https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so Jonathan and Marley en-us 2019-03-02 22:40:08 UTC 2025-03-16 10:19:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png 3531432 https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/338209319 They don’t sing, but black-footed ferrets do have much to say, as they have a variety of vocalizations that can include chortling, chuckles, barks and hisses. 

]]> 2019-03-06 02:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/338209319 3531432 https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/338211317 The National Parks Conservation Association reports that black-footed ferrets spend up to 99 percent of their lives underground, while the Defenders of Wildlife states that it is 90 percent. Either way, that’s a long time!]]> 2019-03-06 02:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/338211317 3531432 https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/338700880  Kits (babies) are born during the months of May and June. Kits are born pink, hairless and blind — leaving them completely dependent on the mother. At 35 days of age, kits open their eyes.Kits remain underground for two months, emerging above ground at about 70 days of age. The mothers move the black-footed ferret kits from burrow to burrow and also teach them how to hunt. At just 90 days of age, kits are almost adult size and are able to hunt and kill their own prey. Kits are completely independent and go off to find their own territories by October.]]> 2019-03-07 03:25:16 UTC https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/338700880 3531432 https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/338701434 Black-footed ferrets do not have a very wide diet range. They are carnivores who’s meal consists 90% of prairie dog and 10% rodents, birds and insects ]]> 2019-03-07 03:28:34 UTC https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/338701434 3531432 https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/338702574 The size of the Black-footed ferret is not considered small or big, seeing as they are bigger than rats and mice but are a lot smaller than the largest rodents. They range from 18-24 inches long including a 6-5 inch long tail and weigh 1.5-2.5 pounds with males being slightly larger than females.]]> 2019-03-07 03:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/338702574 3531432 https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/338702953 Black-footed ferrets spend about 90 percent of their time underground, where they eat, sleep and raise their young in prairie dog burrows. They are nocturnal, and leave their burrows at night to hunt. They are solitary creatures and spend their time alone except during breeding season.]]> 2019-03-07 03:37:24 UTC https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/338702953 3531432 https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/338703182 Black-footed ferrets once lived on black-tailed prairie dog colonies across the Great Plains, from southern Canada to northern Mexico, and on white-tailed and Gunnison’s prairie dog colonies across the Intermountain West. As of 2016, black-footed ferrets have been reintroduced in multiple locations within their former range in several U.S. states, Canada and Mexico.]]> 2019-03-07 03:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/338703182 3531432 https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/338703572 By 1986, only 18 remained – all in captivity. Today, the ferrets are slowly making a comeback, with wild populations numbering in the hundreds. Currently there are 800 black footed ferrets with 500 in the wild 300 in captivity.]]> 2019-03-07 03:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/338703572 3531432 https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/338703955 Massive hunting and poisoning campaigns against the prairie dog, its main food source, caused the ferret to decline. Since the pioneers arrived on the Great Plains, ranchers and farmers have conducted an extensive campaign to get rid of prairie dogs, which were considered pests.The wholesale conversion of prairie to crop land further impacted the ferrets and their prey. Just one percent of the United States’ native prairie remains today.With patches of prairie becoming fewer and farther between, ferret habitat became increasingly fragmented. The remaining black-footed ferrets became more isolated, and unable to reproduce.

]]> 2019-03-07 03:42:57 UTC https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/338703955 3531432 https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/339116856 This is a ferret inside an abandoned  prairie dog tunnel. This is where they spend most of they’re life sleeping, eating, and raising children.]]> 2019-03-07 22:25:30 UTC https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/339116856 3531432 https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/339118359 This is a picture of a Black-footed ferret in a zoo. There are currently 300 black footed ferrets in captivity.]]> 2019-03-07 22:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/339118359 3531432 https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/339121504 This is a baby black footed ferret. They are born pink and blind and they stay with their mothers until October where they leave home to go find someone else.]]> 2019-03-07 22:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/339121504 3531432 https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/339456152 This is an image of an Black-footed ferret attacking a prairie dog, it’s main food source and prey.]]> 2019-03-08 19:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/339456152 3531432 https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/339457284 This video is talking about how they take the black footed ferrets, give them shots/checkups, and mark them so other people will know they have been checked.]]> 2019-03-08 19:44:19 UTC https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/339457284 3531432 https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/339458444 This video shows people taking the endangered ferrets and keep them trained for the wild life while keeping both genders apart and at the right time breeding them. Then they put them in natural habitats and let them, attack and make sure they can stroll get prey. After all that they put them back where they belong.]]> 2019-03-08 19:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/3531432/uhg8pwhe64so/wish/339458444