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What animals are dormant in winter?

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Most animals get ready for hibernation by storing food

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Some animals migrate, like birds or reindeer. Others hibernate, like bears or skunks. Some animals burrow underground to sleep out the winter, like roadrunners. Some, like arctic hares, change fur color to camouflage themselves. And finally, some animals don't do anything at all.

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There are many animals that are dormant in winter

These include:

Bears

Butterflies

Badgers

Bats

Chipmunks

Frogs

Ladybugs

Hampsters

Hegdehogs

Turtles

Wasps

Sqirrels

There are also many more

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Animal live in their own habitat which their adapted to.

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Animals normally hibernate in either a cave or a burrow.

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to let go of waste

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