The couple admitted in the future they might consider moving abroad to avoid cold winters, when Monty is more vunerable to the illness.

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Other large tropical reptiles, such American crocodiles, tend not to avoid the cold, whereas temperate species, such as American alligators, do, and will retreat to warmer refuges when temperatures fall.

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The birds also likely alternate which leg they stand on to avoid one leg becoming too cold.

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During the cold war, Brazil stuck to multilateralism, and could avoid hard choices.

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Under freezing winter conditions the output can be miniscule because very cold weather and high winds require turbines to be shut down to avoid damage.

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While it can be dangerous to spend hours in a cold car miles from anywhere, if all else fails, there are ways to avoid the worst effects.

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It was time to face the cold, hard reality that finding a buyer for the company was the only way to avoid bankruptcy assuming that the company could stay afloat in the meantime.

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