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Mammals are warm-blooded vertebrates with hair. This group include humans and all other animals.
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Scat | The Salt Marsh Raccoon | The Salt Marsh

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Raccoon | The Salt Marsh
It ís a raccoon! Raccoons often feed near water and frequently visit the salt marsh during low tide. Raccoons are omnivorous and eat many different plants and animals. In the salt marsh, they often...
Florida Yellow Bladderwort | Expeditions Shorts Dall Sheep | Expeditions Shorts

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Dall Sheep | Expeditions Shorts
Dall Sheep are found roaming the mountains located within the interior region of Alaska. This species of sheep is native to Alaska, and are also found in some parts of Canada. Bighorn Sheep are also...
Florida Yellow Bladderwort | Expeditions Shorts Grassland | Expeditions Shorts

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Grassland | Expeditions Shorts
In this segment, Patrick visits Rocky Mountain National Park, in Colorado. Here we see vast fields of cool season grasslands. Many of the animals, such as Rocky Mountain Elk, depend on these grasses...
Sumter National Forest (S.C.) Stop 1 - Enoree District | NatureScene
   - Episode 1 Sumter National Forest (S.C.) Stop 2 2

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Sumter National Forest (S.C.) Stop 2
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This area features a wide variety of trees, such as beeches and maples. Lots of wild flowers popping up in this area as well, like Dwarf iris, and Rue anemone. Buckeye shrubs and Sweet shrubs can also...
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Sumter National Forest (S.C.) Stop 5
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Rudy and Jim see the tell-tale signs of a beaver, coming in the form of chew marks on the base of a large tree. A skeleton of a gray fox is found nearby. A gray fox has ridges on the skull, whereas a...
European Wild Boar | The Cove Forest

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European Wild Boar | The Cove Forest
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Wild boar eat, trample, uproot, and kill large numbers of plants. They also compete with native animals for acorns, nuts and berries. Because the availability of fruits can vary dramatically from year...
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Santee National Wildlife Refuge (S.C.) Stop 3
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The Marsh – Here, Rudy and Jim come across a marsh area, and discuss some of the plant and animal life which live in this habitat: Cattail plants, a Great Egret bird, Lily pads, Coot, Northern...
Squirrel with Acorns | The Cove Forest

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Squirrel with Acorns | The Cove Forest
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In late summer and fall, squirrels collect and bury large numbers of newly ripened acorns. Many of these acorns are later recovered and eaten. Others, however, go undiscovered and can germinate and...
 Jocassee Gorges (S.C.) Stop 5 9

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Jocassee Gorges (S.C.) Stop 5
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Old Farm Road – While walking down this old farm road, Rudy and Jim come across a Sweetgum tree which has been chewed by a beaver. The beavers in the area have built a dam, thus creating a new habitat...
Bulls Island (S.C.) Stop 2 - Sandy Soil Trees, Red Bellied Woodpecker, Great Blue Heron, And Wild Turkey
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Bulls Island (S.C.) Stop 5
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“Ghost Beach” - Rudy and Jim further assess the damage to the island by Hurricane Hugo. The pines and live oaks at the shore line are gone, but the Palmetto trees survived. The water is slowly eroding...