B Dazzle Forest Animals Scramble Squares 9 Piece Puzzle

• B Dazzle Forest Animals Scramble Squares 9 Piece Puzzle.

Forest Animals Scramble Squares The temperate forests of North America are either deciduous, meaning that their trees lose their leaves in Fall and regrow them in Spring and boreal, having cold-tolerant evergreen conifers with needle-like leaves. The raccoon is a familiar and abundant mammal living near water throughout North and South America and in a few tropical islands. They live in a variety of habitats, including marshes, forests, prairies, cities, and suburbs. These nocturnal (active at night) animals have a life span of about 6 years in the wild. Raccoons have adapted well to the rapid changes made in their habitat during the 20th Century and today are seen even in cities, scavenging in t cans for food. The raccoon is stocky but agile, with thick, grayish fur and a bushy tail, ringed with black bands. Its pointed face is characterized by its familiar black "bandit" across its eyes. A porcupine is a thick set animal of the rodent family which inhabit forests, deserts, and grasslands of North and South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. It is slow and clumsy, but climbs trees readily to feed on buds, twigs and bark. In summer, it also feeds on roots and stems of flowering s and even on some crops. A prickly coat of needle-sharp quills protects the porcupine from its natural enemies. Normally, the quills lay flat, but when an enemy approaches, the porcupine will raise the quills and spread them, usually deterring the enemy. If the enemy attacks, the quills lodge into its when it makes contact with the porcupine. The porcupine cannot throw its quills, as is sometimes believed. The skunk is a member of the weasel family and is the smelliest of all mammals! A skunk is easily recognized by the two white stripes that run the length of its black back and join at its head. Skunks have small heads and eyes, long pointed snouts, short legs and bushy tails. They are slow-moving animals, poor climbers, excellent diggers and are nocturnal. The