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  • Essay / Our trip to Canada - 533

    CanadaA wonderful land full of beauty and wildlife.Article by: Teagan Janssen, Victoria Fitts and Jaylen CherryWe were all exploring the tundra when we saw a ball of grayish-brown fur passing by. Oh wait, you don't know what we're talking about, let me explain. We were taking our big summer excursion to Canada to research Canadian animals. We focus on three different animals, the American Kestrel, the Arctic Fox and the American Beaver, and wow! They are cute animals! The ball of fur that passed by was probably the cutest ball of fur I have ever seen. This ball of fur was the Vulpes lagopus, better known as the Arctic fox. I know what you think of when you imagine an arctic fox, it has white fur. This is normally true, but on this trip we saw the fox in his summer form, and I have to say he's not as cute. Did you know that the Arctic fox can give birth to 5 to 10 young per litter! During our trip we witnessed the somewhat disturbing event of an arctic fox hunting and eating lemmings, who knew such cute animals could be so naughty.! ...