Young Arctic Fox Research Paper

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Imagine you're a young arctic fox playing in the snow. Then imagine big sharp teeth closing around you, and being killed and eaten. Sounds like fun right? Thankfully us Humans don’t need to worry about stuff like that. Unfortunately for young arctic foxes, life isn’t that simple. They have to worry about polar bears, wolves, birds, humans, falling through the ice, getting crushed by snow and ice, and drowning in freezing cold waters.
Young Arctic Foxes have snow white furs, that are soft and warm. Their furs are the main reason why us humans, hunt them. Their furs were used to make coats, boots, and etc. Thankfully us humans don’t do that stuff anymore. But one of the biggest danger for them is caused by us. Falling through the ice is the biggest

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