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FOOT PRINT OF A GIANT
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FOOT PRINT OF A GIANT

In the winter when food is unavailable or scarce, most brown bears enter dens and sleep through the winter. Although this is not true hibernation, their body temperatures, heart rate and other metabolic rates are drastically reduced. While in the den they do not eat, drink, urinate or defecate.

Brown Bearhibernation

  • REFLECTION--URSUS ARCTOS
  • FOOT PRINT OF A GIANT
  • ON THE LOOKOUT
  • MAJESTIC GAZE
  • TWINS
  • The Alaska marmot is a large ground-dwelling rodent. It has a heavy body with short neck and bushy tail, powerful legs and feet, and claws well-suited for digging. Potential concerns for the marmots include vulnerability to natural and human-caused impacts as a result of low population densities and patchy distribution. Although the overall effects are unknown, this species' alpine tundra habitat may be retreating as a result of global warming.
  • WHERE DID ALL THE ICE GO?
  • SILENT STARE
  • STAY AWAY
  • A MOTHER'S LOVE
  • FLEET AFOOT
  • HAPPY DOGS!
  • PEEK-A-BOO
  • Male Dall Sheep have thcik curling horns. The females have shorter, more slender, slightly curved horns. Males live in bands which seldom associate with female groups except during the mating season. Lambs are born in May.
  • PROTECTION
  • WINGS ON THE WATER
  • DEADLIEST CATCH
  • FOLLOW MY LEAD
  • JUVENILE
  • Haliaeetus leucocephalus
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