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DIGITAL CREDITS | COVER: © MARK RAYCROFT/MINDEN PICTURES. TABLE OF CONTENTS: (BACKGROUND) TSVI BRAVERMAN/EYEEM/GETTY IMAGES; (BEAR) M. WATSONANTHEO/PANTHEON/SUPERSTOCK; (KIDS & SNOW) JOSE LUIS PELAEZ/ICONICA/GETTY IMAGES PLUS; (MANATEE) IMAGEBROKER/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO. I SPY BLACK BEARS: M. WATSONANTHEO/PANTHEON/SUPERSTOCK; (RAE WYNN-GRANT INTRO VIDEO) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY STORYTELLING; (OTHER VIDEO) PETER HOULIHAN; (BEAR CUBS IN DEN) © SUZI ESZTERHAS/MINDEN PICTURES; (BEAR & CUBS) ROBERTHARDING/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (INSET) PETER HOULIHAN; (BEARS IN TREE) DSSIMAGES/ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES PLUS; (BEARS FISHING) © MATTHIAS BREITER/MINDEN PICTURES; (INSET) PETER HOULIHAN; (BEARS EATING VIDEO) STANISLAV_MOROZ/CREATAS VIDEO+/GETTY IMAGES PLUS; (BEARS SLEEPING) © INGO ARNDT/MINDEN PICTURES; (ENDING VIDEO) PETER HOULIHAN. SNOWMAN WEATHER: (SNOW BACKGROUND) YOKO DESIGN/SHUTTERSTOCK; (KID CATCHING SNOWFLAKES) JOSE LUIS PELAEZ/ICONICA/GETTY IMAGES PLUS; (SNOW VIDEO) GONIN/CREATAS VIDEO+/GETTY IMAGES PLUS; (MITTENS) HILDA DESANCTIS/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (SNOWFLAKE) ALEXEY KLJATOV/SHUTTERSTOCK. WORDS THAT START WITH SNOW: (SNOWFLAKE) ALEXEY KLJATOV/SHUTTERSTOCK; (SNOWSTORM) YA_ELENA/SHUTTERSTOCK; (SNOWSUIT) KYRYL GORLOV/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (SNOWBALL) ANNA-MARI WEST/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (SNOWMAN) LARA_UHRYN/ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES PLUS. ALL ABOUT MANATEES: (VIDEO) JAMES R.D. SCOTT/MOMENT VIDEORF/GETTY IMAGES; (JAMAL PHOTO) OCEANA; (VIDEO) WINN BREWER/NGS; (MANATEE & KAYAK) BLUE PLANET ARCHIVE/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (MANATEE PULLING SEAGRASS) DOUGLAS FAULKNER/SCIENCE SOURCE/GETTY IMAGES PLUS; (MANTEE EATING) STEPHEN FRINK COLLECTION/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (VIDEO) ROBERTHARDING/IMAGE BANK FILM/GETTY IMAGES; (MANATEE PHOTO) IMAGEBROKER/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (INSET) JUAN CARLOS MUÑOZ/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (MANATEE PARTS) MICHAEL PATRICK O’NEILL/SCIENCE SOURCE; (JAMAL INSET) ROBIN MOORE/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IMAGE COLLECTION; (ENDING VIDEO) WINN BREWER/NGS. WORDS TO EXPLORE: (IGUANA) TUI DE ROY/MINDEN PICTURES/SUPSERSTOCK; (BEAR) JAMES HAGER/GETTY IMAGES; (SEASONS) MIHAI ANDRITOIU/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (FOX IN SNOW) © RADOMIR JAKUBOWSKI/MINDEN PICTURES. THE END: CORDIER SYLVAIN/HEMIS.FR/HEMIS/SUPERSTOCK.