Tracking Animals by Reading Tracks

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Tracking animals becomes somewhat easier when they leave their prints in freshly fallen snow.
Tracking animals becomes somewhat easier when they leave their prints in freshly fallen snow.
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Without even seeing the tail, a skilled tracker would know a raccoon passed this way.
Without even seeing the tail, a skilled tracker would know a raccoon passed this way.
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The parts of an animal track.
The parts of an animal track.
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Diagram shows distinguishing features of animal gaits.
Diagram shows distinguishing features of animal gaits.
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Signature tracks of nine animals.
Signature tracks of nine animals.

Blest with a Magic Power is he,
Drinks deep where others sipped;
And Wild Things write their lives for him
In endless manuscript.

-Ernest Thompson Seton
(“The Trailer”)

  • Published on Jan 1, 1989
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