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DOWN THE HALL AND AROUND THE WORLD North American Hall

OPOSSUM and STRIPED How many baby opossums are What does there? How many the bobcat have baby ? in its mouth? Fun Fact Opossums play dead and omit a stinky scent when Fun Fact they are scared of are crepuscular, which a predator. BLACK means they are active at dawn and at dusk.

What two are included with the in this diorama? Fun Fact Black bears are native to and are not uncommon to see as far east as New Jersey.

BEAVER DALL What color are the beaver’s Even up here in the snowy teeth? mountains, there are plants! Can you find 2 different Fun Fact Beavers have an iron-rich coating of kinds of plants? enamel on their teeth, which makes them turn orange. This keeps Fun Fact their teeth strong. horns are made of keratin – just like

your fingernails.

ANSWERS: ANSWERS: alpine bush, lichen bush, alpine SHEEP: DALL orange; : BEAVER snail; and rattlesnake : BEAR BLACK grouse; ruffed : BOBCAT skunks; 4 opossums, 8 SKUNK: AND OPOSSUM KODIAK BEAR There’s a tiny hiding in this diorama with the bears. Can you find it? CARIBOU

Fun Fact Brown bears and grizzly bears are the What is the juvenile same ( arctos), but Kodiak bears are a distinct caribou doing? (Ursus arctos horribilis).

Fun Fact Caribou have the largest, heaviest antlers of all the species in POLAR their body size group. BEAR

What kind of is painted in the background?

Fun Fact Polar bears that are can smell seals through three feet of ice.

MOOSE

How many BISON points does the have on Can you identify the its antlers? mom, the dad, and the baby in this bison family? Fun Fact It takes 5 months for moose to grow new antlers each , and each year they shed their antlers. Fun Fact Bison are the biggest animals in North American and can

weigh 2,000 pounds.

ANSWERS: ANSWERS: : dad, mom, and baby are big, medium, and small and medium, big, are baby and mom, dad, : BISON 31; : MOOSE seagull; : BEAR POLAR resting; : CARIBOU ; tree in hiding small BEAR: BROWN KODIAK