If I take my cat to the southern hemisphere will it grow in his winter coat in summer and shed it in winter?
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No, animals grow hair in response to temperature and daylength. They don't watch the calendar and decide that it;s time to grow a winter coat. Day length shortens and temperatures fall in Autumn in the southern hemisphere just as it does in the North. The names humans give to the months dont; alter those things.\n\n>>>>In the southern hemisphere Jan.-March are summer and\n>>>> July-Sept. are winter.\n\nMore commonly Dec-Feb are summer and Jun-Aug are winter.\n\n\n>>>>It can't be the temperature if he's an indoor cat and it's 70 degrees year round. \n\nIt can be if the temperature fluctuates at all between seasons. Animals usually respond to temperature changes, not to specific temperatures. Unless your house is heated to a constant 70 all winter and cooled to a constant 70 all summer, 24 hours a day, the cat could easily detect the differences.
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November (in the Northern hemisphere)
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Yes, the Monarch Butterfly, during its migration in winter.  It travels almost non-stop to the south where its warmer, as much as 1,870 miles covered.
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We won't know for sure for a while, but we can speculate.\n\nGlobal warming primarily affects stom cycles, sea level and salinity, average temperature, etc. So think about how all those things could affect some animals.\n\nAlso note that not all animals will be affected, since some are more adaptive than others.
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The Sun is slightly closer in January at perihelion (147.5 million kilometers) and slightly farther away in July at aphelion (152.6 million kilometers).  Earth’s slightly elliptical orbit is not responsible for our seasons, however.\n\nEarth’s axis is tilted 23.5 degrees with respect to the plane of our orbit around the Sun.  Summer occurs when one’s hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun; winter when it’s tipped away.  Thus, seasons in Australia are reversed relative to North America—summer in Melbourne is winter in New York, and vice-versa.  (I’m sadly aware of that effect, since I’m travelling to Melbourne in a few months.)\n\n\nRyan Wyatt\nRose Center for Earth & Space\nNew York, New York
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Yes, but to a degree. The horizon line is going to be different, so you will see some of the stars, although a bit displaced, that the Northern hemisphere sees, and you will see a lot more that is only visible to the Southern hemisphere.
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"Winters in southern Africa extend from mid May to early August - by the experience of the northern hemisphere African winters are extremely mild.\n\nSeasons in Africa are not as distinct by contrast with what you'll encounter in Europe or North America. The further you move towards the tropics, the less defined the seasons are. Cape Town is probably the most extreme climate that you will encounter. It is however also unique in Africa because it has a Mediterranean weather system, unlike the rest of the continent.\n\nWildlife enthusiasts generally favour the dry season when temperatures are moderate to high. Game activities are generally limited by the availability of fresh grazing and browsing resources. Rains usually scatter browsers and their persistent predators; dry periods predictably concentrate animals around residual water sources. "
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Despite what the other people think, the South Pole has no polar bears.  If house is at the North Pole, which it must be if all the sides face south, then the bear will be a polar bear.  So White is its color.
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The axis of the Earth and Sun are not paralel. In some point, as the Earth moves around the Sun, the north pole is far away from the sun, and so, it gets less heat from it. This is winter. The oposite occur to the south pole (summer). The intermediate situation is called autumn and spring.
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Horses have hair.  Depending on the climate, an Arabian horse will grow a substantial winter coat.\n\nIf you compare an Arabian living in California, with one living in Montana, you can visibly see the difference in their winter coats.
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Facing south when in the northern hemisphere, and facing north when in the southern hemisphere. That gives them the greatest amount of sun during the winter.
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It doesn't really follow that winter occurs when the planet is furthest from the sun. If the planet's axis is tilted, then the coldest weather occurs when a particular hemisphere on the planet is turned away from the sun. In fact, in modern days Earth is at "Perihelion" (closest approach to the sun) about January 3, which is Winter in the northern hemisphere. It is furthest away (Aphelion) around July 4.\n\nOther planets will be closest and furthest away at various times, based on their orbital characteristics.
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I know, it is very weird. Here, in October, it snowed, but in November it is around 50 degrees.\n\nI once saw this bookmark when I was younger and it said that in the future it would be cold in July and hot in December. I believe it will be right...
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Not necessarily.  Cats have specific hair and dander, the skin shedding off of them and so on.  I have become allergic to my cat after 18 years and wasn't always.  I am more allergic to some cats than others...depending upon the length of their hair.  But I don't react to other animals.  \nAlso, you could be allergic to dust mites which grossly enough, feed off the dander and skin both you and your cat shed and then when they poop(the dust mites) we enhale it and yuck...get sick!! \nRabbitts, cats, dogs, guinea pigs etc..are all different and have different oils and shedding patterns.  So being allergic to one doesn't mean you will be allergic to all.  \nSo it's just a matter of either being tested by an allergist or on different days exposing yourself to each one and seeing the reaction. (give time in between to see results)  But only if you're reactions are mild.  If you are prone to serious allergies like anaphalactic shock and respitory failure then DON"T do that!! Just goto the doc's.  \nOtherwise building your immune system, with zinc, vit. C, anti-oxidants and protein help bolster it against things like allergies and colds.  The stronger one is the less likely the symptoms will bother them. \nNettles and Quercitin are vitamins that help your body build up resistance to allergies and there are some good homeopathic remedies to take so that one doesn't have to take steroids to function.  (those have nasty side effects)\n\ngoodluck!
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I live on the East Coast in the South, and yes, I think it is very likely. Whenever our winters are particularly warm, the following hurricane season tends to be worse. This past winter was the warmest I've ever known, and I grew up even further south than I now live.\n\nAlso... Cat 3's are pretty much the norm in any year... I think there's a really good chance of some 4's and 5's causing some major trouble this year.
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sorry man the from a fellow canadian, the elclipse will only be visible in the southern hemisphere and will make no difference for us
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Yes.  December 22, for example, is the shortest day of the year (if you're talking about hours of daylight) in the northern hemisphere.  However, that same day, December 22, is the longest day of the year in the southern hemisphere.\n\nConversely, June 22 is the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, and the shortest day of the year in the southern hemisphere.\n\nInteresting Trivia: There are about 82 days in Barrow, Alaska where the sun never fully sets.  It only partially dips down below the horizon, then rises again.  The summer baseball league there often schedules games at 2am and 3am.