Scavengers
http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/coyote.htm
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Name: |
Coyote |
| Description: | The coyote is active at night. It will run from a person with a lantern. |
| Habitat: | Coyotes can be found
in a variety of habitats including fields, plains and bushy
areas. |
| Diet: | The coyote does most of its hunting alone and at night. It is carnivorous. Most of its diet is made up of mammals, but it also will eat birds and snakes. It prefers to eat fresh kill, but it will eat carrion. In the fall and winter, the coyote often eats fruits, vegetables and berries. When hunting small prey like mice, the coyote will stand still with its legs stiff and then pounce on its prey. When hunting larger prey like deer, coyotes hunt in packs. One or more coyote will chase the deer while the others wait, then the next pick up the chase. Working in teams like this the coyote can tire the deer out, making it easier to kill. |
|
Name: |
Opossum |
| Description: | It is active at night. |
| Habitat: | The opossum lives in a wide-variety of habitats including deciduous forests, open woods, and farmland. It tends to prefer wet areas like marshes, swamps, and streams. |
| Diet: | The opossum is nocturnal and uses its keen sense of smell to locate food. It is omnivorous and eats just about anything, including lots of different plants and animals like fruits, insects, and other small animals. Sometimes it eats garbage and carrion. Carrion is dead animals. Because so much carrion is road kill, opossums are often killed by cars while looking for food on roadways. |
http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/opossum.htm