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When we think of deer, we imagine these graceful, lithe creatures quietly nibbling on berries and leaping though the wilderness. When we think of deer, we think of delicate, quivering creatures afraid of the slightest cracking twig. Well, guess what? Not all members of the deer family are so dainty. Move on over deer, here come your cousins the moose!
What looks like a black and white football flying through the sky, can dive 80 feet deep into the sea and flies underwater? Well it’s too small to be Superman and anyway it doesn’t wear a red cape. Would you guess that a cute little bird called a Puffin could do all that?
Puffins are only about a foot tall and don’t weigh much more than a can of soda, but they pack a powerhouse full of energy and survival skills into those little bodies.
About the time pufflings are 6 weeks old, their parents stop feeding them and return to the sea. The pufflings get hungry and want to go fishing. They use moonlight to find their way to the sea, but some little pufflings are confused by nearby city lights and end up heading away from the ocean and towards the city! This is quite dangerous because they can get run over by cars or be eaten by foxes and hawks.
Some people think of them as the smartest birds on earth. Others think that they are a plain old nuisance. But regardless of your personal opinion, ravens leave a lot of stories in their wake.
Do you ever see fireflies, (also known as lightning bugs) in the park or your back yard as the sun goes down? Some kids like to capture them and watch them glow in a glass jar. Did you ever stop to think about these glowing bug buddies? Why do they glow after all? What’s up with fireflies?
Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear, wasn’t he? Ok, so even if Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy, he was still a bear, right? So what about a Woolly Bear? And if a Woolly Bear isn’t woolly, is he still a bear? Well, not exactly because a Woolly Bear isn’t a bear at all!
A Woolly Bear is a caterpillar! This cute little guy is covered with bands of short, stiff bristles of hair that make it look “woolly”. The black and reddish-brown bands of hair are the same color as bear fur.
If Wood Chucks could chuck wood and Jumping Beans just jump, how much wood could a Wood Chuck chuck and just how many jumps can a Jumping Bean jump? In both cases the answer is: a lot!
Have you ever seen a Mexican Jumping Bean? It’s a little seed from a Mexican shrub and it really does jump around! Can you guess what makes a Jumping Bean jump?
Did you know that bees are one of the reasons that flowers are able to bloom and continue in their life cycle every year? It’s true! Bees travel from one flower to the next, collecting pollen and flower nectar to feed to their kin.
Meanwhile, as they travel from flower to flower, some of the pollen rubs off of their legs and bodies and lands on the part of the flower responsible for reproduction (called the pistil) of other plants in the same species. In fact, some plants are utterly dependent on bees for this cross-pollination process. Mutualism is the term used to describe when one organism helps another even though they are of different species or orders. Kind of cool, huh?
Why do termites get such a bad rap? Just because these small insects eat the wood in your house, you would think they are the devil himself. Lets look a little closer at these creatures and see if they don’t turn out to be cute cuddly friends.
The black widow is one of the creepiest spiders in the animal kingdom.
Although it has a reputation for being one of the deadliest, this is not all true. It is true that the spider does have venom. And it is true that if bitten, it does not tickle, it can even make you quite sick. And it is true that 1 out of every 100 people bitten can die. But, the vast majority of bites are just painful reminders to keep your distance and give this spider the respect it deserves.
The octopus is found in oceans all over the world but mainly in tropical and warm temperate waters. There are many different species of octopi from the size of your little fingernail on up.
One of the largest octopi, the North Pacific Octopus, grows to fifteen feet in length and weighs more than one hundred pounds. The smallest, the Californian, only reaches 3/8 to one inch in length. While most octopi are small, the Giant Pacific Octopus can reach more than thirty feet across! The octopus has a soft body with a well-developed brain, similar to a human’s.
A coral reef is a beautiful shallow water habitat. The warm water is home to many species of fish and invertebrates.
The daytime world of the reef is fascinating, but it is at night that it really comes alive. Nocturnal creatures emerge from burrows, ledges and other hiding places within the coral to search for food. As dusk approaches, coral polyps spread their delicate tentacles to capture tiny animals which dart through the water. Along the sandy bottom, the long body of a Moray eel slithers from a dark cave.
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