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the forest floor: a moose bed! There was
moose fur — whole tufts of it left behind from
the moose rubbing hard on the ground. In the
fur were crawling ticks; more than she could
count. “The life cycle of ticks no longer gets
interrupted, and it’s a problem for moose,
humans, and other mammals they feed upon,” Want to connect with deer,
says Spikol. “An adult moose can have 45,000 otters, bears, or moose without
ticks. The moose population is declining from even seeing them?
the moose tick.” Spikol wrote The Animal
Adventurer’s Guide to help
Spikol’s message for young people? families with children as young as
“I would love for them to slow down and five become one with wildlife in
look at the everyday wildlife around them,” their neighborhoods by finding
she says. “Spend time with it — observing, things they leave behind—things
listening. Gather information and share like footprints, teeth marks, and
it. Encourage others to go out and see (her favorite) poop!
the natural world and what is happening,
for themselves.”
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