A Arctic fox is a white/black fox native to arctic regions of the northern hemisphere throughout the arctic tundra biome.
Arctic foxes also known as vulpes lagopus has fur that is expensive people hunt them and make their fur into coats.
A Arctic fox can weigh up to 10 lbs and live up to 15 years in the wild .Arctic foxes fur turns black in the summer time but in the winter time their fur turns white again that because they grow more fur in the winter to keep worm.
If you ever see an Arctic fox sleeping you will see it lays curled up in a ball and with its tail around its face because they try to keep their selves warm at night because its very cold where they live.
Arctic fox eat meat which means they are carnivore they
eat things like lemmings carrion voles and ringed sales.Those are diets because it cant afford to getting bigger than what they are.
Arctic foxes are on the verge of extinction
. If they keep dying at this rate there will no more arctic foxes
by the year of 2020. Their are a lot of illnesses going around that have scientist looking for cures.
This where you would find an arctic fox this is where it lives
you can also see a lot of them in packs but mostly by there self.
Baby's also get abandoned by their parents because they need to start taking care of their selves so they have to live sleep eat for the rest of their lives.
Here is a video explaining more about the Arctic fox.
Arctic foxes worm coat keep them warm through
the winter their coat can get up to 100 degrees to keep them warm in the winter time
Arctic foxes are not mean animals people have these as pets
The Arctic fox follows Polar bears around because after a polar bear kills they get the left overs.
They don't care if they follow them around as long as they don't mess with them.
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Sites wwf.com
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