eli5…How do wild mammals not freeze to death

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Deer, foxes, rabbits, etc. are all warm blooded mammals that regularly experience sub-freezing temperatures that would kill humans in a matter of hours. How do they survive?

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What do you do when it’s cold?

Put on a coat or stay inside.

Animals already have the coat part figured out, so they find a warmish(er) place and hangout, ensuring to take up the smallest surface area to preserve warmth.

And, if your animal is absolutely psycho nuts like my dog, they’ll run full tilt around the property at -40 to generate warmth.

Wild animals don’t do this though. Movement = Energy, Energy = Food, so Movement = Food and there’s no garauntee of rhe next meal.

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