Our Animal Neighbors (1977, 2nd ed)

hey Sherry don't you get tired just riding your bike around uh-huh don't you get tired just sitting on the steps Jason uh-huh what do we do I'll tell you what to do come with me we'll visit some of our animal neighbors hey are you [Music] okay hey look at that big nest where in the tree oh I see could be a squirrel's Nest I think it is a squirrel's Nest Sherry squirrels I thought squirrels living in holes like the one in that tree H sometimes uh they make their nest in the holes or br branches of trees that's where their babies are born squirrels are born in trees oh yes they spend most of their lives in trees uh they're safer there than they are on the ground dogs and cats and other animals can't get at them when they're up in the branches squirrels manage very well in trees look at that one hey it's upside down wow I couldn't do that you could if you had claws like squirrels squirrels live almost everywhere that trees grow don't they rabbit M just about they live in City neighborhoods and in the country too can I feed it no leave wild animals alone but it's looking for something H probably a nut or an acorn that's what they like best see it it found one by itself hey come here look at that chipmunk eating peanuts that's quite a treat for a chipmunk is that really a chipmunk it looks like a squirrel yes it's a it's a chipmunk but uh they are related looks like it has some mums yeah it's stuffing peanuts in its cheeks uh maybe it'll store some nuts for the winter in its cheeks no silly in its home it will eat them when food is hard to find like in the winter Chipmunks do look like squirrels uh but the smaller and it has stripes hey rabbit do chipmunks live in trees like squirrels no uh they live in Burrows what's a burrow well a burrow is a hole or a tunnel in the ground that an animal makes into its home the entrance to that chipmunk burrow is probably under that log that's a weird animal it's got things growing on its back that's an apostle and those things are her baby that she's carrying some AP possums carry their babies in pouches like kangaroos do what's that it looks like a big chipmunk but look at all those stripes that's a 13 line ground squirrel but uh most people just call it a gopher I like gopher I don't I like 13 lined ground squirrel the name tells you they have 13 lines on their back they live in the ground and they belong to the squirrel family hey where is it it's there but its color and Stripes make it hard to see being hard to see protects it from enemies that's called camouflage oo a rabbit look at those ears oh excuse me oh that's all right Sherry our long ears help us hear better here comes a dog that's Mr Peterson's dog we're on his property now you think he's going to chase the rabbit looks like the rabbit's not taking any chances well uh she might be a mother with a nest of babies nearby sometimes rabbits fool dangerous animals by Leading them away from their babies we're smarter than you think do you think we could find a nest we could look but it's probably not in the direction she's running I found it oh wow they must have just been born they aren't even as big as my little finger and they don't even have their eyes open and no fur don't they get cold no the mother lined the nest with her fur look at that another Nest uh these are older rabbits they're almost ready to leave home and go off on their own like The Three Little Pigs the three little rabbits look at that no twitch do you think it smells us well it might oh there's another one over there it sure likes the Clover ooh a Woods we won't be able to see anything in a Woods don't be so sure Jason just keep your eyes open I see something a raccoon do raccoons live in trees well uh yes uh either in Hollow trees or logs but I'm surprised to see this one usually raccoons only come out at night where's it going maybe to look for something to eat nuts or insects uh they eat fish and frogs too all sorts of things I think raccoons must like water yes they do but they're good swimmers in fact raccoons almost always live near water do you think it'll find something beep I think so is that a mouse in that tree yes uh that's called a deer mouse or a white footed Mouse it's a kind of wood mouse they often make their nests in Hollow trees or in Old squirrel's nests it's got such big eyes the better to see you with my dear can't scare me hey look through the trees that's a field we might find some mice in the field too see mice that live here are called field mice or R meow mice it's fatter than the wood mouse its ears are smaller too it looks something like the hamsters we have in school hm they live underground like hamsters too instead of in trees like woodmice that must be their Bur what's that a shrew a fierce little animal I wouldn't want to be a mouse right now do shrews eat mice sometimes and shrews are always hungry ooh there's a [Music] mouse the mouse got away doesn't the Shrew see it our shre sense of smell is very good it'll find the [Music] [Music] Mouse ah the Shrew gave up good well the Shrew will have to find something to eat if some shrews go even a a few hours without food they starve but uh it can fill up on insects hey there's Mr Peterson what are you doing trying to get this mole out of my garden there I got him what's it doing in the dirt now it lives underground moles have big feet and sharp snouts that're perfect for digging is it going to dig back underground again yes but as long as it keeps away from my garden I don't mind how can mool see under the ground they can't moles depend on their sense of smell to get around moles sure are strange come on over to my house and I'll show you something even stranger ooh bats they're upside down that's how they sleep hanging upside down that is strange uh to you yes but not to bats that's the way it is with bats how can they hang there like that they're just using their claws their claws sure can you see how they hold on to the wood those sharp claws dig right in look at this that's a big Wing bats are the only mammals that can fly like birds uh they're fast too can I touch it Mr Peterson no Sherry I'm being very careful but bats can bite oh I see what you mean they have sharp teeth a lot of bats live in the big cave down by the river they sleep all day hanging upside down from the cave walls when it gets dark they fly out to catch insects well I think we've seen enough animal neighbors for today time to go home besides I'm late for a very important date bye Mr Peterson bye Mr Peterson bye now hey Mom a big rabbit took us to see some animal neighbors today oh really really we saw some baby rabbits in a nest and we saw the mother rabbit too she didn't want us to find her nest but we did and we saw a squirrel eating Acorn hey you know I'm hungry you're always hungry no I'm not just when I think about eating and we saw a chipmunk eating peanuts and we saw a mouse in a tree and a mouse in a field we saw all sorts of mammals today mammals what a mammal Jason after all we saw today you don't know what a mammal is you should bury your head in shame never mind smarty I'll figure it out myself um I'll help you figure it out Jason