THE CANADIAN MOOSE!!!
The moose is a largest member of the deer family. Where it lives?? It inhabits the coniferous forests of Alaska,Canada, and the northern conterminous United States Moose live in small groups during the summer, sometimes forming large herds in the winter. They are polygamous, the males becoming very aggressive during the mating season. They are strong swimmers, reportedly crossing lakes many miles wide. How it looks?? The moose has a heavy brown body with humped shoulders, and long, lighter-colored legs, the front pair longer than the hind ones. It has a thick, overhanging, almost trunklike muzzle ones. It has a thick, overhanging, almost trunklike muzzle and called the bell hangs from the throat. The male has broad, extremely flattened antlers, with a spread of up to 6 ft (180 cm). The largest variety is the Alaska moose; the adult male weighs from 1,000 to 1,800 lb (450–820 kg) and stands as much as 7 1/2 ft (2.3 m) high at the shoulder. What They eat?? The moose has favorite foods that it actively seeks out. Moose have four stomach chambers and like to eat leaves, twigs, buds, and the bark of some woody plants, as well as lichens, aquatic plants, and some of the taller herbaceous land plants, and garden vegetables. If a moose finds he or she might return and eat your vegetables every year! These moose are munching on underwater vegetation, rich in sodium. Moose will stand in water for hours snacking on juicy bottom plants. An adult moose will eat 40-60 pounds of plants each day. The moose is a Browsers rather than a grazer Predators of the Moose The moose has three main predators: bears, wolves, and humans. Moose are the biggest member of the deer family and are the goal of hunters in the far north. Smaller bears (black) will go for smaller moose and larger bears (grizzly) will go for bigger moose. Wolves will go for the sicker, weaker moose. There has even been a report of a killer whale attacking and eating a swimming moose Protection in national parks and reserves in Canada and the United States has saved the moose from extermination. Hunting of moose is strictly regulated. Moose Statistics Alaska has a population of between 155,000 and 165,000 moose. A bull moose can weigh up to 1,600 pounds. A cow moose carries her unborn calf or calves for about 230 days. An adult bull moose can stand over 7 feet tall from the ground to the top of his antlers. Moose calves weigh about 30 pounds at birth. Calves grow to 300 pounds five months after their birth. Moose Products The different parts of the moose supply many interesting products. You can find clothing, crafts, art, and food items all made from the various parts of the animal. The droppings of the moose can be coated with enamel and sold as unique Alaskan gag gifts. (Who in their right mind would buy these!)
BEAR
Order: Carnivora;
Family: Ursidae
How the black bear
look like.??
American
black bears usually have black coats.
In western North cinnamon-blond-, and honey-colored
bears occur, while white-and bluish-gray-coated
animals are found along Canada's Pacific coast.
On
some animals, a white blaze punctuates the chest.
Dexterous
toes and lips and a long tongue enable
America black bears to gather
berries and insects
they dig up after they
dig up after logs or honey
combs with their strong, curved claws
Bears
are the largest living carnivores. They walk
on the entire foot, as does man and have 5 toes
on the
front and back feet.
The
black bear is the most common and the smallest of
our bears.
Adult
males do not tolerate other bears,except during
breeding season.
Females tolerate other bears except
for unrelated females.
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Black Bear Cubs.
After a gestation
of 28-30 weeks, cubs are born in winter den in
January or February. There are usually 2 to a litter, with each
weighting 198-340 grams (7-12 oz.). They stay with their
mothers for about a year (including up to five month in the
winter den)
How long they live??
American black
bears live up to black bears live up to
32 years in the wild.
Where they live??
American black
bears range from Alaska and much of
Canada south to mountains in northern Mexico.
Most American black bears are crepuscular--active
around dawn and dusk.
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How big they are??
American black bears
vary in size depending on sex, food
availability
and quality, and other factors.
Male black bears may
grow 20 to 60 percent larger than females,
and can grow more than six feet long and weigh up to 650 pounds.
Females rarely
reach that length, and do not weigh
more than 175 pounds.
Black bears stand
around three feet tall at the shoulder.
What they eat??
American black bear's
diet is varied, but mostly vegetarian,
twigs, roots, berries young plants, and buds. Insects --from
beetles to ants to bee larvae eaten with honey--are
also
important.
mammals and
fish augment the diet, when they are easily caught.
Fun Facts:
Every year or two,
a few wandering bears, mostly young males
American
black bear fur adorns the tall hats of Britain's
famed Buckingham Palace guards.
By Sergio E Cepeda
Edit By Alicia Cepeda
Hope that you enjoy
this.for sure we are having fun learning about
the..here in our town (about 30 min.) where we live..we can see black
bear looking for food or just adventuring, they usually have to call the
Royal Mountain Police to get them and send them back to the forest...
Loon
Length:
24 inches Wingspan: 58 inches
How the Common Loon
look like?
Large diving bird
with long body that rides low in
the water.
Solid bone structure
and weight distribution result
in thrashing water take-offs that can last 100s of feet.
Upperwings
wholly dark in flight
A black and
white bird about 32 in.
The common loon (Gavia
immer) is anything but common.
Red-eyed, with distinctive black and white markings,
the loon has a dagger-like beak that apparently is perfect for its long,
underwater fishing
trips diving to depths of over 90 ft.
Unlike many swimming
birds, males and females are similar
in size and colour.
Adult alternate:
*
Black bill
* Black head
* Black neck with white markings
* White chest and belly
* Black back with white checkering and spotting
Adult basic:
*
Pale gray bill
* Gray-brown cap, forehead, nape, hindneck and back
* White face, eye ring, chin, throat, foreneck and belly
* Jagged border between white foreneck and dark hindneck
The song
The loon is most closely
related to primitive birds, and its
soliloquy of cries can sound early prehistoric.
It is silent in winter, but in summer the loon is truly loquacious,
with a repertoire of sounds that haunt the lake.
See e-mail "the common
Loon part 2"..you will hear the song of
the Loon.
Where and how the
Loon lives
Canada and the Northern
United States, Iceland and Greenland.
Loons migrate and
winter along both coasts of North America.
Shallow, marshy areas.
The area is largely chosen based on how appropriate the
environment is for building a nest,
as the abundance of food.
True to its reclusive
and solitary nature, the loon prefers a secluded
lake
It is very territorial, normally with only one family to a small body of
water.
This bird is an excellent
swimmer and can stay underwater for
long periods,
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Incubation period: 26-31 days
Behavior
The individual
common loon engages in maintenance activities
including grooming, feeding, and attending to body parts.
Loon pairs, once together,
stay together and do everything in synchrony.
The loon family stays
together all of the summer. At the end,
the adults congregate together in groups of 15 or 20, and they
engage in bill dipping, head turning, jerk swimming, and splash diving
.
. All of this is performed by an individual as the other loons swim in a
circle.
What They eat?
Primarily Fish; Lesser
Quantities of Aquatic Invertebrates
Fun facts
The appearance
of common loons on countless stamps, coins, billboards,
mailboxes, and license attests to the popularity of the species.
The most widespread
myth among loon enthusiasts is that the
birds mate for life; that is, each bird has only one
mate during its lifetime and refrains from breeding after its mate
dies.
The Common Loom has grown to symbolize Canada's wilderness
The Raccoon can grow to the size of a small dog..it is one of the most adoptable and opportunistic of all wild animals, It is highly intelligent mannal..that is primarity nocturnal... They look very cute..but they goes after the chickens and eggs during night time..also they like to sleep in our barn and eat the grain..also they can eat a whole field of sweet corn..one year we didn,'t have any corn for us..the Racoons did eat them all...
The squirrel..they are very cute and fast...they like to eat nuts and play around the trees...they will change color during the winter time... They hide the nut during the summer time to eat them in winter..very intelligent animals...and fun to look at....
The Grey Wolf is considered the largest member of the wild dog family. Mainly found in the Northern Hemisphere, their numbers have declined over the years.Preferring hunt in pack during the night, they feed on deer, elk and other animal...other animals like sheep, lambs, calf.. Wolves are social animals and each member of the pack has a place in the group. The Alpha male and female are the leaders and dominant pair of each pack.. Because we can't go and hunt for them..the government will pay us for each head of sheep/lamb/calf that we loose because of them... The Canadian beaver at work...
Because of time..we
won't be able to send you the others animals that we have.. like Deers..we have
a lot of them around our farm..they love to eat our grain and hay. Fox..a lot
of tehm too...they love to eat our chickens ..we have the red fox. The groundhog...another
little animal..that love to make big holes in the fields and they live there...the
only problem with them..if cow or horses are running in those field..they can
get a broken leg..if tehy step in one of those whole..they eat veggy. Some birds
that we can see here in our farm are Blue-Jays Cardinals Canadian goose..they
nest in our ponds. canadian duck. have a great day Alicia and children (Sergio
and Alicita)
By: Sergio E Cepeda