Animals That Migrate And Hibernate
Given below is a list of animals that become dormant during winter as a method of survival.
Animals that migrate and hibernate. You have the answer key for this part in the printable too. Snakes and many other reptiles find shelter in holes or burrows and spend the winter inactive or dormant. Animals like elks whales and caribou.
There are a few mammals like some bats caribou and elk and whales that travel in search of food each winter. It has excellent photographs that draw students into the text and helps them learn more about these amazing animals. Their body clocks are timed accordingly and once the climate in their habitat becomes warm they migrate back.
Animals that Migrate Hibernate and Adapt. North american desert animals like tortoises crocodiles frogs and salamanders go through the aestivation cycle. With that in mind lets answer the eternal question of where do bats go in the winter by taking a closer look at hibernation and migration.
It has some traditional animals but also a few new ones that students might not know migrate like the red crabs on Christmas Island. Hibernation and Migration. Students also learn about some specific animals that either hibernate or migrate and how to identify them.
Bears living in cold climates hibernate when the food is scarce but the bears in warmer climates can find plenty of food all year long so they have no reason to hibernate. Which Animals Migrate in Winter. The lungfish enters estivation when their habitat gets too hot and dry.
8 Animal Reading Passages. They also seem to have a compass in their brain for using the Earths magnetic field. Birds seem to navigate like sailors once did using the sun moon and stars for direction.