I say, let the ice melt

Barts wrote:
You don't seem to understand what species mean, do you, Tai?

a species (abbreviated sp., with the plural form species abbreviated spp.) is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms where two individuals are capable of reproducing fertile offspring (hybrids), typically using sexual reproduction.

Changing your language to "Varieties of animals", whatever that means, doesn't save you.

Your original question:

What species depends on ice?

Just recognize I'm right. It's the honest thing to do.