ground squirrel

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• While hibernation during the winter is found in a few arctic mammals such as the Arctic ground squirrel (Spermophilus parryii), most homeothermic animals are active throughout the year. General characteristics of arctic species and their adaptations in the context of changes in climate and ultraviolet-B radiation levels
• The episode looks at unusual traits animals use to survive - including ground squirrels that eat the discarded skins of snakes to mask their scent. Times, Sunday Times
• Back on the land, ferret badgers take turns with otters, ground squirrels and crab-eating macaques to stalk out their territory on the numerous white sandy beaches.
• The ground squirrel that called the crevice his home came shooting out of his burrow, tail high and stiff, bounding with rage, to chitter angrily at her. The Elvenbane
• Look for the soaring rough-legged hawk and the hovering kestrel as each hunts for ground squirrels and other rodents.
• The roofs are planted with a variety of native prairie grasses and flowers and have become habitat for birds and ground squirrels.
• The fact that hibernators are as numerous and as varied as they are - the club includes some ground squirrels and rodents, at least one bird, various snakes and the echidna which is the platypus's closest living relative, among other species - suggests that the biological machinery that's needed for hibernation is both ancient and widespread in the animal kingdom. Many species use hibernation to survive the rigors of winter
• The episode looks at unusual traits animals use to survive - including ground squirrels that eat the discarded skins of snakes to mask their scent. Times, Sunday Times
• Some ermine appropriate the burrows of mice or ground squirrels and adapt them for their own use.
• Metabolic costs increase by approximately 16% for the diurnal ground squirrel, but less than 4% for the nocturnal woodrat.