T?? ????tw??min? ??sc?? ?? 9 ??m?l?ss ????i?s ?n? t??i? m?t??? livin? in t?? sn?w is ? t??c?in? st??? t??t w??ms t?? ????t ?n? ?n???sc???s t?? inc???i?l? c???cit? ??? kin?n?ss ?n? ?m??t?? wit?in ??m?nit?.

H?m?l?ss ?nim?ls, ?s??ci?ll? ???in? ???s? wint?? c?n?iti?ns, ??c? ?xt??m? c??ll?n??s in t??i? ???st ??? s??viv?l. T?? ??sc?? ?? t?is m?t??? ??? ?n? ??? litt?? ?? ????i?s n?t ?nl? s?v?? t??i? liv?s ??t ?ls? ??????? t??m t?? c??nc? t? ?x???i?nc? w??mt?, s??lt??, ?n? ? ??tt?? ??t???.

T?? ?ct ?? ??sc?in? t?is ??mil? ?? ???s ???m t?? c?l? ?n? ???s? ?l?m?nts is ? t?st?m?nt t? t?? c?m??ssi?n ?n? ???ic?ti?n ?? t??s? inv?lv?? in t??i? ??sc??. P??vi?in? t??m wit? ? s??? ?n? l?vin? ?nvi??nm?nt is ? li??-c??n?in? m?m?nt ??? t??s? ?nim?ls.

T?? st??? ?ls? ?i??li??ts t?? ??w?? ?? c?mm?nit? ?n? c?ll?????tiv? ?????ts in ?nim?l ??sc??. S?c? ?????ts ??? ?ss?nti?l in ?ns??in? t?? w?l???? ?? ??m?l?ss ?nim?ls, ?s??ci?ll? w??n t??? ??? ?x??s?? t? t?? ?l?m?nts ?n? ??c? li??-t????t?nin? c?n?iti?ns.

T?is ????tw??min? t?l? s??v?s ?s ? t??c?in? ??min??? ?? t?? ??sitiv? c??n?? t??t c?n ?cc?? w??n ????l? c?m? t???t??? t? ??l? t??s? in n???. It s??wc?s?s t?? t??ns???m?tiv? im??ct ?? ??sc?? ?n? t?? ??s??nsi?ilit? w? s???? in ???vi?in? s??lt??, c???, ?n? c?m??ssi?n t? v?ln????l? c???t???s.

In t?? ?n?, t?? st??? ?? ??sc?in? 9 ??m?l?ss ????i?s ?n? t??i? m?t??? livin? in t?? sn?w is ? c?l????ti?n ?? s?c?n? c??nc?s, t?? c?m??ssi?n ?? ??sc???s, ?n? t?? ??????n? im??ct ?? ?m??t?? ?n? ??sc?? ?????ts. It ins?i??s ?s t? ?? ??v?c?t?s ??? t?? w?l???? ?? ?nim?ls ?n? t? ??c??niz? t?? ????t? ?? t??s? ????tw??min? st??i?s t??t ??min? ?s ?? t?? ?n???in? ??n?s ??tw??n ??m?ns ?n? t??i? ?nim?l c?m??ni?ns.