Sentences with phrase «insulating blubber»
DNAinfo reports that the bear doesn't have the insulating blubber that would keep an animal in the wild warm:
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Its thick blubber and fur insulate it against the cold, and its translucent fur, which appears white or cream - colored, camouflages it from its prey.
They also insulate their bodies with fur, blubber and, in the case of emperor penguins, by huddling en masse against the icy Antarctic winds that can bring the air temperature down to -60 °C.
An important adaptation for marine mammals is blubber, a thick, insulating layer of fat beneath the skin that helps to keep body warmth in and the cold of the air or water out.
These processes work together, along with insulating factors like blubber or fur, to help animals keep warm or cool down, he said.
Immediately I understand the discomfort that a seal or a penguin, insulated by blubber, must feel on a warm day.
And they keep their body heat even without an insulating layer of blubber like whales, seals and sea lions.
Going into the autumn the seal will be insulated by a 5 cm (2 in) thick layer of blubber, giving them a fat percentage of between 40 and 50 %.
A thick layer of fat called blubber insulates them from cold ocean waters.