Effects of Global warming on Animals

Altered Hibernation, Breeding and Migration Patterns

Studies indicate a change in the hibernation, breeding, and migration patterns of animals. This unhealthy pattern affects the newborn, and quite a few are now born with defects, or are stillborn. Early egg laying is one of the reasons why insects like butterflies, and small birds, are disappearing fast.

Many animals and bird, including penguins or flamingos, travel long distances to warmer climates, for breeding purposes. Devastation of the migratory routes and their habitat, has forced many of them to alter their routes or do not migrate at all. This forces them to seek alternative migration habitats, where they have to compete for food and shelter with other migratory or resident animals and birds.

The same is also happening in case of aquatic mammals, who prefer warmer waters for breeding and hibernation. Animals that migrate depending on seasonally linked phenomena, such as the formation of ice, lakes and other water bodies, and the availability of seasonal foods also suffer when the environmental conditions around their migratory destination changes.

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