Animal Adventures North America

Animal Adventures
North America

North America has a wide variety of different biomes including deserts, coral reefs, forests, and tundras. North America is as diverse in topography as it is in climates ranging from mountains in Alaska that reach elevations of 20,310 ft (6190.5 m) to Death Valley in California, which at 282ft (86m) below sea level is the lowest point on the continent. At 9,540,000 square miles (24,709,000 km²) it is the third largest continent on the planet behind Asia and Africa. North America is home to the largest freshwater lake in the world, Lake Superior, and the largest island in the world, Greenland.

Bobcat

Bobcats are nocturnal and sneaky, so they are pretty rarely seen by humans. They are able to live in a wide variety of environments including deserts, swamps, forests, and even suburbs. Bobcats primarily use stealth to hunt by hiding themselves from their target...

Bottlenose Dolphin

Bottlenose dolphins are highly communicative and use a combination of vocal communication and body language. Each dolphin even creates its own unique whistle when it’s born that it uses to identify itself. Bottlenose dolphins are very social and have been observed...

Brown Bear

Brown bears hibernate during the winter in order to avoid the cold weather and scarcity of food. In order to prepare, they spend pretty much all of their time during autumn eating so they can store enough fat on their body to get through the winter. During...

Bull Shark

Like other sharks, bull sharks need to constantly have salt in their bodies in order to survive, which is why they only live in saltwater. But bull sharks have special adaptations that help them store salt in their bodies, giving them the ability to spend some...

California Quail

California quails are very social birds. They typically travel in groups of 25 to 40 but coveys of over 1000 quails have been reported. They spend most of their time on land and only fly for very short distances but when they do they can reach speeds of 38-58 miles...

Canada Goose

Canada geese migrate south every winter in order to be in warmer locations with more food. They fly in a V-formation which helps them conserve energy for this long trip. This formation is so efficient that a flock of Canada geese can fly up to 1,500 miles (2,414...

Cane Toad

Cane toads are poisonous in every stage of life from egg, to tadpole, to adult. As adults, they ooze poison out of glands by the sides of their eyes and are also able to squirt it at targets like a water gun. Cane toads don’t drink water. Instead, they get all the...

Common Loon

The common loon's name was based on its clumsy awkward walk on land. Common loons have one mate that they stay with for their entire lives. They make a variety of strange noises from wails to yodels and are especially vocal during mating season when they’re...

Common Octopus

Because octopi don't have skeletons they are able to manipulate their bodies to fit into super tight spaces. In addition to their malleability they are also able to change colors in order to camouflage with their environment. When hiding and blending in aren’t...

Coyote

Coyotes are primarily nocturnal but can sometimes be seen during the daytime. They don’t typically form big packs like wolves do and instead prefer to hunt alone, in pairs, or as a family. Coyotes are very opportunistic. Even though they can dig their own dens...