here is a great abundance of a species of bear-grass which grows on every part of these mountains. Its growth is luxouriant and continues green all winter but the horses will not eat it. Meriwether Lewis June 15, 1806 – Bitterroot Mountains Beargrass, to start off – is not a grass but a member of the […]
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The mountain goat is an ungulate, or hooved mammal of the order Artiodactyla – or “even toed” – basically a hoof that is split into two parts. The mountain goat is the only species in the genus Oreamnos, which is derived from the Greek term oros (stem ore-) “mountain” or oreas for “mountain nymph, and
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Black caiman along the River Beni, Amazon Basin, Bolivia young reader of OOTH (Cash) asked about Nile crocodiles – but since I have never seen one of these we had to settle for this large critter. This species is found throughout the Amazon Basin but its range does extend further north. The species occurs in Bolivia,
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t has never occurred to me to speak with elegant animals. I am not curious about the opinion of wasps or of racing mares. Let them settle matters while flying, let them win decorations by running! I want to speak with flies, with the bitch that has recently littered, and to converse with snakes…….I want
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his is North America’s largest terrestrial salamander (the aquatic one for a later time!). These critters grow to about 13 inches in total length. They range from southern B.C, through western WA and OR, and into northern CA and northern Idaho. They are not found on the Olympic Peninsula where a closely related species, Cope’s
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