Creature Classic: Remember To Breathe Through Your Butt!

Creature Feature

A rerun classic about not freezing to death! Today we'll be talking about how animals prepare for winter! From hibernation, to magical wardrobe changes, to cryogenic freezing! Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: when, if ever, is the right time to breathe through your butt? With guest, Caitlin Durante!
Ads: 19:42; 32:19

Footnotes:

My frozen bear heart: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110207142625.htm

Calendar cells: https://phys.org/news/2015-09-seasonal-body-clock-animals.html

Arctic fox faceplanting into snow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EiV-ERKRRs

Arctic fox's awkward wardrobe malfunctions: https://a-z-animals.com/media/animals/images/470x370/arctic_fox10.jpg

Arctic fox shedding its coat: https://external-preview.redd.it/yFIfslfvQOZezp2EoX48ZArPc1B48xAh6IfRcZpT3k0.jpg?auto=webp&s=abaec6cc70925d3441a05b55f238ab6f5f114523

Ancient snow goggles: http://www.beyondbuckskin.com/2012/04/some-history-slick-inuit-shades.html

Frozen wood frog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLPeehsXAr4

Siberian salamander: https://amphibiaweb.org/cgi/amphib_query?where-genus=Salamandrella&where-species=keyserlingii

Painted turtles breathe through their butts: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/03/animals-winter-hibernation-turtles/

Wild Yakut horses: https://eaq.org.au//wp-content/uploads/2017/05/yacut-horses.jpg

MORE. FLUFFY. HORSES: https://siberiantimes.com/PICTURES/OTHERS/Tipsy-deer-and-horses/2.jpg

Kulning video by Jonna Jinton: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc7F_qv3eI8&t=0m40s

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.