Beahvioural adaptations are a way for a species to increase their survival rate by modifying an aspect of their behaviour. Many animals adapt to hibernate, this is when they go into a deep sleep in the winter and do not wake up until the spring. Chipmunks have adapted over time to do this, it allows these small mammals to dramatically increase their survival rate and not have to worry about finding food in the deep snow. Hibernation is a behavioural adaptation in chipmunks that has allowed them to survive winters easily, increase in population and therefore advance as a species.

Chipmunks are small mammals that look their relatives, the squirrel. Chipmunks are much smaller than squirrels and has a striped back, with five dark, and two light stripes. They are about 20 to 28 centimeters long. The chipmunk's home is a burrow dug under rocks or tree roots, or in old logs. There are tunnels off the leaf-lined nest that lead to storerooms where food is stored. Chipmunks eat nuts, seeds, wild fruits, and berries. The

Animals have three options to how they spend their winters. One of these options is to remain where they spend all of their time, and risk not finding food and fighting off cold. Another option is to migrate, this is when animals move from one place to another where they can survive more easily, by finding more food or not having to fight off cold. Birds often do this because it is almost impossible for them to find food in the snow and it is much easier for them to fly to a new location than for a land animal to walk. The last option is hibernation, this is when an animal goes into a deep sleep in the winter and does not wake up until spring. This is a very favourable thing for an animal to do because it requires very little effort on their part, and drastically decreases the risk of the winter cold. Some animals that do this are bears, bats, woodchucks, mice and chipmunks. Chipmunks must eat a lot in the fall to store fat for hibernation. They use this fat as insulation from the cold and burn it to create warmth. Creating warmth during hibernation is important beca

Some common words found in the essay are:
Chipmunks Beahvioural, survival rate, finding food, deep sleep winter, winter wake spring, sleep winter wake, chipmunks eat, survival rate success, increase survival rate, sleep winter, winter wake, fall store, wake spring, behavioural adaptation, beahvioural adaptations, deep sleep,
Approximate Word count = 728
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)