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yosemite animals

cartoon bat

A bat’s wings are so thin you can read through them.
Baby bats hang on to their mothers’ backs during hunting, the mother bat cleans her babies daily by licking them.
Bats drink water by flying over lakes and streams and scooping water into their mouths.

Mar 05 - bats, yosemite animals

cartoon yellow-bellied marmot

The marmot is the biggest member of the squirrel family.
It likes to lounge around with its belly on a rock all day.
Marmots make a loud chirp noise when danger approaches, all nearby animals will run for cover at this warning.

Mar 05 - yellow bellied marmots, yosemite animals

meadow mouse

The meadow mouse eats its weight in food every 24 hours.
Meadow mice protect their territory and will fight any mouse that comes into it.
A female meadow mouse will have around 50 babies a year.

Mar 05 - mice, yosemite animals

cartoon turtle

Mar 05 - turtles, yosemite animals

cartoon mountain lion

Mountain lions can weigh about 200 pounds and are about 8 feet in length (including tail).
To find a mate, the male scratches bare spots on the ground. If the female finds the scratches acceptable, they pair up.
The male leaves before his kittens are born, which is good because he will eat them if given the chance.

Mar 05 - mountain lions, yosemite animals

cartoon porcupine

The porcupine is probably the most relaxed animal in the Sierra Nevada, because it doesn’t have to worry about predators.
Each porcupine has about 20,000 to 30,000 quills.
The porcupine’s favorite food is bark.

Mar 05 - porcupines, yosemite animals

cartoon rattlesnake

The rattlesnake’s rattle is made up of material like our fingernails.

The rattlesnake only makes noise when it wants to scare something away, it is silent when it hunts.

Because a rattlesnake’s fangs often break when biting an animal, they have “reserve fangs” that replace them in a few hours.

Mar 05 - rattlesnakes, snakes, yosemite animals