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WHAT HAPPENS TO WILD ANIMALS DURING A HURRICANE?

09/12/2017 · by carylsue

WEATHER

While humans have the ability to evacuate during an impending hurricane, wild animals don’t have that luxury. So as nearly 6 million humans are instructed to flee Hurricane Irma, what’s happening to our feathered, furred and scaled friends? 

•  What birds seem to survive well during a hurricane and storm surge?
  
  • Many species can detect environmental changes, such as drops inatmospheric pressure and infrared radiation. They can migrate earlyto avoid a storm.
    • Scientists use infrared radiation to detect cyclones, too.
  • The burrows of burrowing owls can protect them from strong winds
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• What mammals seem to survive well during a hurricane and storm surge?
• Raccoons and other scavengers find new sources of food during and after cyclone events.
• Bears often benefit from increased ground shelter created by downed trees and brush.
• Sometimes, deer can benefit from upturned earth caused by gale-force winds. This brings fresh grasses, shrubs, and roots to the surface.
• Many marine mammals, such as whales and some dolphins, can seek safety in open water or the deep ocean.

• What reptiles seem to survive well during a hurricane and storm surge?
  • Many species of snakes can burrow and survive strong winds and rains.

• What amphibians seem to survive well during a hurricane and storm surge?
• Frogs and toads breed in pools of still water.

• What animals seem to be particularly at risk during a hurricane and storm surge?
• Migrating birds are often blown off-course by gale-force winds.
• Rainfall washes sediments and pollutants onto corals that thrive in shallow tropical waters. This runoff blocks sunlight and hinders the growth of the coral reef.
• Squirrels and birds such as woodpeckers are often thrown from their nests, and their supplies of nuts and seeds can be wiped out.
• Sea turtle nests, buried in shallow beach sands, can be washed out to sea.
• Fish are at risk in a number of different ways—from sediments and pollutants washing into their habitat, creating a dead zone; from fallen electrical lines that threaten them with electrocution; and from an influx of seawater into saltwater habitats.
• The dune habitats of beach mice and wetland birds are often destroyed by strong storm surges.



• Deer and other herbivores may not be able to survive the season if upturned grasses and shrubs rot in the wet ground.
• The burrows of snakes and burrowing owls can be blocked by debris, preventing their exit.
• Some marine mammals, such as manatees and dolphins, may be washed ashore or into unfamiliar habitats

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