Animals That Migrate And Hibernate
It has excellent photographs that draw students into the text and helps them learn more about these amazing animals.
Animals that migrate and hibernate. Birds seem to navigate like sailors once did using the sun moon and stars for direction. Other animals migrate too. Bears living in cold climates hibernate when the food is scarce but the bears in warmer climates can find plenty of food all year long so they have no reason to hibernate.
Animals like elks whales and caribou. Their body clocks are timed accordingly and once the climate in their habitat becomes warm they migrate back. Given below is a list of animals that become dormant during winter as a method of survival.
It has some traditional animals but also a few new ones that students might not know migrate like the red crabs on Christmas Island. Books about Animals that Migrate in Winter. You have the answer key for this part in the printable too.
So what animals hibernate during Winter. We study four animals that hibernate and four animals that migrate chipmunk bear bumblebee snail goose monarch butterfly humpback whale and penguin Students read the informational passage and take notes on their coordinating graphic organizer. Animals that Migrate Hibernate and Adapt.
North american desert animals like tortoises crocodiles frogs and salamanders go through the aestivation cycle. Hibernation and Migration. The arctic tern covers a migrating cycle of over 40000 miles and is thought to have the longest migration cycle of all animals.
Snakes and many other reptiles find shelter in holes or burrows and spend the winter inactive or dormant. Hibernation Migration Adaptation of Winter Animals PLUS Groundhog Day worksheets. While some animals may migrate to warmer climates for the winter others opt to stay in their natural environment and enter into an inactive state or hibernation.