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Untamed Tuesday: Wolves

  In New Jersey, there’s a sanctuary that has won the New Jersey environmental tourism award from the Govenor. In Warren County, New Jersey- the Lakota Wolf Preserve is an experience that allows you to observe and watch these beautiful creatures. They have Tundra wolves, Artic wolves and Timber wolves you can watch. At the [...]

Untamed Tuesday: Red Fox

The Red Fox has an orange-red coat and with white markings on it’s chest, and black markings on it’s legs. The fox can be found in numerous US locations as well as in Europe and Asia, and now recently Australia.  While the fox eats prey of mouse and birds, the other part of its diet [...]

Untamed Tuesday: Mountain Lion

The Mountain Lion is found mainly in North, Central and South Americas. It is a solitary animal, which weighs in between 70-200 pounds when it reaches adulthood. It has a smooth, unspotted coat.   A mountain lion will stalk and ambush its prey. Its prey consists of other animals that can range in size from [...]

Untamed Tuesday, Squirrels

    Today I’d like to highlight squirrels, both red squirrels and grey squirrels. We have a lot of squirrels around here, and they love to torment my dogs, using the top of the privacy fence and the trees as their own private highway system! We have both red and grey squirrels in my neighborhood. [...]

Untamed Tuesday: Porcupine

The porcupine is the first in my series of  “Untamed Tuesday” posts, due to my new logo critter, made over at BlueBison.net   The porcupine is considered a rodent. He carries quills on his back, and is a slow moving animal. The porcupine uses his quills in an attack. This animal eats vegetation. Porcupines can [...]