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Questions about animals likely to be encountered outdoors, whether from the perspective of food (hunting, preparing, eating); shelter (skinning); avoidance (bears, lions, other dangerous animals); enjoyment (bird and other animal watching, care, understanding of behavior).
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How can I keep outdoor critters outdoors?
After 27 years of having indoor-outdoor cats, the last one died in May 2015. (We now have only an indoor cat.) During those 27 years, we never had a problem with mice.
During Snowzilla (Jan 2016), …
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Which is bigger, as in longer, Omura's whale or Blue whale?
Omura's whale is definitely smaller in length than the blue whale.
The New Bedford Whaling Museum says:
Length as an Adult: Male Omura’s whales are approximately 33 feet (10
meters) and females …
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Chemicals sprayed on balcony concerned its harmful to my cat
See International Cat Care. I agree with Separatrix that the balcony probably needs to be scrbbed down before you let your cat on it. If it were my cat, I'd consult my vet, bringing the bottle with m …
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What large mammals have become extinct or rare in the Colorado Rockies and Sierra in the pas... [closed]
In decades of hiking and backpacking in the Sierra and Colorado Rockies, I have seen only six species of large mammals: black bear, coyote, moose, big horn sheep, elk and deer.
If I had been hiking …
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Where do white tigers live?
From a-z animals:
White Tiger Classification and Evolution The White Tiger (also known
as the White Bengal Tiger) is a subspecies of Tiger, found throughout
the Indian subcontinent. … Although the range of the White Tiger is
historically very large, these animals are incredibly rare as their
colouration is dependent on a defective, recessive gene that is passed
on from their parents …
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What determines whether the young of a cat is called a kitten or a cub?
The young of cats are called kittens or cubs, depending partly on how large the cat is, and apparently partly on informal custom. Wikipedia, kitten says:
The word "kitten" derives from the Middle …
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Do I need protective measures against wild animals in Yosemite National Park?
Source: Decades of backpacking in Yosemite.
There are no wolves or boars in Yosemite, so you can relax on that point. There are coyotes, but they pose no danger to you.
There are snakes, including …
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Should I run if I come across Hyena?
Hyenas aren't closely related to wild dogs (1), but a predator is a predator is a predator, and running from a predator says "I am prey."
How worried should you be if you come upon hyenas? The fir …
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Can you tell the gender of a chipmunk from a distance?
As to the OP's question:
The answer is Most Probably Not.
From http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2723&q=345000, a State of Connecticut publication on the Eastern Chipmunk:
There is no diff …
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From the point of view of wildlife, what is the most dangerous component of roadside litter?
(2) Wildlife: Deer, foxes, (and reputedly coyotes), and all the small furry animals from raccoons down to voles. A variety of snakes and amphibians. Also birds. …
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From the point of view of wildlife, what is the most dangerous component of roadside litter?
This is an addition to Aravona's excellent answer. Plastic litter poses especial dangers to wildlife. See here, posted by Defenders of Wildlife.
In the Ocala National Forest of Florida, a black …
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How do I distinguish a dirt floor in a cave from a floor formed of very old coprolites?
This may be better asked as two questions; if so, I will edit.
The question is prompted by a section in Neanderthal Man: In Search of Lost Genomes by Svante Pääbo, who was the first to sequence Neand …
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From the perspective of someone engaging in an outdoor sport, is there any fur that confers ...
In the largely indoor sport of oneupswomanship, real fur, especially mink, sable or chinchilla, offers a great advantage; no one wearing a synthetic fabric, however stylish the coat or jacket, is in t …
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Why does a fox defecate on my patio, which I use as a feeding station for critters?
This question is inspired by the question of @Sue on the peripheral vision of squirrels. It is a much less appealing question, but I figure if we can ask about animal behavior at feeding stations, my …
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When, and how, is it safe to relocate a burrow of chipmunks without harming the young?
(Not a valid part of this question, but does anyone understand why people move to a woodsy region if they see animals as pests to be displaced?) …
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