Animals That Migrate And Hibernate
Certain types of birds like geese ducks etc.
Animals that migrate and hibernate. It has excellent photographs that draw students into the text and helps them learn more about these amazing animals. 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. 8 Animal Reading Passages.
Animals like elks whales and caribou. Amazing Animal Journeys is another traditional nonfiction book about migration. 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.
Bears chipmunks and skunks stay where they live to hibernate. With that in mind lets answer the eternal question of where do bats go in the winter by taking a closer look at 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.
There are a few mammals like some bats caribou and elk and whales that travel in search of food each winter. Bats may be little fuzzballs but they clearly dont have the heavy fur necessary to ride out the cold temperatures of winter which is a major reason why they migrate. Other animals migrate too.
Given below is a list of animals that become dormant during winter as a method of survival. 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. North american desert animals like tortoises crocodiles frogs and salamanders go through the aestivation cycle.
It has some traditional animals but also a few new ones that students might not know migrate like the red crabs on Christmas Island. Great enhancement for hibernation winter animals units and groundhog day fun. Given below is a list of animals that migrate to other places to escape the freezing temperature.