A lack of anoxia tolerance limits the types of habitats that a freshwater turtle may live in, since unlike sea turtles, they cannot travel long distances to hibernate. Hatchlings of some species of turtles spend their first winter in or below the nest cavity, while hatchl...
Skunks do not hibernate in winter but they do slow down quite a bit. During the coldest part of winter, they’ll hunker down in a winter burrow using a spot created by someone or something else (usually where they’ve raised their young) such as under your porch, and stay there, becom...