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title: "#Cold Tolerant Animals & Superpower Traits (5 Species) | AnimalTracks.wiki"
description: "Vascular counter-current heat exchangers and cellular cryoprotectants that keep blood flowing in freezing temperatures. Explore all 5 species with this trait in the AnimalTracks wildlife encyclopedia."
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# #Cold Tolerant Animals & Evolutionary Adaptations

> Vascular counter-current heat exchangers and cellular cryoprotectants that keep blood flowing in freezing temperatures.

- **Trait Category**: Extreme Biomes
- **Species Count**: 5 Curated Creatures
- **Browse Web**: [View interactive trait gallery](https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/cold-tolerant/)

## Species With #Cold Tolerant

- [American Pika](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/american-pika/) (*Ochotona princeps*)
  - **Superpower**: Stacks a winter hay pile in summer instead of hibernating
  - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern
  - **Soundtrack**: Tune-Yards (Art Punk & Experimental Post-Punk)
- [Arctic Fox](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/arctic-fox/) (*Vulpes lagopus*)
  - **Superpower**: Feet held just above the point where living tissue freezes, and a body that needs no extra energy to stay warm even at -40°C.
  - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern
  - **Soundtrack**: Ásgeir (Glacial Ambient & Drone Soundscapes)
- [Common European Adder](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/common-european-adder/) (*Vipera berus*)
  - **Superpower**: Hinged fangs that fold against the roof of the mouth and inject venom
  - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Least Concern
  - **Soundtrack**: Gotan Project (Trip-Hop & Velvet Downtempo)
- [Domestic Yak](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/yak/) (*Bos grunniens*)
  - **Superpower**: A heart that weighs 1.18% of body weight, against 0.39% in cattle
  - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Not Evaluated
  - **Soundtrack**: Berlin (80s Retrowave & Synthwave)
- [Muskox](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/muskox/) (*Ovibos moschatus*)
  - **Superpower**: Four inches of horn and three inches of bone over a bull's brain
  - **Danger**: High | **Conservation**: Least Concern
  - **Soundtrack**: Conan (Sludge Metal & Abyssal Doom)

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