NMC Animal Winter Adaptations
Event Description:
NMC Animal Winter Adaptations
Wednesday February 16, 2022 (Online), $49 through NMC EE
As we humans cozy up to the woodstove and burrow under down comforters, the nonmigratory animals that call the woods and waters of northern Michigan home must endure the brutal cold outside for months. Learn about the fascinating and diverse adaptations that allow our animal neighbors to survive this harsh time of year, including changes in behavior and physiology. Discover the details of how the most well-known method, hibernation, works, and also learn about lesser-known phenomena like honeybees huddling for warmth, frogs manufacturing their own “antifreeze,” and beavers stockpiling food and surviving the winter locked inside their ice-bound lodges. Register through NMC EE at: https://nmc.augusoft.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=1010
Wednesday February 16, 2022 (Online), $49 through NMC EE
As we humans cozy up to the woodstove and burrow under down comforters, the nonmigratory animals that call the woods and waters of northern Michigan home must endure the brutal cold outside for months. Learn about the fascinating and diverse adaptations that allow our animal neighbors to survive this harsh time of year, including changes in behavior and physiology. Discover the details of how the most well-known method, hibernation, works, and also learn about lesser-known phenomena like honeybees huddling for warmth, frogs manufacturing their own “antifreeze,” and beavers stockpiling food and surviving the winter locked inside their ice-bound lodges. Register through NMC EE at: https://nmc.augusoft.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=1010
