Hopefully more Northern communities within the polar bear's natural range will follow this example and this majestic species will continue to thrive and spread in the years to come. Oh my God, see, it's just naked spit. I watch my cat do this at home, but watching the world's largest carnivore do the same pose is just mind-blowing, so where we are now is in the middle of very nice open fields, there's a lot of green space and because of that, I also hear lots of other birds around, there is an oral song in the trees, there are some swallows by the nests, maybe a couple of birds of prey flying around too. now we are on our way to meet the snowy owl that i haven't seen in months bubos scand dieus, also known as the snowy owl, is the heaviest owl in North America, although birders affectionately refer to them simply as Snow's Snow.

Snows are large birds and can weigh up to 2kg which is a lot for a bird, they are half a meter tall and have a wingspan of up to 1.5m making them one of the largest owl species in the world. world. The snowy owl is a circumpolar species, meaning it lives primarily at high altitudes. To the north in the arctic tundra of North America, Europe and Asia they like to live on flat, open terrain like tundra fairies or anywhere else with large expanses of open hunting grounds. Snowy owls have the same travel patterns as snowbirds. Named after retirees who fly south for the winter and return north in the summer, but not all migrate and some choose to endure in the Arctic year-round and dominate the high Arctic skies as the largest predatory Aven , which basically makes them Ice King's blue zombie dragon. from Game of Thrones except they're alive and the owls The snowy owl's white feathers give it perfect camouflage in the winter, an advantage it loses in the summer when the snow melts.

Adult females and juveniles are slightly darker in color and have darker flexures in comparison. To keep the pure white adult males warm, snowy owls are wrapped in feathers from beak to talon, a layer of soft insulation is covered with thick feathers that cover the toes and even the beak to keep them warm. warm in the frigid winter temperatures, even when the air surrounds them. is -50° C their pretty white parkas help them stay like internal bombs 38° to complete the set they have luminous eyes these huge eyes give them excellent vision but also make their facesThe snow owls, quite expressive, have two angry looks and shocked, like most owls.

The structure of its feathers is responsible for the snow owl's ability to fly almost silently, while other birds make a loud flapping sound when flying due to air turbulence. Its wings create the special feathers of the snowy owl that allow it to silently approach its prey from above, first the serrated edges of the feathers break the airflow, then as the air travels along the wing to the trailing edge , the fringed feathers further reduce air disturbance, finally, the soft feathers on the underside of the wings and legs absorb any additional noise. It is a perfect combination that allows snowy owls to permanently operate in stealth mode.

Snowy owls are not picky about what they eat and will hunt mammals, birds, and sometimes even fish if they spend time near the coast, but the snowy owl's favorite snack is a delicious, juicy lemon. They can eat up to 1,600 lemings a year when life gives it to them. Lemings make lemonade. They eat so many Lemmings that they sometimes morbidly cover their nests with lemming skins. They keep their chicks warm Snowy owls are opportunistic

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Most of the time they catch their prey by sitting on a perch and waiting They are equipped with excellent vision and even better hearing, so if your target moves under the snow they will still They can hear When snowy owls hunt from the air they usually fly close to the ground, they fly fast and can reach speeds of 80 km per hour and with their specialized feathers they cover this ground silently once they see lunch the snowy owl leaves quickly and silently. ready to kill, snatching its prey with its sharp talons like many other birds of prey, the snowy owl likes to eat small prey whole, its strong stomach juices digesting the flesh of the prey, while indigestible parts, such as the bones of the Teeth, fur and feathers are collected into small pellets that the owl regurgitates 18 to 24 hours after feeding.

Such a cute snowy owl needs to eat about 10 rodents a day to meet its nutritional needs. Fortunately, their hunting success rate is about 45%. Those are pretty good odds that the availability of lemmings can often directly affect. impacts the snowy owl's ability to nest with them they sometimes give up breeding altogether if their prey is scarce if they breed the male will bring the female a lemming snack it is the snowy equivalent of chocolate covered strawberries after breeding the Female will form a depression called a scrape directly in the tundra to lay her eggs, the more abundant the Lemmings are that year, the more eggs she will lay.

The male will continue to feed her while remaining on top of the eggs for about a month once they hatch. Papa Al continues to bring food. For mom Al and her owlets, at about 7 weeks old the babies are ready to fly, but mom and dad continue to feed them until they are about 10 weeks old, when they are not breeding in the spring, they like to relax. Theirs, like most solitary, snowy owls are the shy, silent and mysterious type, unless someone trespasses on their territory or nest and that's when the snowy hour flows go into attack mode, hissing, chirping. , clapping, dive-bombing, even hitting their intruders, it's okay, we get it, you like your space, unlike most owls, snowy owls are not nocturnal, they prefer to be active during the day, especially in summer , although in the Arctic they have no choice, when days last 24 hours, while they usually spend most of their lives in the Arctic.

Conditions like a strong breeding season can push them out of their usual tundra territory and push them further south, causing a snowy owl invasion known as a rash which is a rash with an i, not an e during the 2013 snowy owl rash. In 2014, individuals were observed as far south as Florida, imagine being able to see a flamingo and a snowy owl in the wild on the same day, talk about a bird watcher's dream, but seeing snowy owls in the wild is becoming increasingly more difficult, that's why we have a very special correspondent who informs us. live from Alaska take it Danielle okay this is day two at Crel Wildlife Park and we're here with Steve Crushell and he's going to give me an introduction to the UK.

He chooses the snowy owl. Yesterday we tried to meet him, but he was there. a little shy, so now that he knows what I smell like and what I look like from yesterday, maybe on the second day he'll be a little more open to spending some time with us. Do you think our snowy owls can smell H? I'm not. I'm sure I wonder, I wonder, that's a big question I keep asking everyone. I know they can hear and see very well, but I'm not sure how much they would care about the smell. Yes Yes Yes. I'm going to speak now. because he's right in the booth and he remembers that ooh o o o a little lower, a little lower o o ok, as low as he can, ok, then I'm going to open the door o That's ok o o o oick it looks a little bit more comfortable this time.

I'm going to stay here until I get them back because going into an enclosed space with an owl that doesn't know me can be awkward, there are only a few birds in the world that have feathers instead of scales, but there's something interesting about the scales of an owl. bird. feet is that they are actually adapted feathers, so this is the original way that birds evolved before developing scaly feet, so it is actually an ancestral condition. This is going really well so far, oh yeah, that's good, oh, that's good, probably B, come with me. We're going to walk right next door and we're going to walk over here into the snow and we're going to try to get him to a little mound there so we can talk more about the snowy debts, right?

I touched a snow flow before I haven't, are you sure he's okay with this? I think we're going to find out right there, he just talks like that oh, you're so soft, oh, come on, come on, yeah, that's right, isn't it? a beautiful bird, yes hey the snowy owl's name is ukpik which is a new pek for snowy owl. Snowy owls are quite the self-described poster birds of the Arctic, but despite this, snowy owls are disappearing in their range, getting this close to a snowy owl is something extremely special, there are only 30-40,000 of these animals left. in the world.

Snowy owls are listed as vulnerable and their populations decline each year. Birds in the wild can live perhaps 10 years at best. In the warmer months, snowy owls return to their preferred breeding grounds north of the tree line. In winter, they travel great distances in search of food, preferring flat areas such as Grasslands Fields Swamps Dunes Beaches and Even snowy owls on airport runways are dangerous to everyone involved because they sometimes collide with airplanes. Their attraction to airport runways has led conservationists to train and release snowy owls away from the dangers of airplane engines. SAR project. Snowy Owl Airport Rescue is a volunteer organization that does this important work along with the rescue and relocation of other species of owls and birds of prey.

Hopefully, as more objects from projects like these take off, we'll see the return of the Arctic's greatest bird. Sorry, I offended you, millions of red crabs began their march towards multiplication when the first drops of rain fall on Christmas Island, they swarm out of their forest homes and head into the ocean to reproduce, but their migration must be synchronized perfectly in the last quarter of the Moon as the tide goes out, they spawn Before Dawn, no this is not a fuse charm, it is the only time a Christmas Island red crab will spawn depending on when the tide falls. first rain, the crabs hurry up or down so this is very important. appointment with Destiny goose is a general term for birds of three different genera in the same family as swans and ducks and there are at least 16 different species the smallest genus is made up of snow geese there are only three species all from North America and include the beautiful Swan Goose, these moody bees spend their summers in the Arctic and migrate south during the winter.

They travel in huge groups of up to a million. Birds travel up to 4,000 km, making them one of the most

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migratory events on Earth. Then there are the Gres, which are found mainly in northern Europe and in Asia. They are so similar to snow geese that some scientists argue that snow geese should be part of this genus. They all have orange legs and beaks and grayish-brown feathers. which you are most likely to have What is eaten is the grey-footed goose, they were one of the first animals to be domesticated and are considered a Christmas delicacy in northern Europe.

Finally, we have black geese, a genus that includes the infamous and aggressive Canada goose. Black geese are generally brown or black and have black hair. legs and beaks, are found primarily in North America, with two exceptions, the Hawaiian goose and the Siberian red-breasted goose. If you have ever been attacked by a goose in North America, it was probably a Canada goose, for Canada geese peace was never an option, their beaks and tongues are serrated with pil which helped them cut through plant matter and filter mud when they drink from puddles. The result is one of the most terrifying beaks of all birds.

They may not be able to do much harm to an adult person,but you. I don't want to put my fingers in business's mouth. Canada geese are extremely protective animals that have adapted very well to the urban habitat. Cats, cities provide a lot of food and protection from predators, are not afraid of people and are comfortable running. Goslings in our parks were once protected along with other migratory species, but over the past 50 years their numbers have skyrocketed and there are now more than 7 million Canada geese in North America. The main problem is that human activity has changed their migration patterns until the urbanization of North America.

Canada geese bred in the Arctic in the summer and traveled south during the winter as humans built better parks and offered protection. against foxes, wolves and other predators. They started staying put all year round and being here all year round means they litter. our parks with lots and lots of poop, each goose and Gander produces up to a kilogram of feces every day, all this poop pollutes the waterways and has also caused an increase in pathogens in parks and lakes, so if you go to the beach, Make sure there isn't a lot of poop around, one of the reasons they poop so much is because they eat our leftovers.

They have been observed breaking into trash bins and garbage cans, but some people feed them to keep them short-term. Great for geese because they eat a lot of delicious food, but in the long run they end up eating too many carbohydrates and proteins, which can make them sick and cause deformities. The most common of these ailments is angel wing, in which some of the wing bones do not form properly, this causes their primary feathers to point outwards and limits their ability to fly in severe cases, causing death. as geese are rejected by their family or become easy PRs.

Pray that predators are part of a family and are as protective of her. Some of the reasons why geese are so successful Some species like the grey-footed goose are built for life, while others like the Canada goose stay together for an entire breeding cycle, having a long-term mate increases their gosling's chances of survival, single geese have also been observed to become more stressed than the paired bird, especially during confrontations, but it's not all a romantic fairy tale. Paired geese have been known to occasionally mate with other geese if the opportunity presents itself, hey, what's good for the goose is good for the goose.

A relatively high number of goose pears involve two members of the same sex in Grayle's geese, up to 20% of pairs are two geese and they also reportedly have stronger connections than other pairs, as they perform more exhibitions with each other and they don't have to. Take care of the goslings when it's time to migrate; they most commonly fly in V formations. The formation saves them energy by reducing wind resistance. The goose in front leads the skine but also gets much more tired when it ends its turn and falls back. and another goose takes the lead, great teamwork, lovable idiots, today we are having a chilly time in Jasper looking for Elk, the Canadian Rockies, a vast mountain range surrounded by thick forests, glaciers and excellent PLS, this challenging ecosystem system It is home to the most iconic Canadian mammals, moose, beavers and grizzly bears, just as the stones separate from each other, but the true king of these mountains actually wears the crown today, we are in Jasper National Park. and right behind me is a whole herd of one of the largest species of the deer family, the alces canadensis, they are commonly known as moose, but in Europe moose are also called moose to avoid confusion, we can call them Wapiti, which is the Shaunie and cre word for them, regardless of what you call them.

Second in size only to the enormous moose, those pade-antlered giants can weigh up to 800kg, but the elk are not far behind, tipping the scales at about 600kg, bulls can be about 30% larger than females. with huge labs, they are so big and grow so fast that a six-month-old baby Wapiti is larger than an adult white-tailed deer. That size means only the most powerful predators can defeat them. Wolves, bears, pumas and even tigers are their main predators. Yes, they go against it. Siberian tigers have unfortunately been overhunted by humans and their current distribution is limited primarily to Siberia, the Rocky Mountains, and some isolated areas of North America and Asia.

Fortunately, they are still abundant in these lands and when we were there it was the best time to see them. Late fall is breeding season for these elk, so it is very important to keep your distance. Their Fones will drive them wild. The males are antler locking and the females are also interested in what they have to show during this period. Bulls follow females and can establish Herms of more than 20 cows, but the head that wears the crown is heavy to maintain control of their Harum. The Bulls need to fight. defiant males, did you hear that one of the males just blew the bugle what an

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sound it is so disturbing this male thinks he has what it takes to overthrow the king oh my god he is coming this way he lowers his head he is confronting the biggest bow, oh?

Wow, he was looking for better balance and then he decided to just charge, they collide with each other locking their antlers, oh no, come on little guy, they're stuck in battle, pushing each other back and forth trying to TR to take each other down, that's amazing, but the Challenger. He didn't stand a chance, this dominant bull is too big, young Buck will live to chew another day. The dominant male is still the head of the herum, but he still needs to work hard to get the ladies to court him. He uses a little. In an unusual strategy, the male's urethra points toward his belly and when he urinates, soaking his belly over time, he begins to release urine and pheromones that cows find irresistible.

His P stain is his chick magnet, but only because cows are attracted to them. It doesn't mean they will mate with the dominant bull, he will try his luck at her by licking the air seductively, if she picks up what he is leaving he will let him ride her, but in this case it seems like she would rather do anything. otherwise the male leaves her to join another litter to eat Ros before Doe. I guess it's the middle of Runing season for these white guys, so Mal's antlers are as big as they'll be before they fall off.

You should never approach a moose, but you should especially never approach a bull moose during running season. It is definitely an advantage for elk to lose their antlers during the winter because they are heavy, they radiate a lot of heat and when there is no reason to fight, why do you need antlers anyway? will grow back every Spring Light Clockwork is one of the fastest growing fabrics on the planet at 2 and 1/2 CM each day the antlers can grow up to approximately 1.8m long and weigh up to 8kg Absolutely massive, don't They only need those antlers to fight with other WTI males but also to protect us from attackers when a snow storm started we thought our day was over but then in the distance we saw something we weren't the only ones still to this bull through the field. and through the trees a pack of wolves, oh my god, there's a pack of gray wolves that's been following this bull through the countryside there's a whole pack of wolves trying to take down a bull moose, this ain't going to go good. begin his attack.

I'm going to try to crouch down and get a better vantage point, but this won't be an easy kill. Bull elk are huge and wolves will need to coordinate to be successful. The herds surround the elk. oh my god this is crazy the herd moves biting the moose and goes for the neck but this moose is not going down without a fight guys I can't believe what I'm seeing now but in the end the herd is too did. a lot for a moose to stand alone today we're talking about a cute ball of feathers that has taken over some of the coldest ecosystems in the northern hemisphere the Tagan tarmigan is in the same family as chickens, although they are more closely related to Grous , there are only three types of tarmigan: the white-tailed tarmigan which is found only in the western part of North America and the widespread willow and rock tarmigan which lives in the northern parts of Eurasia and North America, but we are in the home of the Transformers. from the bird world Willow and rock tan this area with freezing temperatures reaching -40° C.

The snow can be several feet deep and cover them several times and thriving with Arctic foxes is a dangerous place to live. adapt to give themselves a chance to survive beneath their cute snowball appearance hides a cunning animal with a ferocious roar, yes, maybe it's not as ferocious as we thought, these tans are making all kinds of noises, there's one that sounds like Wario, hilarious calls aside from these little guys. The boys prepare for winter in really dramatic ways, the most obvious being their change of color. These tans behind me are about to finish the transition from their summer plumage, which is a rusty brown, to their beautiful white feathers.

You can see that some of them are still a little bit stained. Their feather color like the fur of the arctic fox is an adaptation for camouflage in the summer. Their color helps them blend in with the soil and vegetation of their northern habitat while In the winter they turn the color of snow to hide from predators. Sometimes temperatures drop enough to trigger their transformation before the snow falls, this makes them dangerously conspicuous, but also makes it easier for us to see their most surprising biological characteristic, the mellication of their feet and yes, I just made up that word, but you see what it means that in the winter their feet grow a thick layer of feathers that acts like a fur coat.

Their claws grow to increase the surface area of ​​their feet and give them essentially furry winter boots. Their claws will also be essential for digging burrows for shelter during the harshest conditions. months of the year the scientific name for the willow tarmigan is lopus lopus, which means twice hairy legs. This is an apt comparison as many of their body parts have adapted to look the same because this is a hairfoot and this is a willow tarmigan foot they look very similar. It's almost as if everything here is trying to be a hair or at least a fuzzy white orb.

Now they might be the hairy-footed bird, but they also look like hairs from a distance, share a very similar silhouette, and are not alone. Animals in arctic climates tend to have a very similar winter body. Many of the animals here have evolved according to Allen's law, which is the idea that the ratio of surface area to volume is reduced to retain more heat. These tarmigan are no exception. We have a shorter beak, shorter legs, and even a shorter tail to get us closer to that perfect orb shape. This adaptation is mainly seen in tarmigan willow populations further north in more temperate places such as the British Isles.

They keep their summer outfits all year round. Arctic and subarctic. Busom stocks are the beauties of the Busom family, of course, staying warm is just one part of surviving in the Arctic. Finding food is another major problem. Fortunately for these snowbirds, they have adapted to survive on extremely low-calorie foods. Twigs make up the majority of their diet until the snowmelt, this is also when the chicks hatch. Tagan chicks eat insects and young vegetables, but as they grow they become completely aerial. Only the best for the baby. A constant source of protein keeps the chicks happy and gives them a fighting chance in a harsh environment.

The following winter they will return here and congregate in groups of up to 2,000 birds, this protects them from predators such as foxes and birds of prey. Safety is in numbers here. Wow, this whole flock of Tans just took off and there are about 70 of these flocks. They are made up of several families, many times the families are just left alone, but from time to time they gather in a flock like this, except this guy, this guy says no, I'm too good for them, it's always once again too cool for them. school so catch up buddy it's dangerous to go alone today we're in Churchill Manitoba home of the polar bear in search of his unlikely occasional companion the arctic fox this frigid landscape on the west side of Canada's Hudson Bay has an average temperature in winter of 25° C, with some days reaching temperatures as cold as - 45° is not a home to spend the week without the proper equipment a person could develop hypothermia in just 5 minutes welcometo the set of animal logic today we are blessed by the presence of this beautiful Arctic fox, these canids are relatively small, measuring about 60 cm long and weighing just over 3 kg, they are a little larger than a chihuahua and yet, They can survive in the Arctic expanse.

In the past, we've talked about how animals in colder climates tend to be larger than in the tropics. Having more fat and a smaller surface area relative to volume helps them stay warm, but arctic foxes buck that trend, so how do they survive well in one of the coldest, most unforgiving climates on Earth through In a multi-pronged survival strategy the first and most crucial part is to be very, very, very good at resisting the cold, even in extreme temperatures. Arctic foxes can keep warm due to their multi-layered fur. About 70% is a fine fur underneath that acts.

Similar to birds' down, even the toe pads are covered in hair, a feature that gives them a rabbit-like appearance. Its scientific name vulpes lagopus means furry-footed fox, as this furry pad adaptation is unique among canids; fur alone does not hold you back. warm and generally heat is lost through the thinner parts of your body to avoid this. Arctic foxes have short ears, paws and tails. You can see that her ears are actually very short and round and that is one of the key adaptations that helps her latch on. Her long, warm ears are too good at radiating heat outward, so making them shorter and rounder helps her retain that heat closer to her body.

Their legs are also much shorter than other fox species, which again helps retain heat. heat close to their body during cold snaps, they basically roll up into a ball to minimize heat loss, but the arctic fox's best cold-fighting adaptation is something called countercurrent blood circulation. This is basically a mechanism that keeps the fox's paws at a lower temperature than its core. The blood coming in through the paws is used to warm the blood coming out, which prevents the fox's core from cooling down as it loses heat through its extremities, but like Thanos, the extreme cold in the Arctic is inevitable, but the Arctic foxes can handle it like no one else.

Their metabolic rate doesn't increase until -50 and they don't even start to shiver until -70° Celsius, which is the coldest it gets in the Arctic, only the arid plateaus of Antarctica get colder as they slow down. Metabolic rate in the cold, their food will be digested more slowly and their bodies will store sugars and fats longer, but there is no guarantee that they will not starve. Food is scarce in a harsh arctic winter. These all sound like problems that other animals would solve if they were bigger. but being big is energetically expensive and for most of the year there isn't much to eat around here during the summer when their fur turns brown to help them blend in with their surroundings the pressure is on to eat as much as possible on average. day an arctic fox will patrol the beach at low tide to hunt for fish and invertebrates trapped in the tide pools.

The aquatic waters provide ample feeding opportunities for nesting birds and their eggs are so relishfully caught that a single Arctic fox can consume over a thousand eggs in a single season vs and Lemmings are also widely consumed when available, but these species They go through periods of boom and bust and are generally only available every 3 or 4 years, but when abundant they make up up to 70% of the fox's diet. The arctic fox's ears are adapted to listen to the frequency of its chirps and footsteps under the snow and then dive headlong into the snow to ambush its prey.

Foxes are universally known for being intelligent and resourceful. Our arctic foxes are no exception. They discovered that by living in the subarctic, they can refrigerate their food simply by burying it in the snow. Saving food for the lean months can literally be a lifesaver. Some of the troops are huge and in some cases can contain more than a hundred birds, usually gasoline and oets at the end. By autumn they will have increased their weight by up to 50%, but that does not mean they can wait until spring, even when they have food reserves, finding food is a challenge all year round, but everything is much more difficult in the winter.

In the northern part of their range, the sun sets in late November and doesn't rise again until January, during those long, dark days, temperatures drop to 40 degrees Theus, if they can't find anything to eat, They won't see the sun rise again and they will. die in the dark, one of their survival strategies is to follow the apex predator of this ecosystem and hope to eat its leftovers. Polar bears are seal specialists and once they catch one, they make sure to eat all the fat, which is prime fuel for muscles and other soft tissues. Sometimes they stay behind and that's when the arctic foxes come in.

It's kind of a free meal, but it means traveling great distances. They have been seen up to 800 km from the nearest land mass and about 1.15 km from the North Pole and beyond. which means being exposed to many predators such as wolves, wolverines, eagle owls and even domestic dogs. Unfortunately, three out of four arctic foxes do not survive their first winter and in adults the mortality rate is still very high, around 33%. Those who survive the winter return to their territories to enjoy the most beautiful time of the year. Mating season. Foxes are monogamous and live in labyrinthine dens and tunnels that can be up to 1,000 square meters.

DS are reused every year and some have been reported. For being over 100 years old, the largest ones have dozens of chambers and about 100 entrances. These furry real estate moguls are usually monogamous, but sometimes live with extended family groups, this is more common in the southern part of their range where food is more plentiful. Due to their high mortality rate, these cuties produce a ton of baby foxes. The record for largest litter is 22, which is one of the largest mammals. The parents feed them until summer, but after that they are forced to come out and become independent females.

Sometimes they stay close, but the males have to move further away, sometimes up to 200 km from their place of origin. Range males defend their territory aggressively and trade body fluids in visible places, such as mounds of polar bear scat, a pedestal unorthodox but effective. Another of their unique features is their color-changing fur, which is chocolate in the summer and vanilla in late fall. The changes help them camouflage themselves better, whether in the brown tundra or white ice, but unfortunately all of these adaptations made their fur too desirable. As recently as the late 1970s, more than 40,000 arctic foxes were captured each year, combined with climate change and disease. like rabies, have caused their numbers to decline as the permafrost melts.

Red foxes, which are twice the size of their northern cousins, are also moving north and taking over the Arctic fox's dominance, but fortunately their range is huge and, because they reproduce so quickly, they still There are enough foxes to consider them a species of least concern, the Canada lynx is the northernmost-dwelling wildcat in the world and is found primarily in Canada and Alaska. Its range is huge and further north than any other big cat, with its cousin the Eurasian lynx being the second closest. The Canadian lynx's range is limited by tree line which relies on foliage cover to conceal its approach to prey as climate change is warming the world, the northern edge of its range will expand to as it warms enough for trees to grow, creating links with Canada. one of the few species benefiting from climate change, at least in this very specific case, to take a closer look we traveled to the boreal forests of the Yukon during an early winter cold snap, temperatures peaked at about -45° C. but the frozen noses and toes were worth it to see one of the world's most iconic but elusive cats.

Finally we reached the Yukon. This is the furthest north I have ever been. We're here to look for some of North America's most incredible cold-weather creatures, the Canada lynx, their range overlaps with that of the cougar in the mountain slopes of the Pacific Northwest, but fortunately they avoid conflict by chasing different dams. Cougars can typically weigh up to 100kg and routinely hunt sheep. and deer, which can be even larger than them, Canadian links are much smaller, about the size of an English cocker spaniel, with a maximum weight of 15 kg. The Canadian lynx is the second largest member of its genus after the Eurasian lynx, but they are much larger. larger than their other two cousins, the endangered Iberian lynx and the wild cat, which is technically a lynx.

Oh look at those fluffy tails, this may seem surprising because at first glance they look like large house cats, but they are basically just a thick layer of wrapped fur. about four stilts, their fur is about 10cm long in the winter, so if you were to prick one your finger would disappear into its fur and then you would lose it, you shouldn't click a link #science, these Frosty Fel lines have extra Sus Hind limbs are long, but are not designed for long-distance chasing. What they are used for is to jump out of the snow and pounce on their prey.

They live in environments filled with ice and snow for most of the year, making persecution impractical, so Canada is linked in a very similar way. Foxes, polar bears and other northern carnivores are ambush predators, but before you go hunting you need a big stretch to relax. Oh that's good. They use their incredible sense of smell and hearing to find their burrows. They wait patiently for them to come. comes out and then attacks this lynx is lurking just beyond the tree line saw its next meal a malard waits patiently for the malard to come within striking distance its gray fur perfectly camouflages the lynx against a tree and then moves He pounces on it quickly.

He breaks the mallard's neck, pierces its throat and takes it to the forest to devour it. The lynx considers the boreal forest its home and never actually travels beyond the tree line into the tundra because it relies heavily on its food sources in the forest. Links to Canada are one of the most specialized predators on Earth, a single prey species can make up up to 97% of their diet in parts of their range in Canada. Links that live in those areas. Their lives depend on the depth of Snowshoe's hairs. This dependence on Snowshoe hair is particularly important in the northern part of its range where there is not much else to eat, an average lynx traps three hairs per week and when there are too many ties this causes a collapse of the hair population every 8 to 11 years old.

Snowshoe hair populations fall below a critical level. period and the local links cannot get enough food to survive. Snowshoe hair density can drop from over 2,300 hairs per square kilometer to approximately 12 hairs per square kilometer in less than 2 years, representing a 99.99% decrease in the time it took to restart Spider- Then, the links They are forced to leave the area, sometimes traveling up to 1,000 kilometers in search of food. They won't have babies for up to 2 years. Many links starve during this period, some die from natural causes exacerbated by lack of food and others are forced to seek out more dangerous prey and end up dying, this causes a collapse in Lynx populations, eventually leading to a recovery. from Snowshoe's hairs, then the links come back, start having babies, and the cycle begins again.

This all happened before everyone This will happen again, these cats only live where snowshoe hairs are abundant and because they face the same environmental challenges, they have convergently evolved to be very similar. The old saying you are what you eat seems to apply to the Canada lynx because it shares some adaptations with its primary prey, the snowshoe fur. One of the biggest problems for small animals in these regions is how to move when there are several feet of snow on them. the soil for more than half the year. Getting stuck in a snowbank can easily be fatal.

The lynx's legs are really huge, which helps them distribute their weight over the snow and acts much like a snowshoe. Another thing you don't havein common with snowshoe fur: it measures up to 10cm wide, which is cartoonishly huge for an animal. size would be about a beagle with paws the size of paperback books, they have short tails and ears to reduce heat loss and have two layers of dense fur to keep them warm in temperatures as cold as -60° C here in the Yukon. We were lucky to see a new mom. It is extremely beautiful here, but it is both cold and beautiful.

Everything is frozen and covered in snow. Apparently there are giant mountains here. I just can't see them yet through all the snow. We arrived here. Last night in the Yukon, pretty late, just after midnight, there's only about 4 hours of sunlight a day here, so we have to work fast, try to find some animals, get some good pictures, we're about to go see some links from Canada and I'm beyond. excited these animals are one of my favorites on the planet oh my gosh here they come there's mom and her kitten did you hear yes mating season is spring and babies are born in early summer so this kitten Is it approximately 5 months old?

He will stay with his mother until next spring, but will not reach sexual maturity until the following year. At this age, he can go out with mom to hunt. Oh, that's one feisty kitty. He is trying to snatch the meat from his own mother. Racquet hairs. They are still the top priority, but they won't turn away Caren or other easy-to-catch prey like Grous. Canada Links are most active at night, but their excellent senses of smell and hearing can alert them to roadkill or other available prey. In this case, it is the remains of a bird at night, when they are hunting, they are more likely to come across other lynxes in their range that are doing the same thing.

These conflicts can get awkward, we get it, we don't like each other in Canada. linkx has disappeared from the southernmost limits of its range, but remains relatively abundant in most of Canada and Alaska. It is considered a threatened species in the lower 48 states, but has been successfully reintroduced to the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and its populations are growing there. If you live somewhere near Snowshoe Hairs, keep an eye out for one of the most beautiful and mysterious cats in the world. You could be in the presence of a Canada lynx by being so close to a mom lynx and her cub was incredibly comforting and we couldn't get it. enough, so we left the Yukon and drove 400 km to Alaska to meet Steve Crushell, who turns out to be friends with a large male lynx, so for the second time this week I will be with a Canada lynx, our first stop here in the Center of Nature Cross is to see a lynx, they have a male one here and his name is Lennox, this is the land of the misfit animals, walk with me Danielle, oh my God, I'm going to enter the lynx enclosure, keep walking, Daniel, come to the right.

With me now we are friends after all, wish me luck, I will protect you now. I've never let anyone in here before. Oh really, no, no, this is the first time and you surprised me, so I'm going to close the door now. It's a wild and dangerous animal that's in territory that you see, so go ahead and shoot, you should, oh, I'm, you should be safe and, uh, it's a great honor to share space with the lyns, this is a dream, yeah , they are. re uh, I worked with lyns my whole life, yeah, ethology, you see what I'm going to do here because he's curious, walk on this right side, so I'll protect you.

I go to a space and what we are. What I'm going to do is just talk to him here now. I have several calls and I would like you to make these calls. Oh, I'd love to. The call is next. Yes. I see perfect. Well, now throw away this detail. This part. Okay, your glove. the mittens are going to be dirty, but it's okay, it's okay, I can wash them now, call it, call it now, throw it there, make that call again Dani, okay, here more, can I throw it away now? That's all. I spend all day talking to my cat in it. language so this is not that different good job Danielle thank you you are building a relationship come here now he has really been marking this corpse now yes now what you want to do is just purr because they do purr don't you see like that oh that's a very different purr, well, you are building a relationship with the lynx, you like it, it is one of my dreams come true, essentially, he did not become aggressive, so friendly, look, you emit a frequency that the animal can understand, that is the question. several people emit various frequencies and the animals can read it, they read honesty, sincerity and all these good things, all these virtues and the animal can say that I believe in that a lot, all the anim animals that I have had in my life.

They have been great judges of character from the beginning, that's nature's lie detector, of course, the no petting a bobcat rule doesn't apply if you're Steve, oh oh, that was so sweet, thanks for having us today . in the polar bear capital of the world, Churchill, in northern Manitoba, but instead of focusing on the world's most popular bear, we're going to look for something a little smaller and rounder. I just saw a hair, so let's try to get a little closer to see well the arctic hair is a species of hair from the genus leus which is made up of hairs and rabbits its scientific name is lepus arcticus lepus is the Latin word for pelo and arcticus refers to their natural habitat.

I find arctic hairs on the plateaus of the Tundras and on the coasts of the Canadian Arctic Islands, northern Canada, Greenland and as far south as New Finland and Labrador BR, if I lived outside in this kind of cold I would quickly become a large block of ice in human shape, but Arctic hair has managed to adapt quite well, on the one hand, they pay a lot of attention to its weight. Arctic hairs gain weight during the summer and end up made up of about 20% body fat. Those love handles are big stores of energy and also serve as insulation during the winter.

On average, these guys tend to weigh between 7 and 11 pounds, but particularly large Arctic hairs can weigh up to 17 pounds if you're thinking, hey, that's really big. for a hair, you're right, it's very big for a hair in In fact, the arctic hair is one of the largest lagomorphs in the world. Lagomorphs are the hairs of rabbits and pikas that belong to the order lagomorphs. This fur is easily the size of a small dog, it's definitely bigger than my cat and to be honest, it's bigger than both of us. For my dogs, excess fat is not the only thing that helps them survive the cold.

Their compact bodies have a low surface-to-volume ratio that conserves heat. Healthy hair is orb-shaped. You may not like it, but this is what peak hair is looking for. It seems that's why their adorable black-tipped ears are so short, they have less fur to cool down, they have natural sunglasses in the form of thick, luscious black eyelashes that help reduce the glare from sunlight bouncing off the snow and look at his thick fur, so warm. The color of their coat depends on the weather in the summer months. The hairs can be grayish brown, this helps them blend in with rocks and dirt, but when cold, snowy weather hits, the hairs turn white to match their expert levels of camouflage.

Arctic hairs that live far, far north. can stay white all year long wait, where is the hair? Oh, I didn't see you there. If it was difficult for me to see it, it must be a challenge for the many fur predators, foxes, wolves, big cats and birds of prey. Arctic hair, as well as its cold-weather companions, lepus, mountain and snowshoe hairs provide much-needed protein to voracious northern predators, hey, let go of that mountain hair, oh no, oh no, okay, nevermind, he's dead, definitely dead, that was the scariest OFW jerk I've seen since. squid game with so many predators on the tail the arctic hair is super shy I would tell them to go out more but in this case being introverted is a necessary survival technique these hairs have incredible vision with their eyes on the side of their Head, they are constantly searching for threats in all 360°, but hiding is not their only means of survival.

They also have speed on their side, boy oh boy, that was close. Arctic hairs are total speed demons, they can hop like a kangaroo at 45 km per hour, but in an emergency they can turn on the Nos and go 60 km per hour on all fours. The hair uses its long claws on its hind legs to dig into compacted ice and snow and jump forward up to 3 m at a time. Their long claws also help them dig holes in the snow to stay warm and sleep. They sometimes huddle with other arctic furs for warmth, but are usually found alone.

Sleeping, resting and hiding is a vital part of hair survival in the Arctic. They cannot afford to waste unnecessary energy, especially in the winter when food is difficult to come by. Although most of them are boring, they will not pass up the opportunity to eat. meat, if given the chance, they have been found eating fish and even caribou caran, they mostly look for delicious delicacies such as twigs, bark, moss grass leaves, buds and berries, they obtain water by eating snow and chewing ice. Arctic hair is made in April or May. Males can fight over females and the male literally places his paws on the female's back and fights other males who want her.

Eventually everyone finds their mate and some males mate with more than one female. All that worries about nothing. The term reproduction is like rabbits. It doesn't apply to arctic hair, the resources here are very few and very valuable, so they only have one turned on per year. The female hair will make a small nest using a layer of grass and a layer of her own fur for warmth. a single litter of 2 to eight babies will be born between May and July, unlike baby rabbits. Arctic fur babies called Leverett are born with fur coats and with their eyes open.

They can jump within minutes of being born. The Leveretts grow fast and by the first frost they are full size and will be able to reproduce and have their own babies the following summer. I know it sounds fast, but keep in mind that arctic hairs only live about 5 years in the wild if you think about how they survive. 5 years in this kind of cold is nothing short of a miracle, oh my god I can't feel my toes. Can we come in now? Today we are in northern Yukon meeting the hoofed mammal Shaggi north of the Arctic Circle.

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The musk in musox comes from a strong odor that males emit during mating season to attract a female. This delicious scent, however, is not technically a musk since it does not come from a musk gland, so they are not actually musky or ox, they are not fun names, the smell actually comes from the preputial gland in the genitals from the male and spreads all over his belly with urine, it is the ulated equivalent of Ax Body Spray. If Ax Body Spray was made of stinky peas, let's be honest, right? Oh I'm so excited to see these muscos and they are a true relic of the Ice Age that have been around here in Canada for a long time. and currently everything indicates that they will be here for a long time, with only a meter and a half of height to the shoulders.

Muskoxen are robust and heavy herbivores and can weigh up to 360 kg in colder climates. It's not necessarily better, I would say that these musk oxen have the right idea because they have evolved to have a much more compact body and lower to the ground, which helps them retain their heat. Both male and female musk oxen have long, sharp horns, the horns grow larger. from an area on the forehead called the boss in males the boss is extra thick about 10cm from the boss the horns grow towards the sides of the head and hook upwards giving them their distinctive 9 heartbreaker look their horns are used to protect thepredator herd and during mating duels during the mating season, larger herds are divided into smaller breeding groups with a single dominant male keeping the other males in line.

This is what's called a standoff in the Yukon. The stakes are high for this lone male who will engage in brutal competitions to maintain his status as the best bull in the group. Seeing another male on his lawn, this bull charges through the snow, striking his opponent at breakneck speed. . I just heard them banging their heads now that they wear these big horns on top of them. On their heads, the base of their horns actually curves down and then up, which forms a sort of big protective barrel on the top of their heads. and that is what they will use to hit each other and these males challenge each other with their thick horns.

The bosses make sure they don't die outright from a complex skull fracture. The bull steps back and shakes its head. This is intended to intimidate others, but also increases blood flow to their heads. This is thought to give their brains extra padding. Well, when they start to collide with each other and it is observed in other members of their family, their confrontations are violent, they collide with each other with the force equivalent to that of a car crashing into a concrete wall at 30 km per hour on a calm day. hear the crush of their clashes from more than a kilometer away, but these battles are not always just between two musk oxen.

Player 3 has entered the game. The males will continue to charge each other until a bull turns and runs, thankfully, in addition to the 10cm boss. The horns of his male skulls are also 3 inches thick to prevent their brains from turning into pudding. If you listen closely, you can hear them shouting battle cries as they run. Oh look at it, look at those messy races during the PTO scene that ran for 2.6 million. Until 12,000 years ago muskoxen were abundant since then the distribution of these cold-loving giants is limited to the sub and Hier Arctic muscs along with caribou are the only Arctic hoofed animals that have survived the pltoine mus toxin they are herd animals and live in groups of two to three dozen during the winter months to keep predators at bay.

They have developed some pretty advanced group defense tactics. When threatened, they run together in a tight circular formation or line with crescent-shaped horns marked with the youngest, most vulnerable individual in the center. The adults will then emerge from this circle with their heads down to pursue their attackers. King Leonitis would be proud. Muskoxen have evolved to withstand the harsh cold temperatures of the Arctic with several adaptations. In winter they use their hooves to dig in the snow and reach the The roots of Lyans and the moss underneath come equipped with vertical eyelets that prevent glare and help them detect any tasty grasses hidden in the snow.

Their slow metabolism and ability to digest low-quality forage helps them maximize the energy they get from their meager diets. His lips are very muscular. and they have many veins and arteries, this helps them grab things and keep them warm by providing a constant flow of warm blood. Their most striking winter adaptation is, of course, their long, shaggy coats. Musc coats are made up of two distinct layers, the long guard hairs. hanging down to their hooves and the soft inner insulating layer called kute, they look like gigantic tribles, just big, round, hairy children running around the tundra in search of this fiber softer than cashmere, which resulted in their complete extinction in Alaska In 1920 with only a few individuals remaining in the Arctic Canon and Greenland in 1930 conservationists brought 34 individuals from Greenland to Alaska to help the populations recover.

Their efforts were a success and 40 years later the population had increased to 750, from there the herds moved to other parts of Alaska and even Russia and by the year 2000 more than 4,000 individuals were thriving in Alaska. Currently there are around 170,000 muscs in the world in 55 populations. Scientists are now studying the potential effects of climate change and Arctic warming on the future of mus with environmental protection efforts. Hopefully, musk oxen will continue to thrive for generations to come. We just drove through the amazing Jasper Mountains and found a moose on the other side of this field. We are going to try to see it better, but we can't.

You want to get too close, these are actually one of the most dangerous animals in Canada and you want to give them as much space as possible and believe me, they are much bigger than you can imagine. You think you know how big a moose is. Think again, oh. Yes, that's a moose, oh wow, despite not having antlers, we know this is a male because males lose their antlers in the winter, making this moose a real Bullwinkle. Ah, the moose is urinating. Have you ever seen a moose bending over to urinate? I'm seeing that right now, look me right in the eyes, it's like, yeah, I'm doing good, boss, it's all you, oh, it smells bad, you smell that this collection of moose antlers that you see here around me are all . of the same individual, it is actually the moose that stands in front of me every year.

The moose will grow a new pair of antlers and these antlers, as they grow, are covered in nice soft velvet, all of which are fed by blood vessels. that they go all the way through and over these antlers, this moose antler is a very good example of velvet because not all of the velvet has fallen off of these antlers, it is so soft, oh my goodness, this helps insulate them from the cold. While growing these antlers grow extremely fast, they only have about 6-8 months to reach their full size before they end up falling off your head which happens after the rough season because they need them to be in top shape when the time comes.

It's time to mate in the fall. The antlers may look a little barren and lifeless, but when you take a look at a recently fallen set, you can see how well they are nourished by the entire animal system. The shape and size of a moose's antlers are extremely tied to the testosterone tone level of the moose box, as the Moose Buck grows, he will begin to produce more testosterone and therefore, each year, the The new pair of antlers it creates will get bigger and bigger, until it reaches its prime afterwards. reaches its prime, those aners are going to start getting smaller and smaller because it produces less and less testosterone.

Let's see if we can get close to a moose. Buck, let's see if he behaves. Now I can say that this mousse is at its best because. He has beautiful large antlers as they grow past their prime they will no longer be as pomade and will be more branched and this male has a very large D flap under his chin which is also a great sign of sexual virility. and a great sign to the ladies joining this moose for their lunch right now, being extremely tolerant, it is now December and right at the end of rough season for these moose, I can say the antlers in this mail will not last much more.

Because they've already lost all that beautiful fuzzy velvet that helps insulate them and this means that all the blood vessels that normally feed that velvet have essentially been consumed and there's no use for it anymore at this point they're nothing more than dead. weight for the winter and you need those resources to keep you warm for any number of days or maybe the next week, you will probably get rid of those antlers once the worst of the winter is over and you can start growing new antlers for next year. small, I mean not that small, it's pretty gigantic, this Behemoth behind me hasn't even finished growing at 3 years old, it will continue to grow bigger and bigger and heavier and with more impressive antlers every year until it's at its best moment.

Prime is probably about 7 years old buddy, your antlers are so beautiful and I know next year they will grow even more along with the rest of you. I can't believe what I'm seeing today. I saw the first moose in my entire life but it was from pretty far across the field and now as we leave at the end of the day the sun is setting and we are all pretty tired and done for the day we came back to our car and these two beauties are right behind me we have two members of the largest species of the deer family these are the most we have a mother cow and her calf this calf looks pretty big so it probably won't stay with mom For much longer, what a good mother, she looks both ways before crossing with her calf.

It is so special to be able to see not one but two moose. I always wanted to see a moose and I feel like the loic animal would make the trip to Canada. It wouldn't be complete without seeing a moose, instead we get two. I grew up in northern Quebec, in a fairly wooded and wooded area, it was definitely moose country, but unfortunately I was never lucky enough to find one, sometimes it's all luck you know? and this next to me is Dylan the wild Dylan One of a kind every time I think I know how big a moose is I'm wrong, very wrong, you think a moose is about the size of a horse, at least twice the size because it's a lot. more simply outstanding, look at those little moose butts, as cute as ever, you have to respect some space for the animals and give them as much distance as they can want and then some.

I'm so glad I made it this far. This is crazy. We just saw a mother and her calf and now there is a bull and a cow on the road. They are the biggest things I have ever seen in my life, these are crazy guys, I have never seen a moose in my life and now I have seen five in one day Jasper, you are beautiful, look at these guys, can you see that right in the half? the road and licking the ground the only thing that attracts these giant moose to the roads like this is licking the salt because salt is a very important part of any diet ulet here we go oh my god how is that possible?

There are seven elk. No way this one is even bigger than the last bowl no more than it would be less than a kilometer deep there's another couple two more just amazing we have moose insurance yes we have full insurance for everything oh this time it's a mother in her young, so we found two mothers with young and then a mating pair. I said I saw seven moose which was nine. We have another maternal calf right in front of our vehicle licking the road salt. This is simply ridiculous. it's hard to see them in the dark so you need to keep those high beams on out here that's all that's going to save you look at her little tongue I mean little she's actually a huge fucking tongue guys I can't get over it this is probably the most Canadian day ever the times and maybe you'll start celebrating Canada Day on October 15.

Yes, why not? Thanks moose, today we were in the Yukon getting up close and personal with North America's largest land mammal, the iconic bison you try to keep. warm in the northernmost place we have ever photographed by animal logic, we are outside of White Horse in the Yukon Nature Reserve, right in front of me is a group of bison, these are wood bison and this species of bison alone lives in the far north. Local bison are part of the Bavan subfamily, some of their close relatives include cows, yaks and water buffalo. Bison bonasus and American bison The American bison is further divided into two subspecies, the wood bison, aabas bison, and the plains bison, which bears the scientific nickname of bison, bison, the subspecies of wood bison inhabits a northernmost area in northern Canada and Alaska.

They are usually slightly larger than bison ples, but classifying them can sometimes be difficult due to hybridization between the two. The American bison as a whole is the largest land animal in North America; Evil stands about 6 feet tall at the shoulders and weighs up to 2,000 pounds, which is about as big as a compact car. These bison are so well insulated that the snow that falls and accumulates on their backs doesn't melt, it just melts. It stays there despite its bulky appearance. Bison are actually extremely fast on their feet and reach speeds of up to 56 km per hour in a few strides, they are also super agile, can make quick turns and even jump high fences.

Bison herds tend to be a herum. The arrangement means that there is one male who is the boss. However, each and every female that keeps him company is all elsewhere and the biggest bison is always on top. They put all this power to good use during the rut, when competition is high and bison bulls fight for dominance. These fights involve clashing their skulls or hooking the opponent's head from side to side with their two-foot-long horns and lifting their paws off the ground. Fortunately for bison, they have large, thick skulls that can withstand these types of blows.

Today we are in the Yukon looking for one of the largest in the world. The most elusive and relentless predators The Wolverine Years ago, in our first season, we talkedof wolverines, but since we had the chance to see them up close, we had to take another look right now. I'm following some footprints and can only assume they belong. to a wolverine, a wolverine's footprints look nothing like a coyote or a wolf, they look a little more like a bear's footprint, obviously a little smaller, yes you can see how there are two trails here now. I'll bet you anything on that.

If it was a coyote and a wolverine, Wolverine was probably the one who chased the coyote. I'll bet my money that wolverines are very elusive creatures and seeing one in the wild is incredibly difficult, so we decided to head to Alaska to meet the man who's best friends, well, we arrived at the Crel Wildlife Center in Alaska, the guy who runs this place, Steve Crosell is something of a local celebrity within the Yukon and Alaska, he's known as The Wolverine. I really want to know why it is like this. and I think we're going to find out, hello, don't move, oh, that's why this is Jasper, a wolverine that Steve has raised in captivity since 2008.

This is the sixth group of wolverines I've had in 40 years. very difficult to propagate in captivity, you have to go back to the bloodlines where they were rescued from trappers in the Arctic, so how many generations of captive wolverines does it come from? Oh, it would have to be two, two, at least two, yes, at first glance, you could. He mistakes Wolverine for a small bear, but they are actually more closely related to weasels. They belong to the Mustell family along with other Cutthroat Cutthroats like Badgers, Pine Martens the Otter, and Man, much like everyone's favorite Xmen.

Wolverines are native to Canada, but can also be found. through boreal forests and tunds of the US and Eurasia, which means they need to survive the freezing cold. High latitude temperatures and after millions of years of evolution, they are not only surviving, they are thriving. Just look at those coats. Their thick, oily fur is hydrophobic. repels water That's right. Wolverine is waterproof. We are talking about a true superpower. Without this ability, snow or the blood of their prey would wet their skin and accelerate heat loss in the Arctic. Humidity can be deadly. Their paws are large and hairy and act like snowshoes.

To prevent them from sinking too deep into the snow, these killer gloves are equipped with semi-retractable claws that they use to climb, dig, and scare off predators and the occasional villain. Their scientific name is G gulo, which is Latin for glutton and they live up to that. They will eat anything they can get their hands on, from plants and berries to mice and rabbits, moose and moose, even Carion is on the menu, ah, delicious Carion, all the delicious meat without the annoying time and energy spent hunting intelligent gobblers. to scare away much larger animals, like wolves and cougars, and take charge of eating their prey, sorry, but Wolverine is not here to make friends.

Wolverines will defend their meals by any means necessary and anything they can't finish in one sitting is reclaimed by spraying it with a strong, stinky musk and buying it for later, hmmm, can you help me build a moose carcass scenario? Where do we start? This is a real move, we're just putting it together like Mr. Potato grabbed that flagpole over there. also Danielle, yes, they are heavy hind legs, front legs of a single moose, these are hind legs, that is, front leg, I don't know what the middle of the body is supposed to be, this is just a dislocated leg.

I'm burying parts of a moose. carcass trying to make it look like a moose that was killed by avalanche because that's exactly what wolverines are looking for carcasses that have been dead and frozen on the ground for some time for the record I didn't kill the moose okay it was hit by a auto and now it becomes part of the food chain this is literally the opposite of what I do with the ROM there. I take the bones out of the ground right now I'm putting them in the ground. It's okay, just look. like a moose that died in an avalanche, we have Steve here putting the cherry on top of the moose as a finishing touch oh yeah, I'm really starting to believe this just starts to hit that moose step, that's it, invoke my inner Wolverine, yeah , that's the body of the moose right there pack pack pack pack hit it oh, I can smell it and you're going to be a new woman when you're done here Danielle, so what are we doing here with these buckets of water?

What I'm doing is trying to make this solid because a Wolverine is smart, everyone knows it's a fake movie set, so we want it to last more than a few seconds, he'll freeze shortly and then we'll bring in Wolverine. here and all hell is going to break loose great, what do you think of this Wolverine meal? I think she's perfect, yes she looks like Thanksgiving, come get her while you and I see the world through our eyes. Wolverines see the world through their noses. The wolverine's sense of smell is exceptional, they can smell one molecule in 5 million in the air, while I can only smell one in 250,000, that's much better than me.

They find food using their incredible sense of smell. Wolverines have the ability to sniff out buried corpses. under 20 feet of snow and much of their prey dies in avalanches each year. Wolverine's heightened sense of smell is key to his survival. Are you ready to take a risk? And I'll protect you if things go wrong because it's a wild place and a dangerous animal after all, so let's let him explore this while we're in his enclosure? Let's try it and I've never done this while there's a Wolverine roaming around freely mhm with anyone but me. I take that again, there was a one person I won't tell you his name tried it but it only lasted about 30 seconds it got bad it became dangerous he literally had a dive between him and the animal now Wolverine was just curious but we can't be sure but it's okay for me to be here, well, you know why you know why I feel this way because you give off the right kind of frequency you have a compassion and insight that I don't see very often in a human being.

Well I'm putting a lot of trust in you and a lot of trust in Wolverine, just sign the statement, no I'm just kidding, are you serious or was it just acting nice because no one else did this? I'm serious, yes, yes, but I had to ask: is everyone ready? I'm ready, I'm just putting on the gloves. I'll be ready to go. I have something I want to give you. Oh, what is this? Oh, that's spicy. That's Wolverine's lure, have you ever smelled it before? No, it doesn't smell like anything I've ever smelled in my life. You just put a little speck of that in the center of the mous corpse and I think we'll get Wolverine says the corpse is okay, stick it in the snow right on the top just rub the snow on there, okay, this is it, this is the P Stone, now this is made with real Wolverine musk, this will draw Wolverine down to investigate and What wolverines do when they have corpses they want to eat or save for later, they mark them themselves by spraying them with more musk, like this who will smell this and say, hey, I'm going to put my stink on it, we want it. come and claim this for himself and then investigate, okay Danielle, I'm going to go out and get Jasper and I'm going to bring him here like you're carrying a child in a car seat and I'm going to drive by there and then I'm going to let him in. there and once I'm there I'll call you to come in with me, okay, stay here in case something goes well there, stay there, okay, I won.

Don't move until you give me the signal and I'll be back. I hope this works well. I think we're almost ready to let this guy go. Don't move, here we go. I hope Jasper likes dinner, here we go. I'm coming in with a wolverine oh he's going right for it yeah oh look J's already exploring that moose carcass. I'm so happy that this Wolverine is comfortable with my presence right now. I feel pretty calm now that I can. Look how relaxed Jasper is, I guess it goes both ways, you know, I'm elated, my heart is just oh, it's pounding from pure excitement, what a beautiful animal, don't worry, I'm not going to stand on your moose, it's all yours. oh my god, let's see Steve knows how to talk to this Wolverine, he just warned him to get off because I'm not a meal, at least not yet, I'm over three feet long and weigh as much as a German Shepherd.

Females are around 30% smaller than males but equally chaotic, these stocky mustelids weigh between 11 and 18 kg. Their fur is brown or black with a yellow or gold stripe from head to tail. The markings on their faces, necks, and chests are unique to each type of Wolverine. of hyper aggressive snowflakes and they are aggressive like really capital. The aggressive Wolverines are always in the Proud just taking nap breaks and mating. The only thing these demons like more than eating their prey is killing them. Wolverine's ferocity is so legendary that people living on land told me they would rather run into a polar bear than a wolverine.

Wolverines can reach speeds of almost 50 km per hour running through the snow if they run as fast on a city road as they would likely encounter. a ticket, they are also great climbers and super strong for his size, can he stick his foot out?, he has the foot, oh no, he has the foot, having raised several litters of wolverines since his birth. Steve has become something of a wolverine whisperer and in order to be as safe as possible in the compound, he taught me to speak Wolverine, right, I hear him, I hear him speak now, okay, so, that's him, yes, I can hear him, he's excited.

Do you think he can smell the moose? Oh yes, you can smell the frying bacon. 40 kilometers away in the Arctic, if the winds are blowing just right, there are certain voices now that I make and vocalizations to communicate with Wolverine and one of them is: go ahead, do it and then hello. hello louder hello and then hello hello louder loud hello hello come here on this side Danielle on this side that hello that's all and then that's all that yes yes yes okay that's that ha hello you just have to see hello he just did a he did a front movement hello hello Me love Wolverine's noises, you hear it's a moose bone breaking between his teeth.

All of his front teeth are extremely sharp and long, much better for shredding that frozen meat, but the teeth at the back of his mouth are MERS. They are designed to crush bones. Wolverine's third upper grind is actually turned inward like other mustelids, except theirs is much larger and designed to help them grip and grind bones much more effectively, especially since most of their meals like this are frozen, so it grabs onto that meat and twists and turns to pull out chunks of frozen meat. Now gluttons don't care at all if their food is frozen. Frozen meat is what they are made for in the wild if you are that close. to a glutton in a corpse, that would be a true miracle.

Oh, I bet you have to be and it may only happen once in a lifetime. Well, he is extremely patient and I am grateful for that. Well, that sounds like fun. I want to join him. I want to roll face up in the snow. Wolverines, everything they do, even if they are starving in the wild, is about having fun while trying to survive. They are comical. They're not fierce, just nasty. animal An animal that has an interest in having fun is a pure sign of intelligence and simply shows how intelligent these animals are, while many species in their range spend the winter hibernating.

Gluttons just don't care about the cold while everyone else is sleeping. Wolverine starts hunting. This is the other benefit of being able to smell through the snow. They can easily find animals hibernating under the snow and make sure they never wake up again. Don't work hard, work smart, not really. It doesn't matter if you're dead or alive, it all seems like gourmet food for a glutton, when they find the carcass of a moose, they often settle inside its body like Han, the damn Solo in a Tonton, many of my pilot friends in the Arctic. They are flying over the sea where you are on a caribou, that is amazing, yes, yes, they also become very possessive.

Combine Wolverine's bite, thick fur and sharp claws with a big dash of cheeky confidence and you have one deadly predator. The Wolverine is so tenacious that he can take down animals up to five times his size. Wolverine kills his prey with a bite to the neck that severs his tendons and crushes his throat, but not even the kings and queens of chaos are immune to predators, they have to. Beware of Wolves Wolverines can take on one, two, or even three wolves, but if a pack attacks them, they can get themselves killed. On the plus side, the wolves kill other animals, thus creating the delightful Carion for Wolverine, with whom they have a complicated relationship.

To say the least, wolverines are super solitary and extremely territorial, always on a solitary search for food and only stop chewing to mate and raise children. The distribution area of ​​the M is enormous and can be up to 620 square kilometers. They mark that territory and communicate. with other animals that use theiranal scent glands, that pungent odor is the reason they have earned nicknames like skunk bear and nasty cat, that's a little rude, make fun of their smell all you want, but spreading their stinky musk is how they are known. Mates Wolverines are a polygamous species that can mate with any member of the opposite sex that lives in or overlaps with their territory.

The breeding season is between May and August and the females are the first to make a move after meeting each other for the first time, they will mate for a couple of days. and then go their separate ways, the females have the ability to delay implanting the eggs until the following spring, the actual gestation only lasts 30 to 50 days once she is safe and hidden in her den, the mom will give birth to three children, Wolverine's parents. They used to have a bad reputation, but recent research suggests that they play a larger role in raising puppies than previously thought.

Fathers have been seen visiting mother Wolverines when they are nursing their young. Some parents even take an interest in their offspring when they are older by teaching them how to survive in the wild and even just playing, but let's face it, mom does most of the work. The cubs are weaned from their milk at 3 months of age, will reach full size at one year and become sexually mature at 3 months. Age 2 or three The true symbol of the Arctic wilderness is Wolverine, rather than the polar bear, the grizzly. I never thought, Danielle, that you would be interacting like this with this Wolverine behavior.

This is incredible. Here he plays, plays ours. Can I move on? My God. so soft, there you go, bye Jasper, I love you, researchers aren't sure how many wolverines there are in the world, they are so elusive and mysterious, but their numbers took a big hit when humans used to hunt them for their fur. They are also threatened by global warming. Wolverines need snow from the Deep Mountains for dens and scientists believe their habitats will shrink as temperatures rise, so let's fight climate change and protect wolverines. They would do the same for us, in fact, on second thought, maybe they wouldn't.

They'd probably just let us all die and happily feast on our corpses, classic Wolverine.