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Some fun facts about                from Wild & Furry Animals of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, my award-winning book that appeals to adults and children alike.
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1 American Black Bear   If the Western North Carolina mountains have an iconic animal, it is the American Black Bear. Here is an illustration from my award-winning book Wild & Furry Animals of the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Some fun facts about Black Bears: Black bears can easily outrun humans, with tops speeds of 25–30 miles per hour. They can run uphill and downhill with equal speed, they are good swimmers and will readily enter water in search of fish and their sense of smell is much greater than that of dogs.
2 American Mink   American minks, rarely seen in the wild, are amazing animals. Some fun facts about these graceful creatures from Wild & Furry Animals of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, my award-winning book that appeals to adults and children alike.
-Minks are graceful swimmers that can dive as deep as 16 feet under water by using their back legs
-They run on land in a distinctive bounding gait and can climb trees with ease.
-Minks are solitary creatures.
-Minks are usually able to catch fish after a furious 5-to 20-second chase.
-James Audubon, the famous naturalist, once reported seeing a mink carrying a 12-inch trout.
-They kill snakes but do not eat them.
3 Bobcat 8/24/20 One of the more exotic and least seen wild animals in the mountains of North Carolina are bobcats! Some fun facts about these graceful creatures from Wild & Furry Animals of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, my award-winning book that appeals to adults and children alike.
-Bobcats are named for their short, bobbed tails.
-Bobcats are nocturnal, solitary animals and are rarely seen by humans. Their growls are deep and fearsome ,sounding as if they were coming from a much larger animal.
-They are fierce stealth hunters and can kill animals much bigger than themselves, including deer.
-They can leap over 10 feet and are excellent swimmers.
-They are the most abundant wild cat in America and can have home ranges as large as 20 square miles.
4 Cougar (Mountain Lion)   Some fun facts about Cougars from Wild & Furry Animals of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, my award-winning book that appeals to adults and children alike.
-Cougars are officially considered extinct in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. Even though numerous sightings have occurred over the years, these are not considered proof the mountains have a resident population. Sightings may be from released captive cougars, large domestic cats or wide-ranging individuals from other areas.
-Young male cougars in search of new territory away from other more dominant males have been known to travel thousands of miles. In 2011, a cougar from the Black Hills of South Dakota was hit and killed by a car in Greenwich, Connecticut, on the Wilbur Cross Parkway. Determination of the cat’s origin from a population in South Dakota was confirmed through DNA analysis.
-Cougars cannot roar but they do scream and can purr like a house cat.
5 Coyote   Some fun facts about coyotes from Wild & Furry Animals of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, my award-winning book that appeals to adults and children alike. Coyotes are one of the most adaptable and cunning canines on the planet and can be found in a wide variety of habitats, from deserts to alpine meadows, and even in large cities like New York and Los Angeles. They are social animals and prefer to live and hunt in packs. Coyote howls, referred to by scientists as group yip-howls, are short howls that rise and fall in pitch, punctuated with staccato yips, yaps, and barks. These
group yip-howls are often mistaken for a large pack of animals all raising their voices at once. Because of the variety of sounds produced by each coyote, and the waysound is distorted as it passes through the environment,two coyotes can sound like six to eight animals.
6 Deer Mouse 9/19/20 Some fun facts about Deer Mice from Wild & Furry Animals of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, my award-winning book that appeals to adults and children alike. Deer mice are accomplished climbers, jumpers, and runners, and their name “deer mice” refers to their athletic abilities as well as their fur coloration, which is like that of deer. They are nocturnal creatures and spend their days
hidden in the nests they build in burrows, hollow trees, or logs.
7 Eastern Chipmunk   Some fun facts about          from Wild & Furry Animals of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, my award-winning book that appeals to adults and children alike
8 Eastern Cottontail Rabbit   Some fun facts about          from Wild & Furry Animals of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, my award-winning book that appeals to adults and children alike
9 Eastern Gray Squirrel   Some fun facts about          from Wild & Furry Animals of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, my award-winning book that appeals to adults and children alike
10 Eastern Mole   Some fun facts about          from Wild & Furry Animals of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, my award-winning book that appeals to adults and children alike
11 Eastern Spotted Skunk   Some fun facts about          from Wild & Furry Animals of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, my award-winning book that appeals to adults and children alike
12 Elk   Some fun facts about          from Wild & Furry Animals of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, my award-winning book that appeals to adults and children alike
13 Fox Squirrel   Some fun facts about          from Wild & Furry Animals of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, my award-winning book that appeals to adults and children alike
14 Gray Fox   Some fun facts about          from Wild & Furry Animals of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, my award-winning book that appeals to adults and children alike
15 Groundhog (Woodchuck)   Some fun facts about          from Wild & Furry Animals of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, my award-winning book that appeals to adults and children alike
16 Least Weasel    
17 Little Brown Bat    
18 Meadow Vole (Field or Meadow Mouse)    
19 Muskrat    
20 North American Beaver    
21 North American River Otter    
22 Northern Flying Squirrel    
23 Northern Short-Tailed Shrew    
24 Norway Rat (Brown Rat)    
25 Raccoon    
26 Red Fox    
27 Snowshoe Hare    
28 Southern Bog Lemming    
29 Southern Flying Squirrel    
30 Star-Nosed Mole    
31 Striped Skunk    
32 Opossum (Possum)    
33 White Squirrel    
34 White-Tailed Deer    
35 Wild Boar    
36 Woodland Jumping Mouse    
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