Artic foxes are so cool ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!Source
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A winter creature and a ptarmigan harpy friendship
Winter creature
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Doodled some design concepts for Darkstalker’s family as a warmup! I’d like to expand on them sometime later u__u
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The artic fox!
Fun facts about this fox..
• There are 8 recognised subspecies of the Arctic fox! Mainland Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus lagopusc, Iceland Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus fuliginosus, Greenland Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus groenlandicus, Spitsbergen Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus spitzbergenensis, Hall Island Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus hallensis, Bering Island/Sea Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus beringensis, Pribilof Islands Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus pribilofensis, and Ungava Bay (Fort Chimo) Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus ungava
• Their fur colour changes depending on the season! Different seasons can mean different climatic conditions and opportunities for the Arctic fox. So its fur colour can change between seasons for thermal insulation as well as to help blend with its immediate surroundings. in the winter, their fur morphs into the iconic, thick white coating. But as summer arrives, snow melts, and Arctic foxes start to shed their long white coat to a shorter, thinner fur, which can come in a variety of colours, from dark and light grey, charcoal brown to bluish brown coating.
• They can also snow-dive to catch their prey!! An Arctic fox usually has different tricks up its sleeve when hunting. Lemmings are its favourite prey, but they live in a complex network of tunnel systems buried deep within the snow, protecting them from predators on the ground. So, Arctic foxes carefully listen for lemmings moving or burrowing underneath the snow to pinpoint their location by tilting their heads. Once the prey is located, an Arctic fox can jump several feet in the air and nose dive into the snow to catch its prey. Sometimes, it takes more than a few tries, but it’s the effort that counts.
The artic fox belongs to the Vulpes family which is a sub-clade of the Caninae. The members of this genus are colloquially referred to as true foxes, meaning they form a proper clade!
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I got a bit inspired after I booked a trip to Iceland some weeks ago 😊
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Mom and her triplets by Dick Hoskins
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Kaktovik, Alaska Lots of polar bears have arrived to enjoy the left overs from the local Bowhead whale hunt.
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