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Arctic Fox - One of the few truly arctic mammals, the arctic fox has well-furred feet and small, rounded ears. It feeds on ground-dwelling birds, lemmings and other small rodents and also eats the leftovers from polar bear kills and carrion, such as stranded marine an...
Reviewer: K. Mortensen     .   .

Gila Monster - The gila monster is a slow moving lizard that spends most of the day in burrows underground. It comes out at night, especially during the rainy season, to feed on eggs, baby birds and rodents. The gila monster is also able to survive for long periods on i...
Reviewer: J. Nicol     .   .

Animal Facts - Deer Mouse * - Like other small rodents that are heavily preyed upon, the deer mouse is quite secretive. It is primarily active at night when it emerges from its nest to feed on many types of seeds, berries, acorns, fruits, and even insects and other small invertebrate...
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Bat Conservation International * - Many things people think they know about bats aren't even true. Bats aren't blind, they're not rodents, and they won't get tangled in your hair. The truth is that bats are among the most gentle, beneficial, and necessary animals on earth. But because of
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Fennec Fox - The smallest of the foxes, the fennec fox is identified by its relatively huge ears. It shelters in burrows it digs in the sand and is generally active at night, when it preys on small rodents, birds, insects and lizards.
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Terrestrial Mammals of the Arctic * - The total number of species of land mammals occurring in the Arctic is 48 (Appendix 2 shows their distribution in the Soviet Union, North America and Greenland). The nomenclature used here follows Corbet (1978) for the Soviet Union (with minor chages as i...
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Gila Monsters - Gila Monsters (Heloderma suspectum) are one of the world's only venomous lizards. The other is the Mexican Beaded Lizard. These lizards feed on rodents and the eggs of ground-nesting birds. They prowl around at dusk and after dark to escape the heat of th...
Reviewer: J. Nicol     .   .

Snowy Owl - The snowy owl is a large species with distinctive, mainly white plumage; females have more dark, barred markings than males. It usually hunts during the day and takes prey up to the size of arctic hares and lemmings, as well as smaller rodents and birds s...
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Chiggers * - Chiggers by Lee Townsend and Mike Potter, Extension Entomologists University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Chiggers feed on an animal or human host during one of a progression of stages that takes them from a tiny egg to an adult. While the irritati...
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Northern Pine Snake * - learn cool facts about this snake which spends most of its time underground. The Northern Pine Snake exists from New Jersey to Alabama but has only been recorded once in Monroe County. It is secretive and burrows and probably exists in some of the countie...
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