Tag: bat
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How 6 species at Ontario Parks survive the winter
Today’s post was written by Connor Oke, past marketing intern at Ontario Parks, using information provided by Assistant Superintendent Mark Read at Murphys Point Provincial Park. If Canada is known for one thing, it’s for our long, cold winters. Wild animals rely on evolution and natural adaptations to survive until spring. The strategies they’ve developed are varied…
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Subject: Please do not disturb
In today’s post, we’ve compiled emails from some of the wildlife that call provincial parks home. Keep wildlife wild, respect wildlife, please do not disturb wildlife. These are common phrases… but what do they really mean? To help break it down, we have compiled a few recent emails from some of our furry and feathered…
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Bats: The mammal, the myth, the legend
Today’s post comes from Ashley Hanas, a bat technician with the Friends of Pinery Park. Bats are the only true flying mammal. There are currently over 1,400 species and bats encompass 20% of the mammalian species on earth (meaning 1 in 5 mammals are bats!). Bats are essential to the health of our environment, providing…