Find out if raccoons can swim, why they tear up sod, how smart they are, and if raccoons hibernate. Learn if raccoons can jump onto houses or over fences, and some of the symptoms of a sick raccoon. I can let you know if the city or county animal services will help with a raccoon...
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Signs of an Opossum Problem Opossums, like many of the creatures we encounter, are nocturnal. Unless you see an opossum, it may be difficult to discern whether the critters in your attic or yard are opossums, raccoons, squirrels, or rodents. But, you know something’s causing damage or ...
Store Firewood Away from Your Home:Firewood stacks are inviting shelter for pests. Keep them at least 20 feet from your home and off the ground if possible. Use Motion-Activated Lights:Motion-activated lights or sprinklers can deter wildlife, keeping animals like raccoons and skunks from approachi...
The best woodchuck deterrent is a fence. Excluding woodchucks from the garden will also keep outdeer, rabbits, raccoons, and stray pets. Since groundhogs climb and also burrow, you’ll need to build a secure enclosure using six-foot-wide woven-wire fencing. Above ground, the fence should be...
The most significant feature of hibernation is lower body temperature, which can decrease as much as ninety degrees Fahrenheit. Bears do not technically hibernate because their body temperature drops only minimally, but during the winter months they do experience an extended state of inactivity that ...
Birds can fly very long distances. For example, the Arctic tern nests close to the North Pole in the summer. In autumn, it flys south all the way to Antarctica. Each spring it returns north again.Most birds migrate shorter distances. But how do they find their way to the same place ...
Biologists from the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism have spent decades tracking roadkill to monitor the populations of raccoons and beavers. But in 1986, they started tracking armadillos, too; with marked increases of that population recorded since the early 2000s. Sightings of ...