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The '''acerax pipent''' has split from
Their ‘nailfins’ have become larger and now have many ridges along their surfaces. This enable acerax to pull
When the young are due, they cannot be born straight onto the ice as this would kill them. Instead, when a female is in labor, she will ‘bark’. The other family members will then get into the water and start to break up ice and use their flippers to agitate the water as much as possible. This briefly raises the temperature of the water and the female will slide her back half into the water to birth. The others of the group will also watch out for predators. The baby is now head first, as otherwise it would drawn. To keep it off the ice, the baby uses
They still tickle and laugh, and with the snow all around them, they seem to enjoy making ‘snow-pipents’ by dragging their flippers back and forth. This always results in tickling and laughter, strengthening bonds between related and even un-related individuals.
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