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  2. How to protect dog paws from the cold in winter

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    You can find out more about how to moisturize a dog’s paw here, while here’s some guidance on how to clean paws. Just remember not to overdo things. Just remember not to overdo things.

  3. Rule of threes (survival) - Wikipedia

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    You can survive three hours in a harsh environment (extreme heat or cold). You can survive three minutes without breathable air (unconsciousness), or in icy water. Each line assumes that the one(s) before it are met. For example, if you have a large quantity of food and water yet are exposed to the environment, then the harsh conditions rule ...

  4. Allen's rule - Wikipedia

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    Allen's rule - Hare and its ears on the Earth [1]. Allen's rule is an ecogeographical rule formulated by Joel Asaph Allen in 1877, [2] [3] broadly stating that animals adapted to cold climates have shorter and thicker limbs and bodily appendages than animals adapted to warm climates.

  5. Ectotherm - Wikipedia

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    An ectotherm (from the Greek ἐκτός (ektós) "outside" and θερμός (thermós) "heat"), more commonly referred to as a "cold-blooded animal", [1] is an animal in which internal physiological sources of heat, such as blood, are of relatively small or of quite negligible importance in controlling body temperature. [2]

  6. Paw - Wikipedia

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    A paw is the soft foot-like part of a mammal, generally a quadruped, that has claws. Common characteristics The paw is characterised by thin, pigmented , keratinised , hairless epidermis covering subcutaneous collagenous and adipose tissue, which make up the pads.

  7. How long could you last in 50-degree water? Puget Sound ... - AOL

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    Donning knit hats and gloves, the group waded through the stinging-cold water to squat in the Sound anywhere from two to 30 minutes. As their bodies adjusted to the chill, the sound of laughter ...

  8. Insect winter ecology - Wikipedia

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    In temperate regions of the northern hemisphere where cold temperatures are expected seasonally and are usually for long periods of time, the main strategy is freeze avoidance. In temperate regions of the southern hemisphere, where seasonal cold temperatures are not as extreme or long lasting, freeze tolerance is more common. [ 2 ]

  9. Can cold weather make you sick? Your grandma wasn't entirely ...

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    With higher temperature and humidity, viruses can’t survive outside a host as long. Research suggests flu viruses in high humidity can cling to water molecules and then fall out of the air. That ...