ANIMALS
Grey Fox- The grey fox can be found from Ontario, Canada, throughout the central and southwestern United States down to Venezuela. It also lives in the shrubland of California and Mexico. It prefers wooded and brushy areas of the southwestern, central and eastern United States where most of the rainfall is in the winter, while the summers are hot and dry. The grey fox is the only member of the dog family that can climb trees.
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Puma- The puma is all one color. It can vary from silver gray, to tawny to reddish. It is lighter colored around the face area, with white around its whiskers and mouth. The males can weigh up to 200 pounds. The puma is very good at adapting to it's environment. Even though they prefer deer, it will also eat insect and birds and mice to survive. It will kill and eat any small to medium sized animal. It has a habit of scraping leaves over its kill to hide it. The puma won't eat anything another animal has already killed however. It can live in the cold forests of North America and the rain forests of South America.
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Golden Jackal- It has long hair with a long and fluffy tail. It stands as tall as a moderately tall dog and has a bone structure common to the canine family. Jackals are omnivores. They eat 54% meat and 46% plants and have a very varied diet. The foods they consume are rodents, hares, ground birds and their eggs, reptiles, frogs, fish, insects, and fruits.The Jackal is a predator and it helps the environment by keeping the rodent, gazelle, bird, and frog population down.
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Cactus Wren- Both sexes look alike. Both are brown and have a white stripe running over each eye. Their throats are white, and their beaks are dark, long and slightly curved. White and black streaks cover their backs. Their belly and sides are white to buff with dense spotting on the breast. The short and rounded wings have black and white banding. Legs and feet are tan colored. Cactus Wrens like to breed in chaparral scrub (chaparral that has recently come back from a burn). The female will select a nesting site in low, thorny trees or shrubs.
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Spotted Skunk- It prefers the desert, woods, brush land, and rocky terrain. It avoids the dense forests and wetlands. This animal can live in a variety of temperatures. The western spotted skunk builds a den out of a hole in the ground and lines it with leaves.It mates in October and gives birth in March or April the following year. It can delay the birth date until the food is plentiful. Mother skunks give birth to about 6 pups at a time
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PLANTS
Blue Oak- The habitat of blue oaks is open savanna to open woodlands with shrubs. At lower elevation it merges with annual grasslands, and at higher elevations it blends with the shrubland. Blue oaks are adapted to drought and dry climates. They can survive temperatures above 100° F for several weeks at a time.
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King Protea- The flower of the king protea can get to be 12 inches across. Protea can take moisture in through its leaves. This works well where it grows. There isn't much annual precipitation. Ocean fogs frequently blanket the area of the coastal chaparral and plants have adapted to getting their water through their leaves.
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