Animal Tracks & Signs - NC Museum of Natural Sciences

Animal Tracks
by Sarah
Yesterday my class and I went to a video conference. My group was the bear scat group and I learned that the scat has seeds in it sometimes. If it does not have seeds in it, then it is probably a meat eater. If it does have seeds in it, it probably eats blueberries, raspberries, apples, and every other wild foods. The squirrel is another animal that I like. Actually, I like all animals.

Animal Tracks
by Melanie
Yesterday our class went to the videoconference. Today our class talked about animal tracks. I learned that a raccoon has five toes and that a raccoon uses it's front paws to open things. I learned an owl cannot break down or digest bones or fur so he spits it up.

Animal Tracks
by Jacob
Yesterday we had a videoconference. Our group was learning about squirrels. we learned about the Eastern fox squirrel and gray squirrels and flying squirrels. A flying squirrel is nocturnal. They gnaw on nuts.

Animal Tracks
by Darrell
Yesterday I went to a videoconference. I learned about squirrels. I learned about the flying squirrel and the gray squirrel. The gray squirrel eats hickory nuts. It chops the top off, but doesn't eat the bottom. And, squirrels have little pouches. It can carry 3 or 4 kinds of foods. I like to learn about squirrels.

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by Noah
Yesterday I had a videoconference about animal tracks. My group had bear scat, which is poop. I learned that scat can help you track animals. I really like bears.

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by Ronald
I went to the videoconference. It was fun. My group was the galls. We learned about snakes, too. They leave snake skin behind. I love animals. Fruit flies nibble a hole in the tree. Then they lay eggs in the tree. Now, let's talk about owls. Owls are nocturnal. That means owls sleep in the day. Owls stay up at night. I love owls. They are fun.

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by Max
Yesterday my class had a videoconference. What I learned is that the gray squirrel eats pine cones and nuts. The eastern fox squirrel only eats pine cones. They flying squirrels eat hickory nuts. I learned a lot about squirrels.

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by Steven
I learned owl throw-up is called owl pellets. Pellets are hair and fur and bones, too. Owls fly quietly and quickly. Owls make sounds like this: whooo whooo. Owls can not eat hair and things like that.


Animal Tracks
by Franklin
I learned that raccoons can open doorknobs and their finger looks like a thumb and the raccoons are nocturnal. I learned that owls can turn their heads almost all the way around. I leaned that snakes leave their skin and they get a new skin.

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by Mac
My group learned about bear scat. They also eat meat, too. We also learned about squirrels, too.

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by Shemar
Yesterday I went to the videoconference. My group learned about the owl. When the owl eats the meat alive. And when it throws up, it is called a pellet. It has hair and bones. Then our group looked around other groups' tables. I enjoy going to the videoconference.

Animal Tracks
by Ayla
Yesterday I went to a videoconference. My group was the gall group and we learned about a fly that lays an egg. I learned about raccoons and owls and squirrels. I learned that raccoons can open doors. I love animal tracks.

Animal Tracks
by Dylan
Yesterday I learned that owls eat meat alive. When they throw-up, it is called owl pellets. The bones and hair and fur is in the pellet. It can not break down the bone and hair. That is what I learned.

Animal Tracks
by Jared
Yesterday I had a videoconference with Ms. McDermon. I learned that raccoons can untie knots and open doorknobs. They eat crayfish, clams, trash. Raccoon hands look like human hands. They dig for their food like crayfish.

Animal Tracks
by Ethan
Yesterday I went to a videoconference. When we got into groups, my group was the squirrel group. My group learned about the flying squirrels, the gray fox squirrels and the gray squirrels. It was a lot of fun learning about squirrels.

Animal Tracks
by Andrew
Yesterday I went to a videoconference with Ms. McDermon. We talked about animal tracks like the squirrel, raccoon, fruit-fly, and the owl. My group was the squirrel. A squirrel is one of the most fast animals. A gray squirrel and the Eastern fox squirrel takes an acorn and bites the top and eats the nut inside. The flying squirrel eats hickory nuts. Squirrel have pouches in their mouths and they can carry up to five nuts in their mouth. I like squirrels.

Animal Tracks
by Chae
Yesterday I went to a videoconference with Ms. McDermon. Raccoons are fast in the day and night. Raccoons eat clams. Flying squirrels have a pouch. Flying squirrels are fast. Raccoons have five long toes. Raccoons are nocturnal.

Animal Tracks
by Kaitlyn
Yesterday I went to a videoconference about larvae, raccoons, snakes, and bears. Sometimes the larvae lives in a branch. The fly lays the egg there. Raccoons have five fingers and one o f them looks like a thumb. Flying squirrels can glide. Bears have seeds in their scat.