Native+Animals+in+North+America


 * The wood duck of North Carolina is one of the most colorful of North American waterfowl. Males have red eyes and are more colorful around the face. The females are less colorful and have whitish necks. When swimming both male and female bob their heads back and forth in a jerking motion. Their breeding habitat is wooded swamps, shallow lakes, marshes or ponds, and creeks in eastern North American, the west coast of the United States and western Mexico. Unlike most ducks mood ducks have sharp claws to nest in trees. **

**The Banker Horse is a breed living on the Outer Banks in North Carolina. There not natives of the Outer Banks. They weigh between 800-1****,000 pounds. Descended from Spanish horses and probably brought to the Americas in the 16th century. They are commonly calm and gentle. They are small, compact horses. They are also eager to learn and easy to train. The Outer Bank horses are not commonly found alone they usually travel in packs.**



The Painted Turtle lives in slow moving fresh water and is from southern Canada to Louisiana and Northern Mexico, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Younger turtles are carnivores and, older turtles are herbivores. They are the most wide spread native turtle of North America. The Painted Turtle lives up to 20 years. The inch long hatchlings can live even through being frozen. They existed 15 million years ago.

The black bear is native to North America. The black bear is the continents smallest and most common bear species. You can even see them in zoos. Their omnivores-diet varies on the season. They live in large forests. Sometimes they are attracted to human communities because the immediate source of food (meaning they will attack if you enter their territory)