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Japanese macaques can survive in cold temperatures of below −15°C (5°F), and are among very few primates that can do so. Chionophiles are any organisms ( animals , plants , fungi , etc.) that can thrive in cold winter conditions (the word is derived from the Greek word chion meaning " snow ", and -phile meaning "lover").
Matutinal animals are active only after dawn, and vespertine only before dusk. A number of factors affect the time of day an animal is active. Predators hunt when their prey is available, and prey try to avoid the times when their principal predators are at large. The temperature may be too high at midday or too low at night. [2]
A vulture is a bird of prey that scavenges on carrion.There are 23 extant species of vulture (including condors). [2] Old World vultures include 16 living species native to Europe, Africa, and Asia; New World vultures are restricted to North and South America and consist of seven identified species, all belonging to the Cathartidae family.
With their large upper canines, they were adapted to prey on large-bodied megaherbivores. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] Miomachairodus is the oldest known member of this subfamily. Metailurus lived in Africa and Eurasia about 8 to 6 million years ago .
The annual rite on Groundhog Day isn’t great at predicting the length of winter. But there are some science-based links between plants, animals and incoming weather.
Animal navigation is the ability of many animals to find their way accurately without maps or instruments. Birds such as the Arctic tern , insects such as the monarch butterfly and fish such as the salmon regularly migrate thousands of miles to and from their breeding grounds, [ 1 ] and many other species navigate effectively over shorter ...
In Russia, temperatures are extremely cold. In Verkhoyansk, Siberia it has reached the coldest temp of −68.8 °C (−91.8 °F) in the Northern Hemisphere. [9] The temperatures in the summer in Siberia can get to 36 °C (97 °F). In the Antarctic, there are fewer temperature variations. Temperatures only range by around 30 °C (54 °F).
A wildlife park has photographed its residents' frosty frollicks and icy challenges during the winter weather. ... temperatures plummeting to -9 Celsius (16F). Some of the park's African animals ...