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Warming Signs: How Diminished Snow Cover Puts Species in Peril

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Yale Environment 360

Publication Date
2018-01-16

The wolverine is highly adapted to life in a snowy world. It has thick fur and snowshoe-like feet, and it dens high in the mountains as a way to avoid predators that aren’t as nimble in deep snow and to provide its kits with insulation from the bitter high-elevation cold.

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http://e360.yale.edu/features/warming-signs-how-diminished-snow-cover-puts-species-in-peril