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Tracking
Quizzes
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Quiz #41 - Question
Photos and text by Brian Booth |
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| This quiz comes to you from the wilds of
Yellowstone National Park, a wildlife watcher’s and tracker’s paradise. |
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Photo 41A Habitat: A dried
portion of a river bed in the giant open meadows of the Lamar Valley
in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming.
Time of year: June |
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Photo 41B The dried mud shows
the presence of wildlife activity several weeks previously, when the
river was higher and the mud was moist. |
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Photo 41C shows an overhead
shot of the animal’s trail. The stride measured exactly 27 inches
with each step. The trail width was 13 inches. |
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Photo 41D Photos 41D / 41E /
41F are zoomed in to show the tracks. The tracks ranged from 3½ to
4½ inches long by 3½ to 4½ inches wide. |
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Photo 41E |
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Photo 41F |
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QUESTION: What animal made the tracks? |
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