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• Cattails usually grow near ponds or in slightly brackish water. • Did you know? Cattail pollen can be stuffed into life jackets and mattresses.

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• Grass, or more technically, graminoids, are monocotyledonous. • Grass is one of the most basic plants ever to live on earth.

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• Sorex cinereus has a voracious appetite, and can eat its own body weight in a day. • The Masked Shrew is prey to larger shrews, hawks, owls, snakes, herons, and foxes.

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• Grey Squirrels weigh in at about 500-520 grams. • They are one of the largest tree squirrels in eastern North America.

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• Purple Finches live in trees or bushes.

• They eat seeds, berries, and insects, and love sunflower seeds, millet, and thistle.

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• Wood ducks have strong claws to grip bark and perch on branches. • They live in wooded swamps, marshes, streams, beaver ponds, and small lakes.

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• An ant brain has approximately 250,000 brain cells. • Carpenter Ants have an average life span of 45-60 days.

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• White-bellied swallows are very small birds.

• They have a swift and graceful flight.

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• Coyotes are related to wolves.

• When chasing prey, coyotes can reach speeds of up to 69 kilometers per hour.