Ranger Rick articles from November 2001

Ranger Rick archives from November 2001

What a Turkeys!(behavior and physiology of turkeys)
November 1, 2001... Watch this show-offy bird. He's one wild guy, trying to attract a mate. All American Bird Wild turkeys are true all-American birds. When the first European settlers arrived here, they found lots of wild turkeys in the wilderness. And...

WATCHDOGS AND OTHER STUCK-ON ART.(children's art project)
November 1, 2001... Ramona Otto is all about word play. After making her two "Watchdogs" (see photo, far right), she found another dog-shaped lawn ornament. She's covering that one with good-luck charms and lucky pennies. She calls it You Lucky Dog. Wait,...

Animail.(use of pigeons, ponies, camels, dogs and mules to transport mail and needed items)
November 1, 2001... When Harry Potter needs to get an important message delivered, he asks Hedwig, his owl, to do the job. Around the world, many kinds of animals have delivered the mail. Here are just a few. PRETTY FAST PONIES People have used horses to...

Ask Scarlett.(laughter and animals; wasps and centipedes)
November 1, 2001... Do animals laugh? Cain R., Virginia Ha-ha, that's a funny question! You laugh, of course. Your closest animal relatives, the great apes, laugh too. If you tickled a chimp, you'd hear a panting sound that means the same thing as...

Talented Trunks.(elephants trained to make art work and play instruments)
November 1, 2001... In a far-off land, unemployed elephants are "paying their way" with art and music. This is tons of fun! At an elephant center in the country of Thailand, these big animals and their people helpers make BIG paintings. Each elephant has...

ELEPHANT OR ELEFAKE?(physiological differences between Asian and African elephants)
November 1, 2001... Bet you've seen lots of cartoon drawings of elephants. Guess what--a lot of those elephants are eleFAKES. There are two kinds of elephants, Asian and African. Each kind has different-shaped body parts. But some cartoonists get them mixed...

PUMPKIN PLAY.(pictures of animals and people with pumpkins and pumpkin-themed articles of clothing)
November 1, 2001... Pumpkins aren't just for making pies and jack-o-lanterns anymore. Take a look at some new pumpkin fun! PUMPKIN PARTY Mort, a fruit bat, is hanging around waiting his turn to eat cooked pumpkin from a jack-o-lantern at a zoo. ...

Ready...Set...Glide.(flying frogs)
November 1, 2001... This google-eyed guy is one of four kinds of flying frogs. Check out those big toes with webbed skin between them. They're not for swimming--they're for flying! Sure, birds fly. Bats too. But have you ever heard of flying FROGS? Let's take...

Dear Ranger Rick.
November 1, 2001... VULTURES! I enjoyed the article in last month's issue about vultures. I saw a lot of them at the White Clay Creek Preserve near my home. There, a ranger leads a nature walk to look at a deer graveyard. That's where they put the bodies of...