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  • Record snowfall gives deep cover for rodents like the vole.

  • Hidden beneath, they're protected from the cold and hunters above.

  • The vole's ears are big and can listen out for danger.

  • But what good is that if danger makes no sound?

  • Silence is the Snowy Owl's secret weapon.

  • Fringed edges of her flight feathers break up the flapping noise that a normal bird makes.

  • And her attack is as silent as death.

  • The vole never knew what hit him.

Record snowfall gives deep cover for rodents like the vole.

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