Arctic Animals Fun Facts
Animals in the Arctic include the reindeer musk ox moose thinhorn sheep Arctic ground squirrel lemming Arctic hare Arctic fox ermine snowy owl polar bear grizzly bear wolf and wolverine.
Arctic animals fun facts. Arctic wolves make their dens close to water so they can easily quench their thirst. Often underground burrows are used. Nearly four million people live in the Arctic.
Marine mammals include seals walrus and several species of cetacean baleen whales and also narwhals killer whales and belugas. Then the animals change their color. Polar bears are the largest type of bear.
It would be a great activity for any arctic unit. This packet includes a fun fill in the blank fact sheet for 6 different arctic animals polar bears arctic fox seals walrus snowy owl and penguins. Hibernation is a sleep-like state where the animals heartbeat slows down.
Their pure white coats camouflage them as they travel vast distances across this hostile environment in search of prey. During the winter many animals have a white fur or a white plumage to be well camouflaged in the snow. The Arctic hare the stoat and the reindeer lose their white coat.
Animals as large as whales and polar bears come to feed on them. In winter when more of the ocean freezes over and thick snow covers the land animals and plants have adapted to keep warm and survive. Meet 10 of the most interesting animals weve ever seen.
First on our list of Arctic animals is the famous polar bear Ursus maritimus. Find out more about these awesome Arctic animals here. The Arctic tundra is located inside the Arctic Circle and the Alpine tundra is located in the mountain tops.