How Wild is Switzerland ?? | 🌍🌎

Marmots work hard all summer to feed incessantly andlay down enough fat reserves to pass the cold seasonin hibernation. But this is not to be confused with arefreshing night's sleep: far from it. This is more like alife-threatening emergency state. Scientists have foundout that marmots repeatedly need to come round fromtheir hibernation and have a proper sleep if they are tosurvive the hostile winter at all.

Ibex, too, have surprising ways of getting throughwinter. Even though they live in the high mountainsyear-round, they don't appear to like snow at all andprefer to avoid it at all cost. In the cold of the winternights, their body temperature decreases to save energy- their legs now only measure a meagre 15 degrees.While this would mean certain death from exposure forother animals, it allows the ibex to manage its energyrequirements and survive here.

These and other astonishing winter-stories lie atthe heart of this film, illustrated with stunning andcaptivating images that bring the impressive wildlifeand spectacular scenery to Life. Breath-taking aerialsgive us a bird's-eye view of remarkable landscapes whileamazing locations even take us on excursions below theice.

But even the toughest winter is over at some point andgives respite to fauna and flora. This is when chamoisseem to express their joy at the return of spring withwild leaps and bounds. Marmots, on the other hand,have no time for such extravagance: their summer isSo short, that the males waste no time and sometimeseven mate with females that haven't come round fromtheir hibernation yet. For them, spring and summer arenothing more than a chance to prepare for their next

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