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- Wolfs and coyotes are found along the Oregon Trail and Yellow Stone.
- There are 20 peaks found in yellow stone.
- There is a canyon 20 miles long.
- There are more than 3,000 Bison in Yellow Stone.
- Rhode Island and Delaware could fit into yellow stone with room left over.
- Yellow Stone is like a huge volcano.
- 700 oxen, 800 loose cattle could fit into one large wagon, with room.
- A male Bison weighs about 2,000 pounds, or a ton.
- Yellow Stone is 31 thousand square miles.
- Coyotes live to around six years.
- Adult coyotes weigh 30 pounds and are 22 inches long.
- An adult wolf in 64 inches tall.
- Coyotes ears are much larger than the wolf.
- The wolf has a small muzzle compared to the rest of the body.
- The coyote will try to get you to feel sorry for it by rolling and whining on the ground.
- The Oregon Trail is grass in open prairie. It was not a real road.People refer to the Oregon Trail as an ocean, with the flowing grass.
- Wyoming makes up a good portion of the Oregon trail then most other states.
- A lot of people were moving west because of the gold rush and the amazing land.
- Coyote's front teeth are incisors.
- A giant tooth in the Coyote mouth is called a canine tooth.
- The tooth in the back of the mouth for a coyote is called a molar. But there molars are not flat, they are raised.
- A wolf could eat 80 quarter pound hamburgers in 10 minuets. That is 20 pound sin only 10 minuets. They do this because there are animals that are larger than them and they want to claim there food. They eat all of there food in one time .
- There can be 4 -24 wolfs in one pack.
- A coyote has different coats for different kinds of weather.
- Both a wolf and a coyote are both interested in the same kind of animal for hunting.
- Wolfs live in a very social bunch.
- A larger wagon require an animal that can pull the weight.
- Multiple small wagons would be a smart idea if you can afford that amount.
- Everyone walks except for the sick and babies.
- When you do one thing to the ecosystem, something will happen to you in return.
- You will have to sift bugs out of your flour because they attract.
- When you leave for the Oregon Trail, you will have to leave family and friends behind.
- A lot of people got sick and died from UN-sanitary conditions.
- As we walk down the Oregon Trail, you will see many grave markers.
- In summer the grass is not green, it is a brown.
- Instead of wood for fuel, they will use buffalo chips.
- Wagons travel apart unless there is sandstone of limestone.
- In the middle of the prairie there are snakes and bugs. Specifically, rattlesnakes.
- In the prairie, there are mosquitoes the size of hummingbirds. And there is no bug spray.
- It can be hard to bring wagons down hill. They hand to unhook the animal crates, or the animal wagon attached to the wagon, to move the wagon faster down the hill. But many small animals ride next to the wagons, and each wagon is responsible for there own animal.
- Some people were assigned to lead the group on horses.
- They would eat every bit of the black bear. Or any animal.
- Food could last for 5-6 months.
- They would use buffalo fat as bug repellent.
- Many people fear the black bear more. The black bear will attach to kill, where as the grizzly bear would only bite and claw.
- People were annoyed by biting flies on the Oregon trail.
- Badgers live by themselves.
- Badgers have a white stripe from there nose to there shoulders.
- Badgers weigh 6-12 lb. But in the winter the stuff themselves to weigh 20lb.
- You skin the badger, then cook the meat over the fire. But there are many others ways to cook it and to cook it into.
- The meat on a badgers taste more like game animals.
- Guard hair on a coyote is the first layer.
- Badgers are related to skunks.
- Grey wolfs are so tall that if it's front paws were on Mr.Solarz' shoulders, and Mr. Solarz' hands are in the air, he would be touching the wolves nose/snout.
- Wolves have feet that are like snow shoes. They have webbed feet.
- There are badgers all over the world. Honey badgers are found right along the Oregon Trail.
- You will not see mountain lions and wolverines.
- Wolverines are related to badgers.
- Lichen will grow 3.1 millimeters a year.
- Lichen is used in perfume, medicine, and dies and has been used for thousands of year.
- Lichen was on earth before the dinosaurs.
- Deer eat lichen.
- Eagles could eat a deer.
- Eagles have a scaly leg, which makes it look like they are wearing socks. They help when landing on water.
- People were walking on the Oregon Trail 170 years ago.
Reflection
This was such a fun and interesting skype. I really learned a lot about the problems that will accrue during our trip down the Oregon Trail. We will be expecting many things and will know how to treat them. I am so glad and happy that Richard Chapman took time to explain and talk to us about the Oregon Trail.