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from: A n c i e n t H i p p yW i t h t h e w o r l d c o n t i n u i n g t o g r o w w a r m e r t h e r e i s g r e a t c o n c e r n o v e r t h e e f f e c t t h a t g l o b a l w a r m i n g h a s o n t h e a n i m a l s . W h i l e m a n y p e o p l e a r e n o t c o n c e r n e d w i t h t h e i d e a o f g l o b a l w a r m i n g , s t u d i e s h a v e s h o w n c h a n g e s i n w i l d l i f e t h a t a r e s t a r t i n g t o b e c o m e a l a r m i n g .
A n i m a l s a n d g l o b a l w a r m i n g a r e b e i n g s t u d i e d b y m a n y d i f f e r e n t s c i e n t i s t s t o d a y a n d t h e y a r e d o c u m e n t i n g c h a n g e s i n t h e b e h a v i o r o f m a n y d i f f e r e n t s p e c i e s . T h e r e a r e m a n y t y p e s o f f i s h t h a t a r e m o v i n g f a r t h e r n o r t h i n s e a r c h o f c o o l e r w a t e r s . P o l a r b e a r s t o d a y d o n o t w e i g h a s m u c h a s t h e y d i d y e a r s g o a n d t h e i r h e a l t h a p p e a r s t o b e f a i l i n g .
W h e n t a k i n g a l o o k a t a n i m a l s a n d g l o b a l w a r m i n g y o u w i l l f i n d t h a t t h e r e a r e a n u m b e r o f c h a n g e s i n a n i m a l b e h a v i o r a n d p a t t e r n s w h i c h h a v e t a k e n p l a c e i n t h e l a s t t w e n t y y e a r s . E l e p h a n t s e a l p u p s a r e n o t a s b i g a s t h e y u s e d t o b e a n d t h e y a r e s l o w l y m o v i n g i n s e a r c h o f c o o l e r w a t e r s . M a r m o t s a r e n o t s p e n d i n g a s m u c h t i m e i n h i b e r n a t i o n a n d c e r t a i n f r u i t f l y s w h i c h a r e a c c u s t o m e d t o h o t w e a t h e r a r e l o o k i n g f o r a c o o l e r c l i m a t e .
W h i l e t h e r e i s l i t t l e d o u b t t h a t a n y b o d y w o u l d m i s s t h e f r u i t f l y , t h e r e a s o n f o r t h e i r c h a n g e i n c l i m a t e s h o u l d c a u s e g r e a t c o n c e r n .
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T h e b i g g e s t a f f e c t o n a n i m a l s a n d g l o b a l w a r m i n g i s p r o b a b l y n o t i c e d i n t h e v a r i o u s s p e c i e s o f b i r d s . G l o b a l w a r m i n g i s c h a n g i n g t h e i r f o o d c h a i n a n d , i n m a n y c a s e s , d e s t r o y i n g t h e i r h a b i t a t . B i r d s w h o t y p i c a l l y l i v e i n t h e w e t l a n d s a r e f i n d i n g t h a t t h e i r h a b i t a t i s d r y i n g u p a n d t h e y c o n t i n u a l l y h a v e t o s e a r c h f o r a n d c o m p e t e f o r o t h e r a r e a s o f w e t l a n d .
B i r d s w h i c h u s u a l l y m i g r a t e a r e f i n d i n g t h a t t h e i n s e c t s t h e y n o r m a l l y f e e d o n b r e d e a r l y a n d a r e n o l o n g e r a v a i l a b l e . T h e s e m i g r a t o r y b i r d s t h e n h a v e t o h u n t f o r o t h e r f o o d s o u r c e s a n d m a n y o f t h e m d o n o t s u r v i v e .
T h e c h a n g e s w h i c h h a v e b e e n o b s e r v e d w i t h a n i m a l s a n d g l o b a l w a r m i n g a r e n o t l i m i t e d t o t h e U n i t e d S t a t e ; t h e y a r e s e e n w o r l d w i d e . S c o t t i s h s e a b i r d s a r e n o t b r e e d i n g t h e w a y t h e y u s e d t o b e c a u s e t h e y n o l o n g e r h a v e a s m a n y f i s h t o f e e d o n . T h e f i s h a r e d i s a p p e a r i n g b e c a u s e t h e y n o l o n g e r h a v e t h e p l a n k t o n t h e y n e e d t o s u r v i v e . W i t h e a c h b r e e d a n d s p e c i e s t h a t d i s a p p e a r s t h e r e i s a c h a i n r e a c t i o n t h a t t r i c k l e s d o w n t o o t h e r s . S o m e a n i m a l s c a n s u r v i v e f o r a l o n g e r p e r i o d o f t i m e b y m o v i n g t o a c o o l e r c l i m a t e b u t t h e a n i m a l s s u c h a s p o l a r b e a r s a n d s e a l s d o n o t h a v e t h a t o p t i o n . T h e i r n a t u r a l h a b i t a t i s s l o w l y m e l t i n g a w a y a n d t h e y w i l l s o o n h a v e n o w h e r e t o g o .
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