Re: What makes a fur turn prime....
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good answer, good answer..
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Re: What makes a fur turn prime....
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ours I have noticed seems to be right around dec 1 give or take a week.
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Re: What makes a fur turn prime....
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there was a great post about this over at predatormasters. I thought I saved it but I cant find it now.
I belive it is called photosynthesis; it has to do with the amount of daylight available and not the temperature. It is mother nature's safety this way. If the animals were forced to rely on just temperature - then they would be unprepared when the first cold snap happens.
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Re: What makes a fur turn prime....
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Same thing that makes the leaves fall off the trees...amount and angle of sunlight.
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Re: What makes a fur turn prime....
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there was a great post about this over at predatormasters. I thought I saved it but I cant find it now.
I belive it is called photosynthesis; it has to do with the amount of daylight available and not the temperature. It is mother nature's safety this way. If the animals were forced to rely on just temperature - then they would be unprepared when the first cold snap happens. Photosynthesis is the process in which plants use sunlight for energy.
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Re: What makes a fur turn prime....
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wait. you all are serious, makes sense
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Re: What makes a fur turn prime....
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I like this discussion, it really gets me wondering. For instance, If you take a northern minnestoa fox, today, mid august, down to some rain forest reasearch lab on the equator and start limiting the amount of daylight entering its eyes, will it in fact prime-up? Lets say we limit it to about 7 hours a day, just like it would get in minnesota in december, how long till it primes?
Did mammels continue thier normal fur loss - fur gain cycle during the last ice age? When the continent cooled did animals adapt and keep thier winter coats for longer periods of time?
My gut tells me that more than just daylight is at work, intersting though.
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Re: What makes a fur turn prime....
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I don't think we really know for sure. It has been and always will be a topic of debate.
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Re: What makes a fur turn prime....
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[quote=Whisker Down]I like this discussion, it really gets me wondering. For instance, If you take a northern minnestoa fox, today, mid august, down to some rain forest reasearch lab on the equator and start limiting the amount of daylight entering its eyes, will it in fact prime-up?
No, the equator gets the most sunlight of any place on earth, if you took it to souther tip of south america, than yes the fur would prime up
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Re: What makes a fur turn prime....
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My gut tells me that more than just daylight is at work, intersting though.
Same here. I say daylight/day is the biggest factor but its not the only one.
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Re: What makes a fur turn prime....
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So if we lock uncle fester in a windowless room all day will he grow his hair back?
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Re: What makes a fur turn prime....
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Photosynthesis.....
LMFAO
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Re: What makes a fur turn prime....
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Photosynthesis..... This is used by the Fox farmers to bring the females into heat earlier and get them to reproduce 2-3 weeks earlier. You introduce artificial light at intervals earlier in the late winter, early spring. Now you get a complete grown pup in December. Thus an extra size is big money for the fur farmer. My $.02.
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