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Tracking
Quizzes
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Quiz #35 - Question
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| Here’s a quiz from the Midwest. (It’s not that hard, but has some
followup questions if you want to make it more challenging.) |
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Photo 35A Habitat: A housing
development being built in rural northern Illinois.
Time of year: October. |
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Photo 35B
Photo 35B shows the entrance road to the housing development,
alongside a cornfield. There surely aren’t any tracks here, are
there?
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Photo 35C
Ah, but take a closer look in Photo 35C – there’s some tracks in
the little bit of dried mud alongside the curb. |
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Photo 35D Photo 35D is a
montage showing the animal’s stride over a long distance. The stride
ranged from 7 to 10 inches. The trail width was a consistent 4½
inches all the way. The stripe going down the middle of the trail
measured ½ inch wide. |
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Photo 35E Photos 35E / 35F /
35G are zoomed in on some of the tracks. The larger tracks measured
1¼ inch long by 1 7/8 inch wide, while the smaller tracks were 7/8
to 1½ inch long by 1¼ inch wide. |
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Photo 35F |
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Photo 35G |
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Questions:
- What animal was this, walking down a paved road next to a cornfield?
- What kind of gait was the animal using?
- How fast was the animal going?
- How old are the tracks?
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