Founded in 1913, Fontenelle Forest is one of Nebraska's oldest conservation organizations and one of the largest private nature centers in the nation. This federally designated 501(c)(3) non-profit public charity is a National Natural Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Sites.
FF owns and manages two nature centers: Fontenelle Forest Nature Center in Bellevue and Neale Woods in Omaha. The properties encompass nearly 2,000 acres of forest, prairie and wetlands along the Missouri River in the geographically significant Loess Hills.
The mission of Fontenelle Forest is to provide a place where people can experience and enjoy the quiet wild of nature.
We want to inspire current and future generations to care for the natural world.
I see these little hunters around where I live in west coast Canada all the time.Brave and ferocious to any that come within their nestlings,even against bald eagles.
Very complete overview of the benefits of these remarkable creatures. I wish we had some around here in the Central Valley of California. I'm sure we'd have a lot more water both above and below ground even if there were one of our frequent droughts.
These are literally canned up and sold for consumption in stores outside of the United States. Some varieties are more toxic than others and some people are more sensitive than others These must be thermally deactivated and during the cooking process it is the steam that is the most dangerous. Apparently the toxic chemical is carried away by the steam. If I remember correctly this chemical is used as a rocket propellant 🚀 This is why there are so many alien sightings, just gassing up. 😄
Hi Eric, our land stewardship team is working to restore this habitat into an oak savanna. You can learn more about these effort on our website: fontenelleforest.org/habitat-restoration/
You didn't give any real information about either of them. Why make a video like this if you have no idea what your talking about. This is click bait just to get people to go to your links. Bad, audio. Didn't even show what you were talking about. Have no idea what you think your talking about and no information at all. All around bad video!
Thanks for the informative video! I'm positive my boy, Kiwi, is a Fowler's, except for two reasons...His dorsal crown, color, patterning, personable/reactive personality, and relative size are identical to that of fowleriil, yet the sound of his call, fact he has a small black spot below his throat, and high elevation area (Colorado Springs) where he was found isn't "right". The call also sounds nothing like fowlerii - it's very quiet (we joke about saying how he would attract a dog with his "squeaky toy-ness"), then again he is assumed to be around 1 year and 7 months - under the age of sexual maturity which is 2 years. He could just be "practicing" and has not reached adulthood. Overall, I'm convinced Kiwi's pure Fowler's or possibly a hybrid (bufos fowleri x woodhousii). I'm doing even more research to double check :)
Btw his "rescue" was pretty intense. We suspect he was attacked by a raccoon or barely got away from a bird. The skin on his left arm was completely ripped away and slightly bleeding when my Mom first found and brought him to me. Fortunately, I had honey on hand. I applied it and within maybe a a week or two, his arm was completely healed! Now Kiwi's "living the life" in a 12×12 terrarium but should be moving into a 24/30/36" bio-active enclosure! He's a spoiled boy feeding readily on anything that approaches whether it be his staple of fingers, Repashy Meat Pie or the occasional wax warm, mealworm, or even berries in gelatin (yet planing more variety)! What an imperfect, beautiful boy he is! :D
@@rat_dragon Male toads make a chirp sound if they are grabbed by other toads(or by humans), as a way to let other male frogs know to leave them alone and not try to mate with them. They chirp especially if you touch their sides. Some toads will chirp if their back is touched. Here's a southern toad chirping when picked up by people. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cytFx5zMEbg.htmlsi=xTHvXvA4QyhEpUQo
I’m in SW Florida tons of Osprey. We have a town called Osprey! They nest high up we have polls for them huge nests! Tons of Turkey Vultures their heads have no feathers so they can get into carcasses without a bloody mess they are 🤮 gross.
Thanks for the video, my whole family was squealing in delight at their cuteness. Quick question--Are you certain Woodhouse Toads' lifespan is 2-4 years? We have two and the thought of having them for so short a time is awful!
Hi Dan, I reached out to our resident expert on toads and here's what he had to say. "The Woodhouse’s Toads life span is normally 2-4 years, depending on their environment. They’ll sometimes live longer in captivity since they don’t have to fight for their food, and there are no predators to hunt them. In captivity, they might be able to live up to 6-8 years. Patrick Conner Animal Care Specialist
@@FontenelleForest Thanks very much for your reply! Grateful to know, but sad too-- we were hoping they'd live more like 10-15 like some other species. Will just be sure we make the most of it!
Just got a Woodhouse's toad for the museum that I work at. I've noticed how curious and responsive they are which gives them some charm. Didn't really expect that cuz our other frogs are way less responsive.
