ANIMALS OF THE TEMPERATE RAINFOREST
CROSSBILLS
Habitat: Make nests and live in the high tree tops.
Diet: Mostly eat conifer seeds, but will also eat tree buds, berries, and insects.
Adaptation: Bill crosses at the tip; which helps it seeds from pine cones. This is an external adaptation.
Diet: Mostly eat conifer seeds, but will also eat tree buds, berries, and insects.
Adaptation: Bill crosses at the tip; which helps it seeds from pine cones. This is an external adaptation.
RACCOONS
Habitat: They live near the water, but have become at home with farmlands, cities, and neighborhoods.
Diet: Raccoons are omnivores and will eat frogs, fish, and small animals.
Adaptation: They have clawed feet to help them dig holes to hide and to grip whatever they're walking on. This is an external adaptation.
Diet: Raccoons are omnivores and will eat frogs, fish, and small animals.
Adaptation: They have clawed feet to help them dig holes to hide and to grip whatever they're walking on. This is an external adaptation.
SHREWS
Habitat: Shrews are found in every type of habitat except marine.
Diet: They eat insects, worms, snails, slugs, mice and other shrews.
Adaptation: Short-tailed shrews have venom in their saliva that helps them kill bigger prey. This is an internal adaptation.
Diet: They eat insects, worms, snails, slugs, mice and other shrews.
Adaptation: Short-tailed shrews have venom in their saliva that helps them kill bigger prey. This is an internal adaptation.
SNOWSHOE HARE
Habitat: Snowshoe hares live in conifer and leafy forests where there is lots of food and shelter.
Diet: They eat shrubs, grass, and wildflowers.
Adaptation: In winter, they can hide very easily because of their white coat. This is an external adaptation.
Diet: They eat shrubs, grass, and wildflowers.
Adaptation: In winter, they can hide very easily because of their white coat. This is an external adaptation.
PORCUPINES
Habitat: Live on the forest's floor or in other desert regions.
Diet: They're herbivores, they eat leaves, twigs, green plants, and tree bark in the winter.
Adaptation: Their back is covered in quills to protect them from predators. This is an external adaptation.
Diet: They're herbivores, they eat leaves, twigs, green plants, and tree bark in the winter.
Adaptation: Their back is covered in quills to protect them from predators. This is an external adaptation.
MINK
Habitat: Minks dig burrows at the edge of the water and live there, often alone.
Diet: They feed on small animals, birds, frogs, and cray-fish.
Adaptation: Mink's have a long tail that helps them when swimming in the water. This is an external adaptation.
Diet: They feed on small animals, birds, frogs, and cray-fish.
Adaptation: Mink's have a long tail that helps them when swimming in the water. This is an external adaptation.
BLACK BEARS
Habitat: They like to settle down in old forests or places where fire burned all the trees down.
Diet: Black Bears are omnivores. They eat small animals, fruits, and nuts.
Adaptation: Black Bear's have sharp claws that they can use to help kill prey or just to open up the nuts they're eating or just to help eat in general. This is an external adaption.
Diet: Black Bears are omnivores. They eat small animals, fruits, and nuts.
Adaptation: Black Bear's have sharp claws that they can use to help kill prey or just to open up the nuts they're eating or just to help eat in general. This is an external adaption.
MOUNTAIN LION
Habitat: They can live in many habitats. From desert scrub-lands to mountain forests.
Diet: Bobcats eat deer, sheep, hares, and even rodents.
Adaptation: The bobcat's claws are only out when in use. That means when they need their claws for attacking prey or climbing a tree they can use them, but when they don't need them they retract back. This is an external adaptation.
Diet: Bobcats eat deer, sheep, hares, and even rodents.
Adaptation: The bobcat's claws are only out when in use. That means when they need their claws for attacking prey or climbing a tree they can use them, but when they don't need them they retract back. This is an external adaptation.
BOBCAT
Habitat: You can find bobcats almost everywhere. They live in the Temperate Rain forest, but they also can be found in forests, swamps, and scrubby deserts.
Diet: They hunt at dawn and dusk for small animals that includes rabbits, hares, squirrels, chipmunks, and birds.
Adaptation: Bobcats have lightly spotted coats to help them blend in with there surroundings. This is an external adaptation.
Diet: They hunt at dawn and dusk for small animals that includes rabbits, hares, squirrels, chipmunks, and birds.
Adaptation: Bobcats have lightly spotted coats to help them blend in with there surroundings. This is an external adaptation.
GREAT HORNED OWL
Habitat: Open areas, woodlands, and farms.
Diet: Eat mostly mammals like mice, voles, and rabbits., but will also eat birds like geese and heron.
Adaptation: Yellow Eyes; helps them see in the dark while hunting. They also have dark feathers so the prey can't see them while they're hunting. This is an external adaptation.
Diet: Eat mostly mammals like mice, voles, and rabbits., but will also eat birds like geese and heron.
Adaptation: Yellow Eyes; helps them see in the dark while hunting. They also have dark feathers so the prey can't see them while they're hunting. This is an external adaptation.
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