What terrestrial (non-aquatic) cold-blooded animals are active during the winter (cold) season?
What terrestrial (non-aquatic) cold-blooded animals are active during the winter (cold) season? Active means that they are not in a state of hibernation, they can move and eat. Give 2 examples.
Invertebrates, vertebrates, amphibians and reptiles are called cold-blooded because their body temperature changes with the temperature of the environment. The overwhelming majority of these organisms at low temperatures significantly reduce their activity, falling into suspended animation. Some arthropods show relatively high activity in winter, hiding under a cover of snow, remain active in the upper balls of the soil or leaves, and in low frosts or in a thaw they go out onto the snow. These include glaciers (Boreus), winter mosquitoes (Trichocera), wingless long-legged mosquitoes (Chionea), some spiders, etc.