Here’s a few animal facts that you may find interesting and useful sometime in your travels.
- A bears big toe is on the outside of it’s foot unlike humans which is on the inside.
- If a buck deer is injured on one side of it’s body the opposite side antler will grow abnormally.
- Gray Fox are the only members of the Canine family that have retractable claws.
- Frogs have a type of anti-freeze in their blood that keep them from freezing solid in the winter.
- Male porcupines will urinate on the female before mating.
- Groundhogs have a separate chamber in their tunnel system to defecate in. Their scat is seldom found outside of their den.
- Beavers almost always defecate in the water.
- Most animals deposit their scat on a raised object such as a log or rock to advertise their presence and mark their territory.
- Raccoon scat can be deadly to humans if inhaled.
- One Red Squirrel can eat up to 50 pine cones per day.
- The Opossum is the only marsupial in North America
- The favorite food of the Grizzly Bear is the White Pine Nut
- A Grizzly Bear can go from zero to 25 MPH in 6 seconds
- A Pronghorn Antelope can reach speeds of 60 MPH.
- Snowshoe Hare populations peak every 10 years. This was the 10th year of the 10 year cycle in the Adirondacks!
- The Raccoon is the most ambidextrous animal in North America. They also dip their food in water to make it easier to swallow.
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