Extreme Animals ( Cold Version ๐ŸงŠ๐Ÿ”๏ธโ„๏ธ)

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In some places early January is the most extreme time of the year. This is a time where mother nature really let's loose and prepares for the rest of the year, releasing temperatures that would freeze the bum of Old Man Jenkins.

In this drastic drop of temperatures, there are animals that have adapted to the weather.

Toughing it out in the most extreme of conditions..
Folks, these are the...

๐™€๐™ญ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ข๐™–๐™ก๐™จ

๐Ÿ„ฒ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ป๐Ÿ„ณ ๐Ÿ……๐Ÿ„ด๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ…‚๐Ÿ„ธ๐Ÿ„พ๐Ÿ„ฝ๐ŸงŠ๐Ÿ”๏ธโ„๏ธ

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Now my first animal on this list isn't really one you would expect

1. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‡๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ง ๐‰๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ฉ๐ข๐๐ž๐ซ (๐„๐ฎ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ)

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Now this animal is one that loves to live his life on the high side. Resulting in it's Latin name, "omnisuperstes" which means "highest of all". First discovered by TG. Longstaff on his expedition in 1922 at the height of 5,000 metres. It later gained popularity when also seen by Richard Hingston in his expedition on 1924 at 6,700 metres and Lawrence W. Swan at 5,500 metres in her joint expedition to Makalu in the year 1954 ๐Ÿ”๏ธ.
The Himalayan Jumping Spider is poisonous although it isn't dangerous to humans.

Like all ordinary jumping spiders, they have the same 4 large eyes on their face, which gives them sharp eyesight for hunting.
It helps to measure and guage distances for a nice effective jump between slopes to catch their prey.
They prey on springtails, flies and other small insects.


2. ๐™ˆ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™’ฤ“๐™ฉฤ (๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž)

I know a whole lot of people would be asking themselves right now..

What the hell is a wฤ“tฤ?

Well Thank God for Wikipedia ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

Wฤ“tฤ (also spelt weta) is the common name for a group of about 100 insect species in the families Anostostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae endemic to New Zealand. They are giant flightless crickets, and some are among the heaviest insects in the world. Generally nocturnal, most small species are carnivores and scavengers while the larger species are herbivorous. Wฤ“tฤ are preyed on by introduced mammals, and some species are now critically endangered. - Wiki

Well that's it for Wฤ“tฤ's. The Mountain Stone Wฤ“tฤ, is the one we would be looking at.

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Native to New Zealand, this particular specie has evolved a way to deal with the chill in the Southern Alps. When the temperature drops below freezing, our ice cool Wฤ“tฤ friend would freeze too. Later when it thaws out, the Wฤ“tฤ follows and resumes life as an ice chill giant insect freezing machine๐Ÿฅถ๐ŸงŠ


3. ๐™‚๐™ง๐™–๐™ฎ ๐˜พ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฎ ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ (๐™‡๐™š๐™ช๐™˜๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฅ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™จ)

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When your talking of extremely cool birds, you can't even hold the conversation without this crowned Ave.
The Gray-Crowned Rosy Finch is a sturdy bird whose natural habitats are the rocky tundra of Alaska down south to the mountain ranges including the Sierra Nevada.
While many cowards move downslope or migrate south in the winter, the rost finches are toughing it out on the Aleutian and Pribilof islands year-round.

Another extreme trait of the finches is the fact that it breeders higher than any other bird in North America as it nests on the slopes of 20,310 foot Mount Denali.

Cus, what's more appealing to a female than a male who lives his life on the edge?๐Ÿ˜


4. ๐™Ž๐™ž๐™—๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง (๐™Ž๐™–๐™ก๐™–๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ง๐™š๐™ก๐™ก๐™– ๐™ ๐™š๐™ฎ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ž)

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The Siberian Salamander is another freezer organism. But Unlike the Wฤ“tฤ above who only freezes for short period of times, this salamander can go cold for years
Having a wide distribution from Northern Russia eastwards to Korea and Japan. It's the only amphibian far north of it's range.

When winter approaches, adult males may go to near moss ponds where they can breed in the coming spring.
Here, they can freeze without any fear of damage from ice crystals, as temperature drops to -22โฐ Fahrenheit. As temperature rises, the salamander rises and becomes active.


5. ๐™„๐™˜๐™š ๐˜พ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฌ๐™ก๐™š๐™ง๐™จ (๐™‚๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™—๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™™๐™–๐™š)

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Surely no extremely cold list would be complete without the Ice walkers crawlers
These chill insects looks like a mix of a cricket and a cockroach, which in turn brings up it's Latin name. ( Cricket in Greek = gryll , Cockroach in Greek = blatta)

These omnivorous insects manage to eat by scouring glaciers and snow at unholy temperatures of freezing or even below freezing looking for dead insects. If the temperature rises above 50โฐ Fahrenheit, some species may die.

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That's it for our extremely cool animals. Thanks for reading and if you liked don't forget...

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Till next blog๐Ÿค—โœจ


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I love this post! Fascinating. My favorite extreme animal is the ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™– ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž. The small ones are carnivores and the large ones herbivores...hmmm. One would expect the reverse to be true.

A great blog, @seki1

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You have to debunk expectations to survive in the wild๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚.
Thanks for the comment๐Ÿ˜Š

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