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Caribou- Bugs of the Summer

Gates Of The Arctic National Park & Preserve

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View from a camera collar on a female caribou showing a band of caribou together on a snow patch and others traveling along a rocky, alpine area (NPS Video).

 

Description

The heat of summer brings out hordes of parasitic insects in the Arctic, plaguing caribou. Caribou respond to this intense insect harassment by aggregating (clustering together) and seeking out higher elevations where it is cooler and often windier (which means less insects).

Duration

9.843 seconds

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NPS

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