Adaptation involves changes in an animal's body, diet, and lifestyle so that it can stay active throughout the the winter. Tammys utilize adaptation by trading in their four wheelers for snowmobiles, tank tops for coats, and hamburgers for venison.
Migration is when an animal travels to a warmer climate where better conditions are available. Mandy is forced to adapt to winter but migrates to Florida whenever she can. She is always awaiting/talking about her holiday vacation to someplace warm.
It was actually difficult to find this tourist Mandy in Florida because there were so many amazing Florida resident Tammys to distract me. They don't have to do anything in winter except look good:
Hibernation is when warm-blooded animals store up fat and sleep for an extended amount of time using very little energy. Courtneys practice this by setting up a microwave right by the couch and not moving until it's warm enough to go get soft serve.
Brumation is used by cold-blooded animals that have no way of staying warm during the winter, other than burrowing. They can and do eat during this time, but can go weeks or months without food and will eat less as the temperature drops. Essentially, this is like hibernation except with some consciousness, which is what Misty endures. During this period of slipping into insanity, Misty pretends that everything is normal and even makes new friends:
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What about squirrels and bunnies?!
get a job.
Tammys can adapt to extremely hot temperatures as well. Like the Tammy down the road from me, who walks to work at the 7 in shorts that reveal exactly 1/2 of each ass-cheek every day in the summer. She puts on pants when she gets there. Should we all utilize such behavioral intuition.
also, this one needs to go in the book
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