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 * __[[image:paw_prints.gif align="right"]]Animals Found in the Catskill Mountains__**

By: Olivia There are many different animals found in the Catskill Mountains such as __Cougars__. They are also called Panthers,Mountain Lions,or Pumas and are reddish, brown. They usually live to be 10-15 years old. They usually hunt alone during the day or the night. Sometimes when they kill a large animal, they will bury it in leaves and come back to it in a few days. It can jump as high as 40 feet. The cougar can have up to 2-3 cubs in a litter. Adult cougars can be six feet or more. There are also lots of __deer__ in the Catskills. They are tan in the summer and grayish in the winter. Male deer weigh about 150-300 lbs. and females weigh about 90-200 lbs. It is a herbivore, so it only eats plants. In the spring and summer it eats green plants. But in the cooler weather like fall, they eat corn and a variety of nuts. In the winter, they eat the twigs and buds of woody plants. It has four chambers to digest it's food. They mate in November most of the time. After it mates, the female has three fawns after 6 monthes. Fawns are reddish-brown with white spots that help it camouflage or blend in with it's surroundings. Lots of __Flying Squirrels__ make their homes in the Catskills. Flying Squirrels are color-blind and can only see in yellow! There's 43 species. They can't acually fly, they glide. It is also nocternal, which means it sleeps in the day, and comes out to hunt or play at night.This squirrel's life span is 5 years or more when it is wild, but domestically it lives almost 13 years. They also live in North America's deciduous forests.They're diet mostly contains a variety of plants and also, seeds, nuts, bulbs, bark, and roots. Not as often, they can eat insects, worms, eggs, and even some small animals such as small birds. Another animal that lives in the Catskill Mts. is a __pheasant__. Males weigh 41-46 oz; females 31-34 oz. Its length is 30"-36." Some species can run 8 to 10 miles per hour. Their flight speed is 38-48 mph. Habitat is grasslands,wetlands, and brushy areas. The average life span for most is 3 years. Below is a picture of of th relation of high a six foot human is to a pheasant. __Falcons__ also live in the Catskill Mts. They are about the weight and size of a crow. Peregrine Falcons are the fastest moving creatures on Earth.



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 * images from: http://www.foreverscotland.com/mini_sites/deer_centre/images/deer.jpg
 * Snake|http://www-tc.pbs.org/wnet/nature/reptiles/images/wallpaper/snakes_large.jpg?mii=1

> There are many plants in the Catskill Mountains. Some of the plants in the Catskill Mountains are the White Baneberry, the Red Baneberry, the Golden Seal, the Jack-in-the-Pulpits, and the High Bush berry. The White Baneberry looks like doll eyes. Its real name is Actaea Pachypoda it grows in during the late summer and fall. The Red Baneberries real name is Actaea Rubra it grows in mid- to late summer. It tastes horrible not even the most curious child would try it. The Golden Seals real name is Hydrastis Canadensis. It is a rare plant and it can be used as medicine. Jack-in-the-Pulpits real name is Arisaema Triphyllum it is a light green color that develops bright red berries. The High Bush Berry is a wild blue berry. They grow in the spring soil, temperatures are 43 degrees F. These are just a few of them though there are thousands more. >
 * **__Natural Resources in the Catskill Mountains__**
 * By: Hannah


 * from:http://catskillnativenursery.com/index.html
 * http://www.flyingsquirrels.com/origins.html