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Photo Gallery: Animals of the Arctic
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Photo: An arctic hare rests in the snow
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Shortened ears and thick, white fur are among the physical traits that arctic hares have adapted to survive in the harsh, frozen tundra.
Photograph by Paul Nicklen

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