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Awesome Arctic Animals
Answer:
Lemming
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Avingak
means lemming in Inuktitut.
In Inuit mythology, white lemmings are believed to come from beyond the stars
and fall as spiraling snowballs to the earth. It's little wonder where the
idea comes from. Their tiny ears, tiny feet and tiny tails hardly register
under all that fluffy white fur, giving them a round, well, snowballish look.
Their sudden appearance recounted in the myth also seems logical. After all,
there are no white lemmings in all of the Arctic during the summer.
Photo
Credit:
© David
Gray, Environment Canada/Canadian Wildlife Service.
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