Tag: Creatures of the Night
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Are you friends with frogs?
Frogs and toads have an ancient history, with fossils dating back to the time of the dinosaurs. Algonquin Provincial Park Naturalist David LeGros has been fascinated by these amphibians since he was a toddler and he shares some fun facts about them.
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8 fun facts about spiders
Today’s post comes from naturalist Pilar Manorome from Rondeau Provincial Park. Are you afraid of spiders? Our eight-legged friends are the kind of “creepy crawlies” that many people like to pretend don’t exist. One of my goals as a naturalist is to break down those barriers with fun facts that can make those “less-appealing” creatures sound like…
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Bats in your belfry?
Today’s post comes from naturalist Laura Penner of Rondeau Provincial Park. Every Halloween, we are bombarded with spooky images: haunted houses, cemeteries, dark nights, deserted roads and — of course — bats!
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Creatures of the night
Imagine walking through the forest during a nice sunny day. You hear birds chirping, see the fall colours rustle in the breeze, and watch squirrels gathering food. We stop; we take pictures; we enjoy. Now take that same trail at dusk. You just had a flash of danger.
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8 cool facts about snakes
You might think that snakes are creatures of the night, slithering around in the dark, looking for prey and striking when they find it. But you’d be wrong. Most of our snakes are active during the day, though the Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake, Milksnake and Ring-necked Snake do come out at night.
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Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?
There are few sounds more haunting than the howl of a pack of wolves in the dead of night. It makes the hair on the back of our necks stand up! But are these creatures really the “big bad wolves” we remember from bedtime stories?
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The superpowers of owls
Today’s post is from Alistair MacKenzie, our Natural Heritage Education & Resource Management Supervisor at Pinery Provincial Park. I’ve been bird watching since the age of six. My dad was the main reason I began bird-watching, and he and I spent many hours in search of another species for our lists. From the start, I was…