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What is a decomposer?
An organism that breaks down living things such as a fungus or bacteria in the soil
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What does the largest spider in the world eat?
Birds
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What is an owl pellet?
Something that an owl has eaten and regurgitated into a "fur ball"
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What is a Bird of Prey?
A bird that is carnivorous and hunts for other animals
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Name 2 animals that have similar tracks
Dogs & Coyotes, Deer & Hogs, Bobcat & Panther....
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What is a scavenger?
An animal that eats the flesh of dead animals and other dead materials and trash
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What is the biggest predator of the Goliath Bird- Eating Spider?
Spider wasp
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Name 2 owls that we studied this week
barn owl, great horned owl, great grey owl, burrowing owl, screech owl, barred owl, elf owl, ....
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What do we call the claws that birds of prey have?
Talons
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What is the most common track at Alligator Creek?
Wild pig tracks
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Name one scavenger
Vulture, cockroaches, raccoons,...
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What are spiders good for?
Spiders eat many of the annoying bugs that are in the environment. Birds and other animals eat spiders and without them, the food chain would be disrupted.
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What is the name of a fluffy baby owl?
Owlette
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What is an owls favorite dessert?
Mice-cream!
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What do earthworms do?
They dig in the soil and they create waste that adds nutrients to the soil
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How do bats locate their prey? What other animals locate their prey the same way?
Echolocation. Dolphins, Whales,
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What is the name of the owl that digs and lives in the ground...
Burrowing Owl
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What does nocturnal mean?
Mostly active at night. Opposite of diurnal
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What do coyotes eat?
Snakes, fruits, insects, garbage
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What is earthworm waste called?
Castings
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What is the biggest problem that bats are facing today? What is causing it?
White nose syndrome- a fungus grows on the noses of bats and causes changes in their behavior which eventually kills them.
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How can owls find prey so well?
Owls have keen hearing and eye-site. The shapes of their faces channels sounds to their ears, which helps them locate their prey.
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BONUS: Do you know what crepuscular means?
Animals active at dawn and dusk
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T or F: Coyotes, wolves, and dogs are all the same.
False
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