 "I think I'll grab that big guy's lunch!" The Arctic fox is both a hunter and a scavenger. It will feed on just about anything that it can find - lemmings, voles, squirrels, birds, bird eggs, berries, fish, carrion, pizza... (Okay, maybe not pizza.) If the fox can't kill enough to eat, it will even settle for leftovers. Its white coat makes it hard to see in the winter, so sometimes it will sneak along behind a polar bear, hoping to eat what the bear leaves behind after it has feasted. It must be very sly or it will become the bear's lunch! Arctic foxes also prepare for winter by storing up food over the summer months. Food may be scarce in the cold dark winter, so they plan ahead, saving dead birds, lemmings, and eggs - that freeze in the permafrost - to be eaten later. Smart little critters, aren't they?
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DICTIONARY: Just "double-click" any unlinked word on this page for the definition from Merriam-Webster's Student Electronic Dictionary at Word Central. |
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ARCTIC LIBRARY & GLOSSARY: Check this section for an index of the rest of the things you really need to know about the Arctic. |
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ARCTIC MAPS & WEATHER REPORTS: Maps of the Northwest Passage, explorers' routes, iceberg sources, Nunavut, the Arctic by treeline, temperature... |
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ARCTIC LINKS: Even more information! Links to sites related to the Arctic and "Iceberg: the Story of the Throps and the Squallhoots". |
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GUIDE TO ARCTIC SUNRISE & SUNSET: How much sunlight or darkness is there in the Arctic on each day of the year? |
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