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Wild turkeys engage in fights to establish dominance; it may cause them to act similarly in urban settings.
A morel mushroom that grew through a hole in a gnawed hickey nut is then picked by a morel hunter.
A white-tailed deer who recently shed his antlers eats lichens from a concrete lid on a wastewater tank, not the concrete. Reindeer live on lichens during some seasons.
A small boxelder trunk has been debarked and partially eaten by hungry gray squirrels.
A wild ruffed grouse, which attacked a farmer-deer hunter in his deer stand, came without fear into the farm yard and approached the same farmer.
A white pine explodes when hit by a lightning strike, not from freezing sap.
Two rooster ring-necked pheasants fight for dominance while a hen, out of sight, waits for the winner.
We don’t usually see all the reactions and movements that wild plants, animals and mushrooms make and do, and are subjected to. So when a tree explodes from being hit by lightning it seems freaky.
Jerry Davis
Jerry Davis is a freelance outdoors writer. Contact him at sivadjam@mhtc.net or 608-924-1112 for more information.
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