Vocabulary Words
- Emaciated – abnormally thin or weak.
- Lemming – a small short tailed rodent related to voles.
- Diurnal – of or during the day.
- Rodenticide – a poison used to kill rodents.
Fun Facts
- When the Lemming population is low, the snowy owls will leave to find more food.
- Female snowy owls have more stripes than males. These stripes fade over time. (this was mistakenly reversed in the video!)
- Snowy Owls swallow prey whole.
- The feet of Snowy Owls are covered with feathers.
- Their wingspan is 4-5 feet wide.
- Snowy Owls live in the tundra.
- An adult Snowy Owl can eat 3-5 lemmings per day.
- Snowy Owls can live up to 9 or 10 years.
