ANIMALS AND PLANTS PROTECT THEMSELVES:
ANIMALS PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM EXTREME WEATHER :
EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER:
1. Animals can protect themselves from extremely cold weather in many ways.
2. The specific characteristic and behaviour that animals have to protect themselves in extremely cold weather are :
- thick fur
- thick layer of fat
- hibernating
- migrating
3. Thick fur :
- some animals have thick fur.
- polar bear and artic fox are examples of animals that have thick fur.
4. Thick layer of fat :
- some animals have a thick layer of fat under their skin.
- walrus, penguin, whale, seal and polar bear are examples of animals that have thick layer of fat under their skin.
5. Hibernating :
- some animals hibernate when it is very cold.
- when an animal hibernates, it sleeps for a long time.
- it wakes up when the weather is warm.
- bears and squirrels are examples of animals that hibernates.
6. Migrating :
- some animals migrate to warmer areas.
- sparrows, swallows and gulls are examples of animals that migrate to warmer areas.
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