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Record #:
21037
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Beane explains how some creatures inhabiting our state--animals, snakes, amphibians--that lack claws, fangs, size, and protective armor, uses other devices to protect themselves. Some, such as opossums, make like carrion. Others, for example, hognose snakes, hedgehogs, and skunks, exude or excrete certain items that turn a would-be predators stomach.
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North Carolina Naturalist (NoCar QH 76.5 N8 N68), Vol. 18 Issue 2, Fall/Win 2010, p4-5, il
Record #:
38159
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The rapid decrease of den trees, or trees that animals make their homes in, is hurting the animal population. The landowners are the ones who can stop, or decrease the amount of den trees downed by stipulating that those trees are to remain upright and not blocked.