| The Bobcat is the most common wildcat in North America. Bobcat's have black-tufted ears and a black-tipped, stubby tail, for which it is named. They are usually 17 - 23 inches tall and 25 - 41 inches long. Males can weigh 16 - 28 lbs., the smaller females weigh 10 - 18 lbs. In the wild, Bobcats can live 12 -13 years.
Bobcats prefer to eat rabbits and hares, but will hunt anything from insects and small rodents to deer. At the zoo they are fed chicken. Bobcat habitat varies widely from forests and mountainous areas to semi-deserts and brush hand. A habitat dense with vegetation and lots of prey is ideal. Bobcats are excellent hunters, stalking prey with stealth and patience, then capturing their meals with one great leap.
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Described as the perfect combination of brains and beauty, the African Grey is one of the more popular parrots kept by the aviculturist. Psittacus erithacus erithacus, the Congo African Grey, is the most common, while P. e. princeps is the least. Their pale head and grey body is strikingly offset by their brilliant red tail feathers.
Typically, the African Grey is shy and reserved. With early and prudent handling, they will become trusting and affectionate, although not as demonstrative, per se, as some of the other small to medium parrots.
African Greys are probably best known for their amazing ability to mimic not only the human voice but also an impressive array of environmental sounds. A Who's Who of African Greys includes Prudle and Alex. Famous for mimicry or intellect, Prudle holds the Guinness Book of World Records for the biggest vocabulary, at 800 words, while Alex, incredibly, exhibits what can only be called cognitive abilities - he can talk, count, and?read a little. Alex lives in the laboratory of Irene Pepperberg, Ph.D., at the University of Arizona where she has been conducting extensive research over the past two decades.
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"The whitetail deer or Virginia deer is native to the eastern United States. Its range, however, extends over most of the United States, southern Canada, Mexico, Central America, and northern South America. The whitetail deer is known for its characteristic long tail, which is white underneath. The whitetail deer is one of the largest American deer. The buck, on average, reaches about 6 feet in length and 3 to 4 feet in height at the shoulders. It weighs from 100 to 300 pounds or more. In America today, the whitetail deer is one of the most popular big-game animals hunted. Belonging to the family Cervidae, it is classified as Odocoileus virginianus.
The whitetail deer is believed to have migrated to the Unites States approximately 4 million years ago. Over time, the deer population has fluctuated. Regardless of declines in its population, with new technology and innovations the whitetail has become one of the most widespread deer in the world today. North American's whitetail population is estimated at 20 to 25 million deer.
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OTHER ANIMALS TO COME SEE:
*BOBCATS * EMU
*FOXES * COATIMUNDI
*PEACOCKS * MACAWS
*FALLOW DEER * HORSES
*RINGTAIL LEMURS * BLACK SWANS
*CAMEL * CAVIES
* OSTRICHES *PIGS
*LLAMAS *AND MUCH MORE
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