Natural Habitat Shorts-Opossums Have Pouches And Can Have Up To 20 Joeys Per Litter!

Natural Habitat Shorts-Opossums have pouches and can have up to 20 Joeys per litter!

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Opossums involuntarily play dead. It can last anywhere from 40 minutes to 4 hours.

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Natural Habitat Shorts- Chipmunks have cheek pouches used to store food. 🐿🥜

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In medieval times, scholars believed that hedgehogs rolled on their back to collect fruit. 🦔🫐🏰

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Male otters sometimes hold pups for ransom under water to force the mother to give up her food. 🦦🍟

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Natural Habitat Shorts- Chipmunks can be carnivores! They can eat insects, frogs, eggs, & baby birds

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Porcupines have around 30K quills, with barbs at the tips that make them difficult to remove. 🌵🐖💺

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Gulls can detect food 3 miles away & are more likely to steal food after they see someone touch it.

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Natural Habitat Shorts- Vampire bats can’t go more than 2 days without feeding on blood

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Sea otters are the only marine mammal that use tools, though their tools are mostly rocks. 🦦🪨🧰

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Owls typically feed their strongest babies first. (In reality though it’s usually the older chicks)

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Natural Habitat Shorts- It’s hard for bats to take off from the ground so they hang and drop 🙃🦇

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Natural Habitat Shorts- Crows are highly intelligent and are quick to learn scarecrows are harmless

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Natural Habitat Shorts- Bats use echolocation to find things they can’t see. 😳🦇

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Wood frogs can freeze solid in the winter for up to 8 months and then thaw in the spring unharmed

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Gerbils can shed their tails when caught. It’s called a “tail slip” and it’s very painful. 🐹💍🚔

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Marmots often stand to keep a look-out for danger and scream when they are in extreme fear.

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Raccoons have communal bathrooms, latrines, and all go in the same place.

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Natural Habitat- Hedgehogs are lactose intolerant. They can also suffer from balloon syndrome.

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