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quotes[0]='Black bear are large mammals, well adapted to their environment. Although they are mostly a land animal (terrestrial) they are very good swimmers. It’s not uncommon for a black bear to swim up to a mile to get across a lake or to access an island. They can climb trees with ease, and walk on their back legs.'

quotes[1]='Males and female American Tree Sparrows appear identical. This is a common trait of the sparrow family. Look for the Tree Sparrow\'s very unique discolored bill. The upper bill, or mandible, is dark gray and the lower bill is yellow.'

quotes[2]='Owls have a silent flight. Special edges on the flight feathers cause very little wind disturbance and thus muffles any air noise. This silent flight allows the owl to hear its prey on the entire flight leading up to the capture.'

quotes[3]='Crows are one of the few birds that are known to collect and store bright and shiny objects such as bottle tops, broken glass, rings, and shinny gum wrappers just for the fun of it. They are also well known for entertaining themselves by provoking chases from other crows, and even other species of birds such as Bald Eagles.'

quotes[4]='Moose eat a lot to sustain their massive size. Their preferred the twigs of shrubs and trees such as aspen, alder and willow during the winter. In summer they eat just about any green plant but they seem to really like water lily. An adult moose will eat around 30 pounds of plant material a day. It’s estimated that a single moose will eat 5 tons of vegetation per year.'

quotes[5]='The typical goldfinch or chickadee is coved with about 1,000 feathers during summer and over 2,000 in winter. During very cold days, and nights, birds fluff up their feathers, reducing the amount of heat loss by up to 30 percent. However, extra feathers alone are not enough to make it through a winter night. Birds have a unique circulatory system in their legs to help them cope with cold temperatures'

quotes[6]='In spring, both the male  and female Mourning Doves will build an incredibly flimsy stick nest. In fact, many of the nests are so flimsy, they are blown down in even the mildest storms. Like other doves, the female lays only 2 white, unmarked eggs. The male incubates during the day while the female takes over for the night shift. It takes just over a week for the eggs to hatch. '

quotes[7]='One reason why the fish-eating Osprey is assigned to their own family is their toe arrangement. The Osprey has two toes pointing forward and two back, and all four toes are roughly the same length. This toe arrangement is called zygodactylus.'

quotes[8]='Raptors feet are used for grabbing and killing prey. By grabbing and killing with their feet and not their bill, the hawk can kill potentially dangerous prey while holding it away from its head and body. If it used its bill to kill, it would be exposing its large vulnerable eyes to potential damage.'

quotes[9]='An owl\'s large yellow eyes are fixed into their sockets unlike yours and mine, which have the ability to move all around. They make up for a lack of eye movement by having extra vertebrae in their necks that allow them to swivel their heads up to 270 degrees.'

quotes[10]='The Short-tailed Shrew is an aggressive predator. They are thick and stocky animals with short, dark gray fur. They have a row of needle-sharp teeth and tiny eyes.  the shrew can also employ an ultrasonic sound for echolocation, like bats. The echolocation is used to detect objects, openings or if something is blocking their tunnels in the blackness of their underground world.'

quotes[11]='There are 10 orders of mammals in North America, with rodents being the largest. The rodent order is called (Rodentia) under the Mammalia class. In fact there are nearly 3,000 species of rodents, which means that about three quarters of all the mammals in America, or the world, are a kind of rodent.'

quotes[12]='The wild turkey is a strong flyer that can achieve up to 55 miles per hour and can out-run just about any animal through thick brush. Its eyesight is three times better than our own, and turkeys have remarkable hearing. A male can pinpoint the origin of another gobbling turkey up to a half a mile away.'

quotes[13]='Cougars hunt during the night or day, concentrating mostly on large mammals such as White-tailed Deer, but will take just about any mammal they can catch.They are not long distant runners, so Cougars rely on stealth and stalking their prey then spring or pouncing, often from trees or other elevated surface.'

quotes[14]='The Short-tail Weasel is a ravenous carnivore. They spend most of their waking hours dashing about in search of its next meal. Their eyes are often bigger than its appetite. It\’s not uncommon for a short-tail to chase down and kill a Cotton-tailed Rabbit, which is several times its own size and weight.'

quotes[15]='It\'s estimated that a single pair of mice would produce over 1,400 offspring per year, providing all the young survived and reproduced themselves. However, the mouse is heavily preyed upon by just about everything such as foxes, snakes, owls, hawks, coyote, and a lot more.'

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