Interesting facts arctic fox eating its own feces

Arctic fox is omnivorous, eaten anything can be found. When scarcity of food, it also feeds their own feces.

The official name of this species is the arctic fox. In addition, it is also known by other names such as the white fox, snow fox.

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Arctic fox live in extremely cold areas. This breed possesses heat exchanger system in particular, it did not help shivering with cold feel even when the temperature dropped to -70 degrees C.

One other adaptive mechanisms allowing arctic fox survive in such extreme conditions is the top area to volume ratio and the shape of its rounded body, help reduce heat loss.

People often think that the arctic fox fur white only, but actually in the summer when the snow melts, their fur can be converted to gray to blend in with the environment.

The ability to change the color of arctic fox can be improved. The study indicates that Arctic foxes living in areas where snow is not entirely white, their fur can be greyed of snow.

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Arctic fox live in underground caves, dating back centuries, used by many generations of fox. These are often very large tunnel systems and up to 150 doors.

Depending on the food sources available, the mother usually has 5-10 children but where there is abundant food, this species can have up to 25 offspring in 1 above.

The fox must grow up quickly and tried to fat reserves for polar summer is very short, otherwise they could die

Arctic fox is omnivorous, eating almost anything they can find – from rodents, birds or fish, seaweed and remove excess determination of larger predators. In the case of food scarcity, it also feeds their own feces.

Arctic fox hunt by breaking snow. To do that, it jumps up high in the air and plunged into the snowpack.

When food sources are not available, the Arctic fox can reduce by half the proportion of metabolism in the body to save energy.

Arctic fox often being slaughtered by a polar bear, but in Canada, there is a recorded case of strong friendship between the two animals. They play together and giant bears even share their food with the little fox.

Arctic fox is known for long-distance migration capabilities, rated a record compared to all species of terrestrial mammals. Report staple food of mice, rats so when migrants are also migrating arctic fox, sometimes up to several hundred thousand meters away.

Arctic fox are equipped with olfactory and auditory perfect, but their eyesight is very poor.

Due to the small size (the average adult male weighs 3.5 kg and 2.9 kg children), inability to resist, arctic fox predation by mink usually Gulo, wolves and even the golden eagle. However, humans are the greatest threat to this wonderful animal. Arctic fox are often hunted for their fur as a luxury jacket.

Because fertility is relatively high, the Arctic fox population is not threatened globally except for some points as Norway, Sweden and Finland, the estimated population of these animals has less than 200 individuals.

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A worrisome threat other arctic foxes face is the population explosion of red foxes have looks bigger. Global warming is the reason red foxes move slowly north and occupy the area once belonged to Arctic foxes.

With an average length of the head and the body of a male polar fox is 55 cm, 52 cm children’s, arctic fox species is the smallest wild canines are found in Canada.

Arctic fox is a species of mammal living in Iceland in early humans lived.

The lifespan of arctic foxes in the wild usually only 3-6 years, but in captivity, it can live up to 15 years.

According to scientific classification, Arctic fox wolf family, but in contrast to the species of wolves, arctic fox wandering life is often lonely. We just tend to form pairs a wife, a husband in the mating season.

Arctic fox’s eyes have a lot of pigment helps protect them from the scorching sun glare on the ice and snow, sometimes, it can be identity disorder, creating different colored eyes.