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Photo Gallery: Winter Wildlife
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Photo: An arctic hare rests in the snow
Photo: An arctic hare rests in the snowPhoto: Arctic fox in the snowPhoto: A baby harp seal rests on the Arctic icePhoto: A desert cottontail rabbit sits quietly through a snowstormPhoto: Snowshoe hare sitting in the snowPhoto: Musk-oxen in the snowPhoto: Siberian tigers in the snowPhoto: American bighorn sheepPhoto: King penguins on an Antarctic beachPhoto: Emperor penguins
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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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