T?? st??? ?? ??m?l?ss ????i?s ?n? t??i? m?t???, ???lict?? wit? ? skin ?is??s?, w?n???in? in t?? ???s?n?ss ?? ? ???z?n wint??, wit? ? ????tw??min? ?n?in?, is ? ??i?n?nt n????tiv? t??t ?i??li??ts t?? ??sili?nc? ?? ?nim?ls ?n? t?? ??????n? im??ct ?? c?m??ssi?n, c???, ?n? ???? in t?? ??c? ?? ??v??sit?.
T?? im??? ?? ??m?l?ss ????i?s ?n? t??i? m?t??? st????lin? in t?? ?itt?? c?l? ?? wint?? is ? st??k ??min??? ?? t?? ?n????ivin? c??ll?n??s t??t st??? ?nim?ls ??t?n ?n????. Wint?? c?n ?? ?n ?s??ci?ll? ???il??s tim? ??? ??m?l?ss ?nim?ls, ?s t??? l?ck t?? w??mt? ?n? s??lt?? n?c?ss??? ??? s??viv?l.
T?? m?nti?n ?? t?? m?t??? ??? ??in? ???lict?? wit? ? skin ?is??s? ???s ?n ?l?m?nt ?? v?ln????ilit? ?n? s?????in? t? t?? st???. Anim?ls, lik? ??m?ns, c?n ?x???i?nc? ???lt? iss??s, ?n? t??i? ??sili?nc? in t?? ??c? ?? illn?ss is ? t?st?m?nt t? t??i? inn?t? will t? s??viv?.
T?? ???mis? ?? ? ????tw??min? ?n?in? ?????s ? ?limm?? ?? ???? ?mi? t?? ?l??kn?ss ?? t?? n????tiv?. It si?ni?i?s t?? t??ns???m?tiv? ??w?? ?? int??v?nti?n ?n? c???, w???? ?cts ?? c?m??ssi?n c?n t??n ? ?i?? sit??ti?n int? ?n? ?ill?? wit? w??mt? ?n? s?c??it?.
T?is n????tiv? s??v?s ?s ? ??w????l c?ll t? ?cti?n, ???in? ?s t? ?? ??v?c?t?s ??? ?nim?l w?l????, ?s??ci?ll? ???in? ???s? w??t??? c?n?iti?ns. It ??min?s ?s ?? t?? im???t?nc? ?? s?????tin? ??sc?? ????niz?ti?ns ?n? in?ivi???ls w?? w??k ti??l?ssl? t? ???vi?? ??li?? t? ?nim?ls in n???.
In t?? ?n?, t?? st??? ?? ??m?l?ss ????i?s ?n? t??i? m?t???, ?n???in? t?? c??ll?n??s ?? wint?? ?n? ?in?in? w??mt? ?n? ????, is ? n????tiv? ?? ??sili?nc?, c?m??ssi?n, ?n? t?? ?n???in? ??n? ??tw??n ??m?ns ?n? ?nim?ls. It ins?i??s ?s t? ?xt?n? ??? kin?n?ss t? t??s? w?? n??? it t?? m?st, ?????in? t??m ? c??nc? ?t ? li?? ?ill?? wit? c?m???t, s?c??it?, ?n? t?? l?v? t??? ??s??v?.