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Conservation Oly Ani

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Clue 1	Clue 2	Clue 3	Clue 4	Clue 5	Clue 6	Clue 7	Clue 8	Answer
adults reach 11-16 inches long	Preys on small rodents	Can live almost anywhere as long as they have water	1 litter consist of 5 young	Dark Brown with white underparts	Has fur	small and thin	nocturnal carnivore	Weasel
Many measure 45-62 inches	Hunts small mammals and birds	prefers open or semi open areas	litter of 5-10 young	yellow-grayish	has fur	long pointed nose	weighs 23-50 pounds	Coyote
Can measure 34-40 inches	Dark Brown	prefers streams, ponds, and lakeshores	One litter per year with 2-4 young	Has fur	prefers small twigs of trees near water	heavy bodied	may weigh 30-60 llbs	Beaver
Can measure 21-25 inches	Herbivores	one litter per year	lives in burrows or dens	yellowish gray	has fur	litter consist of 2-6 young	Can live up to 5 yrs.	Woodchuck
Gray coat	may measure 39 inches long	prefers rodents, berries, and insects	prefers open forest and brushwood	has fur	one litter per year	makes their home in den	nocturnal omnivore	Gray Fox
5 inches in diameter	shell is olive to dark brown with red and yellow	I eat plants, insects, smails, worms, and small fish	I am a water turtle	I lay 5-6 eggs in sandy soil	my skin is covered with scales	I am an omnivore	I lay eggs in may or June	Painted Turtle
female can measure 40 inches long	prefer fish	prefers living along the coast, rivers, and lakes	lays 2-3 eggs in Feb. or March	dark brown with white head	has feathers	diurnal predator	nest 90 ft aove the ground	Bald Eagle
Adults measure 16-25 inches long	Eats grain, roots, and berries	lays 6-7 eggs in a brood once a year	black head and neck, marked with white and brownish gray body	nest on the ground near lakes and marshes	has feathers	endotherm	migrates in flocks	Canadian Goose
Adults can measure 42-50 inches tall	prefers fish, amphibians, and reptiles	lives in marshes. swamps, and along shorelines	forms colonies while breeding	slate blue body with a white crested head	has feathers	diurnal predator	flies with neck pulled back	Great Blue Heron
Can measure 24 inches long	eats amphibians, fish, small mammals, reptiles, invertabrates, and plant material	Nest by permanent bodies of water	One brood per year with 6-10 eggs	has feathers	males are grayish brown with a bright green head	diurnal omnivore	endotherm	Mallard Duck
length is 22 inches long when full grown	dark with yellow or green stripes down my body	I eat toads, frogs, salamanders, tadpoles, and earthworms	i prefer to live in fields	My young are born alive	I'm covered in scales	Young are born in August or September	There are 25-30 young in a brood	Garter Snake
26 inches long	omnivore	forest or brush lands	black coat with long white stripes	young 2-10 born in may	fur	endotherm	nocturnal	Skunk
34 inches	white neck ring on the male molted brown -female	prefers open areas fields and marshes	omnivore/ herbivore	8-12 brown eggs	has feathers	endotherm	diurnal	Pheasant
5-8 inches	omnivore	grayish brown coat	lives in forest, open grasslannds	has 3-8 young	has fur	has teeth and claws	nocturnal	Mouse
25-32 inches long	gray and white	omnivore	wooded area near water	3-14 young	has fur	endotherm	nocturnal	opossum
adults measure 26-38 inches long	prefers wooded areas near water	omnivore	long grey fur	3-7 young per litter	has fur	endotherm	nocturnal	Raccoon
20-22 inches long as an adult	builds nest in tall trees	herbivore	yellowish brown coat	2 litters of young each year	has fur	endotherm	diurnal	Fox Squirrel
8 inches long	lives in ponds	eats insects, spiders, and small frogs	green with white underbelly	lays eggs	moist thin skin	ectotherm	nocturnal	Bullfrog
24 inches long	nest in tree near forest edge	eats small rodents	brown above white below	lays eggs, brood consist of 2-4 young	has feathers	endotherm	diurnal predator	Red Tailed Hawk
measures 9 inches as an adult	prefer open deciduous forest	hunts insects on and under the bark of trees	black bird with white wings and a red head	lays 4-6 eggs in the spring	has feathers	endotherm	diurnal insectivore	Red headed Woodpecker
10 inches long as an adult	lives on the forest floor in logs	eats worms, insects, larva, and spiders	moist thin skin	dark colored with yellow blotches	lays around 1,000 eggs	ectotherm	omnivore	Tiger Salamander
3 inches long an 2 inches tall	lives in damp wet places	eats insects	warty skin	brown in color with black spots	lays eggs in water	nocturnal	insectivore	Toad
I measure 11 1/2 inches as an adult	nest in oak and pine forest	Omnivore I eat seeds and insects	my colors are blue, black, and white	3-6 eggs are layed in the spring	has feathers	endotherm	diurnal	Blue Jay
8 3/4 inches long as an adult	nests in hedgerows or forest edges.	herbivore	Bright Red	lays 2-4 eggs in the spring	has feathers	endotherm	diurnal	Cardinal
Females can measure 24 inches long	nests in hollow trees or on rock ledges	eats most of the smaller animals in an area	Brown with white barred underparts	lays 2 eggs in Feb.	Has feathers	endotherm	nocturnal predator	Great Horned Owl
measures 10 inches in length	prefers woodlands, or shade trees	eats insects, mice, frogs, fish, and lizards	animal is gray or red	raises 1 brood per year with 4-5 young	has feathers	endotherm	distinctive ear tufts, which are long feathers.	Screech Owl
adults measure 16-19 inches long	prefers open forest, forest edges, or brushy areas	herbivore	4-7 young per litter	brown with white underparts	has fur	endotherm	nocturnal	Cotton-Tailed Rabbit
Adults measure up to 10.5 inches long	live in a variety of habitats	eats seeds, nuts, and insects	2-8 young	has 2 white stripes	has fur	endotherm	diurnal	Chipmunk
6-8 inches long	prefers open grassland and open forest	insectivore	one litter born per year	dark brown or black	has fur	endotherm	nocturnal	Mole
Adults are 3-4.9 inches long	habitat varies including caves and buildings	insectivore	one litter per year with 2 young	black to brown in color	has fur	endotherm	nocturnal	Bat
Large	lives in alltypes of water habitats	Omnivore	shell-less eggs	Bronze or Olive	Suction cup mouth	ectotherm	flourishes where sewage is discharged	Carp
up to 28 inches long	prefer semi-open areas with loose top soil	eat mainly toads and frogs	flat head up turned nose	variety of colors and patterns	body is covered with scales	ectotherm	seldom known to bite	Hog Nosed Snake
slender body	prefers clear fast flowing rivers	omnivore	lays shell- less eggs	pale greenish or blue with a whitish belly	scaly skin	ectotherm	nocturnal	Channel Catfish
6-8 verticle bands on the sides	prefers well vegetated water	feeds on small aquatic organisms	spawing occurs over nest in shallow water in the spring	blueish yellow-green	scales	ectotherm	State fish	Bluegill
end of the jaw extends behind the eye	lives in all types of clean water	active predator	spawning occurs over nest of gravel or vegetation	pale olive with black blotches	has scaly skin	ectotherm	shell-less eggs	Largemouth Bass
can grow to be 4 1/2 feet long	found in a variety of habitats	eats small mammals, birds, amphibians, insects, and snakes	lays eggs in rotten logs in june or July	blue green with no markings	skin is covered in scales	ectotherm	eggs have rubbery shells	Blue Racer
weighs up to 50 llbs	prefer permanant bodies of muddy water	omnivore	lays about 20 eggs	strong hooked jaws	bony plates on upper surface of the tail	ectotherm	largest turtle	Snapping turtle
5-6 inch shell	prefer woodlands with brushy cover	eats plant material, small animals, and insects	eggs are laid in june or july	oval shell with a high topped box shape	head and legs can be drawn into the shell for protection	ectotherm	not edible because of the poisonous plants eaten	Box Turtle
6 inches long as an adult	prefers a forest floor in central or southern illinois	eats insects, spiders and small vertebrates	lays 10 eggs in rotten logs or loose soil	brown with yellow stripes	skin is covered in scales	ectotherm	when young my tail is bright blue	Skink (Lizard)
length is about 3ft.	prefer to live in open grasslands and prairies	eats mostly rodents	usually lays about 14 eggs	olive gray in color or with gray-Brown blotches	skin is covered in scales	ectotherm	nocturnal	Prairie King Snake
length up to 6 feet	prefer wooded areas	eats birds, eggs, rats, mice, and ground squirrels	lays eggs in rotten logs, stumps or in loose soil	black with a white belly	covered in scales	ectotherm	only tree climbing snake	Black Rat Snake
adults measure 8.5 -12 inches	prefer to live in open grasslands where they build burrows	omnivore	has young in a litter of 7-10 young in May	striped coat of whitish and dark brown	has fur	endotherm	diurnal	Ground Squirrel
Can measure 6.5 ft. in length	Nocturnal herbivore	Prefer to live on the edge areas of the forest and fields	gives birth to one baby the 1st year and twins in the second year	color varies from reddish to brown	Has fur	Can be destructive to crops	prized game animal	White Tailed Deer

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