{"id":583146,"date":"2021-02-04T16:05:43","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T21:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/?p=583146"},"modified":"2021-02-08T16:48:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T21:48:12","slug":"be-a-fox-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/bbtw_updates\/be-a-fox-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Be a fox friend!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you saw an Arctic fox in the summer, it would look very\ndifferent than it does in the winter. That\u2019s because the Arctic fox is a master\nof camouflage. In the winter, its thick coat is a brilliant white, but in the\nsummer it thins out and turns a dusty gray-brown to help blend in with the\nsurrounding Arctic tundra. They feast on small rodents called lemmings and\nsometimes nesting bird species, using their amazing sense of smell and hearing\nto help them find prey under thick winter snow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fox Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arctic fox pups are born in dens, some of which have been\nused by foxes for hundreds of years. When the babies arrive, Arctic fox moms\nhave their paws full \u2013 the average litter size is eleven pups (which is the\nlargest average litter size in the world for a wild mammal)! Arctic fox parents\nhelp to feed their little ones so they grow strong and healthy, but even fully\ngrown, they\u2019re not huge animals. Adult Arctic foxes aren\u2019t much bigger than a\nhouse cat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I may be small but I am mighty! Photo credit: Berteaux Lab<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

They need our help!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Warming temperatures are causing big changes in the Arctic landscape. Things like melting sea ice and shorter winters are affecting not only the Arctic fox, but its prey species too. Not being able to find enough food could mean big trouble for the Arctic fox, which is why it\u2019s so important we learn as much as we can about how and where it hunts. That\u2019s why we\u2019re working with Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Rimouski researcher Jeanne Clermont on a project that does just that! By fitting foxes with GPS collars and accelerometers (devices that measure how they\u2019re moving and whether they\u2019re running, resting, or digging for a food feast!), we\u2019ll learn more about their foraging behaviours. Comparing this information to data about where their prey are found and how much food is available will help us predict how their movements and hunting abilities might be impacted by climate change, and that\u2019s a super important first step in protecting these cute critters for years to come! <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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If you saw an Arctic fox in the summer, it would look very different than it does in the winter. That\u2019s because the Arctic fox is a master of camouflage. In the winter, its thick coat is a brilliant white, but in the summer it thins out and turns a dusty gray-brown to help blend […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":579470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[931,425],"tags":[1093,50],"class_list":{"0":"post-583146","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all","8":"category-bbtw_updates","9":"tag-animal-adoption","10":"tag-arctic"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583146"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":583192,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583146\/revisions\/583192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/579470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/US\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}