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Word Bank Waterbear (Tardigrade) Golden-Crowned Kinglets Leatherback Turtle Merriam’s Kangaroo Rat Arctic Fox Isabella Tiger Moth (Pyrrharctica isabella) Labord’s Chameleon Beluga Whale Dromedary Camel Ice Crawler (Grylloblattidae) Gentoo Penguin Desert Jackrabbit What tiny bird weighs less than one-fifth of an ounce and is able to survive extreme cold weather? In winter months when food is scarce, it subsists on hibernating inchworms. These birds keep warm via their plentiful feathers and huddle together at night for more warmth. Which Arctic Native survives the cold by growing an extra insulating undercoat of fur in extreme cold months? It’s fur also changes color-brown in the warmer months, white in the colder months-to camouflage itself from predators and reflect ice particles in the air. It has such keen hearing that it can precisely locate the position of prey under the snow and punch through the snow to catch its victim. This is the only one of its species to be found in one of the coldest regions of the Arctic. It survives by freezing itself over multiple winters as it grows and pupates to maturity. It can live up to 14 years by freezing and defrosting itself. It survives being frozen by producing a cryoprotectant in its tissues. In the spring it thaws out and emerges to pupate. Once it emerges from its pupa, it has only days to find a mate. What aquatic micro-animal resembles a tiny bear and can survive both extreme hot and cold water temperatures, from just above absolute zero to well above the boiling point of water? They can go without food or water for more than ten years, drying out to the point where they are 3 percent or less water, only to rehydrate, forage and reproduce. Which whale has a unique morphology that enables it to survive in the iciest ocean regions? It has 5 inches (13 cm.) of insulating blubber, a unique dorsal fin that can break through ice for attaining fresh air, a flexible neck tha