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WILD magazine - Nov 2008


Summary of the November 2008 Issue of WILD Magazine

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Cover

 

Critters in Costume 

You may only dress up as someone else once a year at Halloween, but several animals — and plants, too — try their best to look like a different creature all the time. They’re called mimics, and they’ve adopted that appearance to help them find food . . . or escape becoming food for someone else!

you asked

 

You Asked

How many different types of snakes are there in the world? And how did the dodo bird become extinct?

get to know

 

Get to Know

Check out the beautiful art and thoughtful writing by the winners of the annual Robert Bateman contest. 

poster

 

Poster

It’s the agouti, a big South American rodent.

eye spy

 

Eye Spy

Many Canadian birds are feeling the effects of a warming climate, so they’re changing their habits. Meet some of them and learn what’s happening.

game zone
 

 

Game Zone 

wild bunch

 

Wild Bunch

When a rock slide almost hits the Wild Bunch, it also reveals ancient secrets in the stone of Quebec’s Miguasha region.

Moose and weasel

Moose & Weasel

Our forest friends discover that mimicking other animals has its good — and not-so-good — parts.

 

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