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Article: This rabbit changes in winter.
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- Weekly Reader, Edition Pre-K (including Science Spin)
- Article date:
- November 1, 2004
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Use this issue to help children understand how some animals adapt, or change, in water. The snowshoe hare, or rabbit, changes in winter. It grows a white fur coat. Now it can hide and stay safe in the snow. Ask: What do other animals do in winter?
Science
Look at Animals in Winter
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This mouse sleeps in winter.
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