Snow Tracking
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007 at 4:06 pm (Natural Mystery, photo, tracking)
So I know this is a bit out of season, but todays natural mystery comes to your from central vermont, in February of 2005.
These four clean tracks were made in a light dusting of snow on top of about 1/2“ of crust crossing a big field.
Here are a couple questions to try out:
1) Which way was the animal going?
2) Which tracks are the front paws, and which are the rear?
3) How many toes does this animal have?
4) What is the general shape of the tracks? Triangular? Circular? Oval?
5) Can you see claw marks? How many?
6) What animal made these tracks?
If you come up with answers, let me know!
SR Says:
August 22nd, 2007 at 1:23 pm
1) The animal is going leftwards
2) I’m guessing the ones on the right are the back paws
3) The animal has five toes, but only 4 hit the ground (haha, tricky.)
4) Circular tracks
5) I see claw marks 4 at each foot for each toe
5) It’s a doggy!… Right?
-Spring Rhythm