3/16/2024 0 Comments Arctic animals arctic wolf![]() ![]() What’s really interesting about this part of the planet is how it experiences day and night. Within this region, there is one of the world’s biggest oceans, the Arctic Ocean which covers more than 14.6 million square miles (37.8 million square kilometers)! There are also eight countries within the Arctic which include part of the USA, Canada, Iceland, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and some parts of Russia. Anything above this line is considered to be within the Arctic. There is an imaginary line known as the Arctic Circle, which goes around the northernmost part of the planet. Being so far away from the equator, it’ll come as no surprise that things can get a little chilly and extreme here. The Arctic is an area in the Northern hemisphere located 66.5º north of the equator. Arctic Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus parryii) How Do Arctic Animals Survive the Extreme Cold?.I would have preferred to see arabian wolves or african golden wolves (even though we have a lot of african animals as it is) added as subspecies instead because they look noticeably different, and have the "timber" wolf receive the black, white and other colour variants it should have. I certainly hope we will get arctic wolves that resemble their wild counterparts more but if I have to be honest, I don't have very high hopes. We could argue that these small differences aren't worth the money and we'd rather see a competely new animal added, and I agree with that though I do like the idea of having arctics. Very excited for the upcoming patch additions and changes that they announced though, so that is at least redeeming. I love Arctic Wolves IRL, I can't not buy it). I'm a bit negative about the DLC after the announcement for the above reasons (still going to buy it though. You mention interbreeding for example, between arctic and timber wolves.I'd be very surprised if they put that option in the game. Real life differences are irrelevant if Frontier doesn't do anything extra to reflect that. And that is the "clone" part that bothers me. The list of animals is suspect in that all are similar enough to animals we already have that I really do suspect Frontier of taking a lazy-developers approach to adding them and I don't think we're going to see much new in terms of animations and animal behaviors. I'm not saying that irl the timber wolf and arctic wolves are clones.but I am saying that in game, other than the skin, they likely will be, or at least very nearly will be. I would have preferred to see arabian wolves or african golden wolves (even though we have a lot of african animals as it is) added as subspecies instead because they look noticeably different, and have the "timber" wolf receive the black, white and other colour variants it should Very informative. ![]() It doesn't help most images we see on the internet are of captive "arctic" wolves, either. Added onto that, northwestern wolves lose a lot of pigment as they age so wolves with a creamy fur can become completely white. Another problem in noticing the difference between these two wolves is that in captivity they are allowed to interbreed so the traits that make them more unique become harder to distinguish (though they are already challenging to tell apart and I'm sure interbreeding happens in the wild as well). White northwestern wolves aren't actually white either but more blonde/creamy. They also tend to have more black skin surrounding the eyes. The arctic wolf is overall smaller, has a shorter snout and legs, smaller ears and (if I recall correctly) are relatively heavier. I think most people don't realize there are more differences between the arctic wolf and the northwestern wolf than colour, biome and name alone. I think the biggest issue people have with the arctic wolf is that they think it's just a clone of the timber wolf (which I'm going to refer to as 'northwestern wolf' here for the sake of argument) while said wolf should have a white skin variant to begin with.
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