What is your favorite wildlife animal/animals in North America? I find the bison and wild horses to

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both be majestic. What about you? All wildlife can be included--land. water and air.

[Ocelot II]

1. Mountain lions.

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3. Agree. When I was at Penn State we called them Nittany Lions from the Nittany Mts.

[MiHale]

2. The Common Loon

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16. Yes, very beautiful

[BOSSHOG]

4. Alligators

We went on several swamp tours in South Louisiana. Alligators are awesome and scary. Neat to see them approach your boat, seeing almost nothing but eyes until the tour guide feeds them. The stuff of nightmares.

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17. We went to the Everglades in Florida. They had walkways over the swamp. It was odd that no one was

attacked. They were huge.

[2naSalit]

5. Grey wolf...

Grizzly bear.

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19. Wolves are very beautiful creatures. We have one around here, with coyotes ) and I live near

Pittsburgh.

[2naSalit]

23. Cool...

They should be in a lot of places where are not. I was blessed for several years b y living near a pack and I got to hear them sing at night and track them on skis during the day. They are a keystone species and should be seen as such.

[multigraincracker]

6. The Opossum.

Very sweet little creature. I have handled them in the wild, after some training. They live a short lifespan of only a few years and not a rabbis vector because of their low blood temperature.

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20. I had one in my garbage can, I tthought he was sleeping but he wasn't. So I hauled the can down to

the woods and let him out,

[Demobrat]

7. Chipmunks

I like cute little fuzzy things.

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21. I know they are so cute.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

8. White-tailed deer.

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22. We have them around here too.

[elleng]

9. Osprey

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10158034250534610&set=a.10155009300259610

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24. Beautiful.

[we can do it]

10. Pikas, Mountain Goats, Bison

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25. Love mountain goats and bison. I have to look up pikas--not to sure what they are,

[we can do it]

36. Super cute, kinda hard to see on higher elevation hikes.

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38. How cute! They remind me of guinea pigs.

[DBoon]

11. coyotes

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27. We have some in my Pittsburgh neighborhood, Were told the follow the electricity lines from out west

[GP6971]

12. Black Tail Deer

here in the PNW. They're daily visitors to the old apple tree just off our property. And the new fawns this year are getting big.

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33. Are they like the white tail? They sound unique.

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35. Not really sure.

They're prolific out here, but I don't think they're anything special.

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40. We don't have any black tails in Western PA. Just the white tail.

[Diamond_Dog]

13. Rabbits.

They’re so cute and innocuous.

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32. So calm and peaceful too

[Sneederbunk]

14. prairie dogs.

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31. I think we call them groundhogs here, But I might be mistaken,

[Mr.Bill]

15. The Red Tailed Hawks in Northern California,

The Seals in the San Francisco Bay, The Otters in Monterey Bay.

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30. All unique.

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42. We have eagles(local station has a an eagle cam) wild turkeys, falcons, around here.

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18. Elk, wolves & grizzly bears...

& yes I spend a lot of time in Yellowstone.

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28. Been to Yellowstone. I was going to ask you if you lived near there before I read your full post.

Beautiful animals and area,

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39. Lived & worked in SLC, about 325 miles away...

for most of my life since 1976 it was 3-4 days at a time, but when I became my own boss it expanded to 5-8 days at a time.

In '76 I was 31 years old. Since then I have spent approximately 1- 1/14 years of my life there, and knew many of the trout by name.

It is my very favorite place in the world.

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45. I can't remember but are the warning signs written in foreign languages?

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I had to stop a man from breaking the coating on the hot,sulfur water. He kept on trying to break the coating. I was afraid he would serously hurt himself, so I took his hand and firmly said no.

[Polly Hennessey]

26. I have looked at all the replies and decided

I am in awe of all wildlife. 🐎🐾🐿️🦉🦬🦌🐾

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29. Polly, yes and they should all be respected,

[Prairie_Seagull]

34. All the land animals are fantasitc, but, come on you knew there was a but.

My favorites are aquatic. The dolphin/porpoise , the giant manta ray and the wolf eel. All have accompanying stories but I will save you those for another time.

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37. The dolphin/ purpoise, manta eel are great. Can't comment on the wolf eel, as I am not faniliar with

them.

[Prairie_Seagull]

43. This is not an attractive fish but they are awe inspiring especially when seen free swimming.

I saw 3 free swimming together like they were on guard duty, 2 of which had to be over 10 feet long and one smaller one. I'll stop.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf_eel

[Alpeduez21]

41. I think mountain lions are amazing

I want to see one live but I kinda don't want to see one because if I can see it then it can see me. That's a scary thought.

It may sound trite but I really enjoy gray squirrels. I like watching them chase each other through trees. It's really cool to see them cross the street on a power line.

If we are talking land, water and air then it has to be a Mallard duck. They hit em all.

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44. At college, when we camped out, we heard them but never seen them. Nittany Lions are named after the

Nittany Mts in Central PA. They are mountain lions. I like the gray squirrels too. I like there playful nature. They were not as big as an African lion, but I wouldn't want to tangle with one.Also the males do not have a mane.

[Jrose]

46. Golden Eagle, Mountain Lion and Beaver...

Hope they continue to thrive in face of the acceleration of climate change.

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53. Me too.

[Emile]

47. Otters

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52. They are so playful

[marmar]

48. Peregrine Falcon

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51. Beautiful

[Niagara]

49. My favorite list of wildlife animal that is or was native in North America.

The Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) Cougar, Red Tiger, Puma, Catamount, Panther...this majestic creatures go by 40 different names.



The Jaguar (Panthera onca). These beauties are still in areas of Nevada, Utah, Arizona, N.M. and Texas.



The handsome Bobcat (Lynx rufus).



The Jaguarundi. This cat has a weasel shaped face. Sometimes still found in Texas.



The breathtaking Gray Wolf (Canis lupus).



My local neighborhood Cardinals, Blue Jays, Hummingbirds, Baltimore Orioles, Finches, Squirrels, Rabbits, Opossums and Foxes.



The extinct American Lion. Once lived in both North and South America. This particular lion was larger than the African Lion.

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54. All beautiful and unique animals.

[thatcrowwoman]

50. Crows. (go figure, eh?) Bears. Chipmunks. Trout. And too many birds to mention.

There are more chipmunks on the mountain than I’ve ever encountered anywhere else.
I’m pretty sure we have Ewoks, too, though they aren’t technically North American, and I’ve only caught glimpses from the corner of my eyes near the rhododendron thickets.
🕊thatcrowwoman

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55. I love chipmunks, they are so small, furry and cuddly. Somehow I knew about the crows.