Eli5: Why do small animals like squirrels not lose appendages to frostbite when temperatures reach below freezing, and they walk around on ice and snow all day?
In: Biology
Good explanations here as to why most animals don’t lose their feet to frostbite but I should point out one thing that anyone living in a rural area will know:
They can and they do.
Doesn’t happen as often as it could for reasons others have stated here but animals absolutely can suffer miserably in cold conditions.
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