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camoflauge, it aids in hunting in the snow.
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Which fox turns white in winter?
In summer the background is dark - so dark fur helps them camouflage. In winter the snow makes the environment white so white fur helps them camouflage then.
How is the arctic foxes fur used to benefit in winter?
In the winter the Arctic Fox's coat turns white or blue-grey. This is to help the fox blend in with it's environment. The fox can then hide from predators and hunt prey without being detected.
What is the function of what animals fur turns white during coldy winter months?
The fur of the Arctic fox and Arctic hare turn white in the winter. Also the long tailed weasel, ermine and the collared lemmingFOx
Can an Arctic fox stay white during the summer?
no the fur turns brown
What advantage does white fur give the Arctic fox?
In the winter, the artic foxes fur changes white because of its genes that allow the fox to change its coat color.
In the winter months an arctic fox's fur is white. In the spring and summer the fox sheds its white fur and grows a brown coat. How does this trait help the fox survive?
By changing fur colour, depending on the season, the Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus) is using camouflage. White fur against the white of the winter snow is harder to see the fox as it stalks its prey, or escapes from a predator (Polar Bear?). Brown fur is less noticeable against the green grasses and the grey-brownish rocks, than if the fox kept a white coat all year round. The brown fur is not uniform in colour, with streaks of greyish-white.
How does a fox's fur blend with snow?
An artic fox changes to a white coat at the approach of winter. This helps the fox blend into a snowy background.
Why does an arctic fox have a brown coat in the summer and a white coat in the winter?
Arctic foxes can have white or grey fur. When they are kits, they are born with brownish-black fur, then when in adulthood, they have either white or grey fur. During the summers of their Adulthood, their fur will turn a greyish-bluish-black mixture. Hope this helps!
What describes the change in coat coloring of an Arctic fox from brown in summer to white in winter?
Arctic foxes have a thick layer of white fur to camouflage itself from its predator
Is an Arctic fox white?
Yes, arctic foxes are white in winter. However, their fur will turn grey or brown in the summer.
What are the colors for the Arctic fox each season?
In the winter, it becomes white to blend in with the snow.In the summer, it turns regular brown. I guess in the spring it starts loosing its white ,and in the fall it starts loosing its brown.
Why does the Arctic fox turn white in the winter?
Because it blends with winter. This is a cleaver adaptation by this fox. Firstly, the fur helps with camouflage in snow. Secondly, white hair is the result of little air pockets in each hair strand. The air pockets add a little insulation from the cold air also these clever foxes have white fur to make predeters think they are polar bears .
