Tuesday Traps 4-15-08
Today was another great day; the weather was fantastic. There is still a little snow on the ground and in the morning, the water is iced over. Today our goal was to survey the land area and put small mammal traps together. Right now we are trapping voles and mice to see how climate changes are affecting smaller mammals. Here is a little background on why we are trapping the mammals: the winters are lasting longer and the ground is usually covered in ice or snow and that reduces the food sources and hiding places for the mammals. For example, the snowshoe hare (a rabbit) turns white in November and then brown again in April—why do you think it turns white? Because there is no snow on the ground in November, it is white and stands out—making it easier for predators to spot it. The mammals we might trap are in a desperate situation because they have been frantically searching for food. They are trying to avoid being dinner for a larger mammal and their hiding spots are difficult to find because either there is snow or the grass has died or been eaten (usually they use tall grass). The traps we are using are not going to hurt them. We are putting lots of hay in the traps for insulation (to keep them warm until we release them). The weather still gets in the low teens (below 20 degrees) at night so they will need that warmth. We also added seeds and some apple. The seeds are for nutrition (food) and the apple is for a source of water. I really hope we are able to trap a few animals. It will show us where they live and their condition (how hungry they are). If they are caught, they have a free meal and a warm place to sleep and they don’t have to worry about being eaten that night! Don’t worry—we are releasing them exactly where we found them—we have to mark the exact spot where we trapped them. You guys have asked some fabulous questions and have made some really intelligent questions. I will try to get your answers quickly. I miss you guys and hope you really enjoy the lab!!!! I’ve made a couple of videos for you. Enjoy them!!!
posted by mrskrekeler @ 7:34 PM
68 Comments:
Hi Mrs. Krekeler sounds like you are having fun. I read that you saw a muscrat. What does it look like? *:)
*KR2
1st period tt
I can not see the video but we are trying to figure out how. I think it is very interesting how the rabbit turns colors in the different months just to be camoflage. I think it is good how you are trapping the animals to help them stay warm and get more food. I usually think trapping is bad but in your case it is acturally helpful and you are returning them were you found them. It must be very cold and there must be tons of snow. I miss you to and hope you are having a good time. We are having fun here and Mrs. Evenson has been good figuring out how to work things.
1st period tt
Hey mrs krekler
are the traps going to hurt the animals.What other type of animals are you traping.
PS3
Hello Mrs. Krekler
What tybe of animals are you going to catch.
EO
Have you seen animals that died of starvation yet?
Hell Mrs. Krekler
What are voles?
EO, Period 2
Are you catching small or big animals.
EO
what up mrs. krekeler??? how is nova scotia? i hope you have been having fun. what has been the hungaryest animal of all of the animals? thanks-
CR 2
Hey mrs. krekeler, whats up. I was wondering about how the animals are and how hungery they are. I wish that I was with you.
RR period 2
mrs krekler
have you seen any dead animals because of starvation.
PS2
hi mrs. krekeler hope your still having fun in Nova Schosha what kind of animals do you expect to catch with your traps big mediuim or small and what species?
zm period 2
Heyy,
it seems like u are having fun!
and of corse that is always good. =]
i was just wondering have you found any animals that u think have died due to not having enough food?
well lets me know. hope u are having a good time.
=]
DN Period 2
hey ms krekeler!
i hope u are enjoying your time.
=]
have you expercencied any big wether changes?
if so what kind?
well let me know
thanks =]
DN Period 2
Ms.Krekeler!! Whats going on in Nova Scotia?
In your post you said you were trapping voles and mices. What on earth is a vole?? I hope you have a nother fantastic day! Happy trapping!!
MW2
how would the snow affect how animals get thier food? wouldnt the snow cause the plants/animals to not grow/not stay??
CM per. 2
How big are the cages? Is there food in the cages so that the animals will notice it and go inside?
how do the mamals survive without food? how do they find food? TK period 2
that would be cool if you captured a fox or a porcipine! and if you found a skunk but that would be a bad thing. rw period 2
you are so lucky your in the snow evern though its been fairly cold in houston while you have been gone and why are the animmals in such a desperate need for food.
RC1
ms. kreckler im puzzled as to how you test how hungrey an animal is.
your pics are so cool. we can't see the movie but the pictures work for now. It's interesting that frogs a cold blooded creature can survive a cold inviorment.
from MED3
dsperiod3
Hey mrs.krekler hows the trip?? how can you tell if the animal is hungry or not???
I am happy that you will be releasing the animals in the same place you find them. If you did not they could be confused on where they are and what to do. Cant wait to see you and hear all about your experiances. Kg,4th period
Hey mrs. K! im glad thae so happy you are having a great time. I think the mamals are going to be so happy that they have a nice safe place with free food to spend the night at. I think it is so great that you are tring to help out the sweet animals. I think that it is so cool that the hairs change colors for camofloge.
RAH 4th
hey mrs.k!!!
how are you? we are havining fun playing the rock cycle game? for some reason we couldn't see the frog video, but we really want to see it! isnt the rabbit white so it can camafloge into the snow? the crayon lab really seems like fun!!!! so i figured out that nova scoita is in canada? trust me we have been good to the sub no tricks!
rlh period 4
I think that it is very kind that you are catching the animals where it wont cause them harm. It means a lot to me and to the animals that they get food liqud and warmth. thanks.
KM period 4
it is amazing how animals survive. i wish you were here.
I.T. 4th period
that is so cool! i cant believe they can survive! have lots of fun!
D.A. 4 period
hello, I really like your respose and i hope you can catch some anamials and take some pictures for us. I was telling my mom you were in Nova Scotia and I for got the name. So i said you were in Navasota. Oh well, I told her the croectt place...I hope you have fun!!
xoxo
mw5
we didy got the frog vid but im looking forward to walching it good luck on ur trip we miss u
hello, I really like your respose and i hope you can catch some anamials and take some pictures for us. I was telling my mom you were in Nova Scotia and I for got the name. So i said you were in Navasota. Oh well, I told her the croectt place...I hope you have fun!!
xoxo
mw5
Im so glad that you are having so much fun. We miss you so much. and I am looking foward to the frog video. I hope you see alot of intersting stuff. Good luck and good bye.
SB 5th
That is really cool how you keep the animals for one night and give them a safe place to sleep and eat. You do have to go through a lot of work to get the animals back exactly where they were when you trapped them. I wonder how the animals are affected by the climate changes. That is really interesting!
km period 7
That is so cool how you give the animals a safe, warm, adn also give them a meal. How do you keep track of all of the different places you trapped the animals? i think it would be pretty hard.
FT Period: 5
Hi Mrs. Krekeler
Missing you. We played the Rock Cycle Game today, its so much fun but also a little bit boring because the Earth Proccessing Card were reshuffling again and again.
I'm really glad you are having fun there and we are missing you here!
Did you saw anything else in Nova Scotia? Keep Blogging.
rg3
I think it is really cool that the rabbits can change the color of their fur, but how do they do it?
EGN
It's good that you're putting them right where you captured them so they don't get lost and won't be able to get back. Are they're any fish in Nova Scotia?
A.T. 1st period
Heyyy Mrs.Krekeler!!!
That really sounds interesting and fun!! when are you actually going to catch the mammals? We are having fun with our substitute Ms Evensen but we really miss you. Hope you are having fun!!
AP period:3
Hey Mrs. Krekeler!
Sounds interesting+fun. That bunny is smart!
SB per. 2
Hi again!!
That is one cool frog in your picture and what is it called?
I also want to know more about the animals that you catch because it is very interesting when I was reading about the Snow Shoe Hare and how were you able to catch it without it getting away?
TN Per. 3
hey! it looks so cool up there! today we played the rock cycle game and it was FUN! CANT WAIT FOR you toget back! am4
hey mrs. Krekeler,
i feel sorry for the animals because they are really scared and probably think they are going to get killed in a trap. But it makes me feel better to know that you are going to be returning them where you found them. Its better for them to be caught by you than to be another animals dinner.
R.L. period 5
Hey
How are we going to make rocks out of crayons? Why is an apple a source of nutrition for them? WE didn't do the lab today. WE did the rock cycle game. By the way we can't see the pictures.
SM 1st period
hey mrs.krekeler!!!! wow, nova scotia sounds like a fun place to visit some day, mainly because of the animals :D and thats awesome how a rabbit can camoflauge the way it does!! :D i wish i could do that :) but yeah, hope u have fun in canada! and post more videos! and the crayon lab should be fun, but i wish u were here 2 do it with us ): o well, heres a crayon made out of the internet!!! :D
crayon--- <(( Crayola (()
ok, bai bai! xoxo
-- M.s.C 4th!!
Hi Mrs.Krekeler !!
Does the rabbits changes color naturally ?
SH p.2
I'm glad you are having fun. Also I'm excited to fin out what animals you will catch. I think rabbits that change colors are very strange but cool. I'm glad the traps you set up won't hurt them. Do you miss Milli?
LS
Period1
Dear Mrs.Krekeler
your whole trip sounds fun but i still dont really get why you are trapping the animals. But i guess its good for them since they will get a warm place to stay and some good food to eat. Do they really not live in a suitable enviorment?
Cant wait till you get back
eh1
how a snow rabbit turns white in teh winter is cool. voles, are they rodents?
As Per 4
It is really cool that you are keeping the animals warm and giving them the food and everything. you are basicly saving one life at a time. i hope you catch a lot and are having a great time. i wonder if some of the animals know that you are trying to help them so they get food. anyway we are learning a lot in science. hope to see you soon!!!!!
kt period 3
Hey ms krekeler,
Wow! Thats really cold, I would be miserable in that weather. I think its really cool that the hair knows to change colors by the way. Are you going to trap larger animals too, or just small mamamls?
A.D.W 4th
Is it fun trapping animals all day? Well I know it's not all day, but most of it. It's a really good thing that you keep the animals warm, because you don't want to be the one getting in trouble for them not being satisfied.
What other animals will you be catching?
JL 1st Period
hey mrs. krekeler
it sounds like you are having a blast there! its sounds so cool that you are trapping differnt kinds of animals and recording the data. cant wait to here more! see you soon!
cb period 3
hey Mrs.Krekeler
sounds like you are having a blast in nova scotia. cant wait to hear more on the animals that you have been seeing there!!
cb peiord 3
That is so interesting I would have never guessed that is why rabbits change their fur color! At first I thought that catching the animals would be bad, but now that I hear about it I see that actually it is keeping them healthy and safe!
MM Period 1
Mrs.Krekler,
That is so cool how the rabbits change color when it is winter to blind in to protect themselfes. also that is very smart to put hay in the trap to keep the warm i would have never thought of that I would have just set the trap and leave then come back the next morning. I am glade that they ore going to get set free even though they are so cute I would have a hard time letting it go of it. Also it is nice to feed them a meal I would have not thought of that either. Your the best ttl (talk to you later)
MK Period 1
nm5 dear mrs krekler i was just wondering how can you tell what is granite and what is crystal.
Hello Mrs.Krekeler I saw in Internet in the winter, some kinds of hare finsh change hair their
new hair color is black or brown
because black and brown hair is
more useful then the white hair
for absorb a heat then I think maybe we cut that hare's hair and
make a cold that part maybe the
hare have a new hair color is
black or brown (but I think this experimentation is dangerous for a
hare.)
Period1 TSP
I saw in Internet in the winter, some kinds of hare finsh change hair their
new hair color is black or brown
because black and brown hair is
more useful then the white hair
for absorb a heat then I think maybe we cut that hare's hair and
make a cold that part maybe the
hare have a new hair color is
black or brown (but I think this experimentation is dangerous for a
hare.
TSP Period 1
How does climate change affect smaller mammals?
Smaller mammals eat plants . So if the climate change than the plants might get affected .if the plants get affected than the smaller mammals coud get effected.
msc_4th
Hi ms.k hope you are having fun in novia scotia. How does the rabbit change his fur?
WB1
hi mrs krekeler. Why does the weather affect there color? I hope that your traps work.
CZ1
HI Mrs. Krekeler. How do they chang color? Do the traps kill the animals? I hope not. Hope you catch some animals.
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' ' -Im a Mean Vole!
VVV
GB1
hey mrs krekler sounds like ur having a goodtime have you seen any dead animals and would the larger mammils be able to get in the traps
mk 2
are the traps going to hurt the animals
VH2
Are the traps going to hurt the animals? What are going to be eating, are they to have to be on a certain diet? Lk per3
Wow it is really cold there! I think it is really great that you are all trying to help the animals. I hope you are having a really awesome time. We all miss you down here.
JA Period 5
I think that the snowshoe hare turns white to camoflage with the snow and ice on the ground durning winter and brown durning the hot climats so as to blend in with the dirt. Do you think the rabbit knows that it should wait some more untill winter passes so it won't get eaten, or are they not that smart?
xoxo,
SP5
Hi Mrs. Krekeler!
I love it when it snows! You must be having a lot of fun! The poor snowshoe hare is being affected by global warming! This is really bad now they stand out a lot! That is cool that there hair changes color in November and August! Do they shed it or does it just change color like hair aging on a human?
MJ5
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