WEBVTT 00:19.633 --> 00:20.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> A HABITAT IS WHERE YOU LIVE. 00:20.266 --> 00:23.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO THRIVE IN YOUR HABITAT, THERE ARE SOME 00:23.700 --> 00:24.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% THINGS YOU NEED. 00:24.433 --> 00:25.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% FIND OUT WHAT THEY ARE. 00:25.800 --> 00:28.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% SCIENTISTS ARE HERE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION AND YOUR 00:28.734 --> 00:30.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% QUESTIONS, ALL ABOUT HABITATS. 00:30.433 --> 00:31.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% STAY TUNED. 00:31.333 --> 00:34.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% "D4K" IS NEXT. 00:46.900 --> 00:49.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> HELLO, I'M JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN. 00:49.066 --> 00:51.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE ON IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION AND ON 00:51.233 --> 00:52.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE WORLDWIDE WEB. 00:52.800 --> 00:56.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% >>> EVERYTHING IN NATURE -- PLANTS, ANIMALS, EVEN HUMAN 00:56.266 --> 00:57.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% BEINGS, LIVE IN A HABITAT. 00:57.967 --> 01:01.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE HAS A JOB TO DO IN THAT HABITAT. 01:01.266 --> 01:04.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND IF EVERYBODY DOESN'T DO THEIR JOB, THEN THAT HABITAT CAN 01:04.800 --> 01:06.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% FALL APART. 01:06.433 --> 01:09.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF YOU UNDERSTAND THE ROLE THAT EVERYTHING PLAYS, YO CAN FIGURE 01:09.600 --> 01:13.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% OUT WHAT MAKES A HABITAT WORK, AND THAT'S ESPECIALLY TRUE IN 01:13.367 --> 01:15.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% NATURE. 01:15.900 --> 01:18.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF ANIMALS HAD BUSINESS CARDS, IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO 01:18.700 --> 01:30.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY LIVE AND WHAT THEIR ROLE IN NATURE IS. 01:30.700 --> 01:33.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> VEGETATION REMOVAL SPECIALIST. 01:33.633 --> 01:34.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% SWAMP CITY, USA. 01:34.633 --> 01:37.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF MY FEET ARE WET, I'M NOT THROUGH YET. 01:37.900 --> 01:43.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> MEET BLACK BEAR. 01:43.333 --> 01:44.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> BLACK BEAR. 01:44.900 --> 01:46.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% BERRY PICKER. 01:46.066 --> 01:48.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% U.S. NATIONAL FOREST. 01:48.533 --> 01:51.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% NEVER GRIPE WHEN THEY'RE RIPE. 01:51.533 --> 01:54.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> EVERY WILD ANIMAL HAS A SPECIAL PLACE TO LIVE AND A 01:54.367 --> 01:56.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% SPECIAL JOB TO DO THERE. 01:56.633 --> 02:00.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE PLACE AN ANIMAL LIVES, THE CREATURE'S ADDRESS, IS CALLED 02:00.333 --> 02:00.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% ITS HABITAT. 02:00.867 --> 02:05.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THE JOB AN ANIMAL HAS IS CALLED ITS NICHE. 02:05.700 --> 02:09.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% A HABITAT IS MADE UP OF FOUR THINGS THAT ALL ANIMALS NEED. 02:09.367 --> 02:12.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% FOOD, WATER, SHELTER, AND SPACE. 02:12.333 --> 02:15.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHEN AN ANIMAL LIVES IN A PLACE THAT HAS THE RIGHT AMOUNTS OF 02:15.166 --> 02:21.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% ALL THESE THINGS, THEN IT'S LIVING IN A HEALTHY HABITAT. 02:21.166 --> 02:21.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% FOOD. 02:21.367 --> 02:23.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% WATER. 02:23.700 --> 02:26.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% SHELTER. 02:26.166 --> 02:27.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND SPACE. 02:27.734 --> 02:31.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE FIRST THREE ARE PRETTY EASY TO UNDERSTAND, RIGHT? 02:31.066 --> 02:32.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT ABOUT SPACE? 02:32.333 --> 02:34.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% EVEN PEOPLE NEED SPACE. 02:34.166 --> 02:36.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT SOME OF US REQUIRE MORE THAN OTHERS. 02:36.633 --> 02:39.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S THE SAME WITH WILDANIMALS. 02:39.700 --> 02:42.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% A SPIDER WOULD ONLY NEED A SMALL AREA TO BUILD A WEB. 02:42.900 --> 02:45.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% MAYBE IN YOUR BACK YARD. 02:45.333 --> 02:47.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT WHAT ABOUT A COUGAR? 02:47.533 --> 02:51.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% TOO MANY ANIMALS IN THE SAME SPACE IS NOT A GOOD IDEA EITHER. 02:51.633 --> 02:55.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY MAY EAT ALL THE FOOD, OR PASS ON DISEASES TO EACH OTHER. 02:55.800 --> 03:00.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO SPACE IS AS IMPORTANT TO WILDLIFE AS FOOD, WATER, AND 03:00.166 --> 03:04.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% SHELTER IN CREATING THE PERFECT HABITAT. 03:04.800 --> 03:07.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF THERE'S LOTS OF SPACE, DIFFERENT KINDS OF ANIMALS CAN 03:07.700 --> 03:09.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% LIVE IN THE SAME HABITAT. 03:09.000 --> 03:12.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% HERE'S THE TRICKY PART -- THEY NEED TO HAVE A DIFFERENT NICHE 03:12.867 --> 03:14.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% OR JOB THERE. 03:14.734 --> 03:18.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% YOU SEE, IF THOSE ANIMALS NEED THE EXACT SAME FOOD, WATER, 03:18.900 --> 03:22.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% SHELTER, AND SPACE AND THEY HAVE THE SAME JOB, ONE WOULD 03:22.533 --> 03:26.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% OUTCOMPETE THE OTHER, BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH DOING THE SAME 03:26.333 --> 03:26.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% THING. 03:26.533 --> 03:30.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% NATURE DOESN'T LIKE TO WASTE TALENT, SO IT DOESN'T ALLOW TWO 03:30.066 --> 03:34.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% ANIMALS DOING THE SAME JOB TO LIVE IN THE SAME PLACE. 03:34.533 --> 03:38.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR EXAMPLE, SOME HAWK AND OWLS OCCUPY THE SAME TYPE OF HABITAT, 03:38.800 --> 03:42.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT THEY DO HAVE DIFFERENT JOBS, BECAUSE ONE WORKS THE NIGHT 03:42.633 --> 03:44.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% SHIFT, WHILE THE OTHER, THE DAY SHIFT. 03:44.967 --> 03:48.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% LOTS OF ANIMALS CAN SHARE GOOD HABITAT IF THEY DO DIFFERENT 03:48.600 --> 03:51.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% THINGS THERE. 03:51.166 --> 03:53.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOME EAT PLANTS. 03:53.266 --> 03:56.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOME EAT ANIMALS. 03:56.266 --> 03:58.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOME LIVE IN THE GROUND. 03:58.367 --> 04:00.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOME LIVE IN TREES. 04:00.700 --> 04:01.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% WELL, YOU GET THE IDEA. 04:01.867 --> 04:05.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND NOT ONLY DO THEY ALL LIVE TOGETHER, THEY ALL DEPEND ON 04:05.867 --> 04:07.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% EACH OTHER. 04:07.500 --> 04:11.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% AS USUAL, NATURE KNOWS BEST, WHICH IS WHY ANIMALS LIVE IN 04:11.633 --> 04:21.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% SPECIFIC HABITATS WITH SPECIFIC NICHES, ALL OVER THE PLANET. 04:21.433 --> 04:24.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND JOINING ME NOW TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT HABITATS 04:24.266 --> 04:26.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND NICHES ARE TWO SCIENTISTS. 04:26.533 --> 04:28.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% SARA FOCHT IS A WILDLIFE EDUCATOR WITH THE IDAHO 04:28.967 --> 04:30.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME. 04:30.066 --> 04:33.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 04:33.700 --> 04:38.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND JOINING SUS RORY, REGIONAL WILDLIFE MANAGER FOR THE IDAHO 04:38.633 --> 04:40.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME. 04:40.000 --> 04:41.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% OF COURSE WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. 04:41.533 --> 04:45.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% GIVE US A CALL TOLL-FREE AT 1-800-973-9800. 04:45.800 --> 04:49.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% OR EMAIL US AT D4K@IDAHOPTV.ORG. 04:49.533 --> 04:53.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND REMEMBER, WHEN YOU SEND IN A QUESTION YOUR CLASS WILL BE 04:53.100 --> 04:56.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% ENTERED INTO OUR CHANCE TO WIN A FREE D.V.D. PLAYER AND OTHER 04:56.533 --> 04:56.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% PRIZES. 04:56.800 --> 04:59.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% LET'S GO TO OUR FIRST QUESTIONS. 04:59.100 --> 05:02.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'VE GOT A CALLER ON THE LINE. 05:02.533 --> 05:06.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% FROM MRS. SCHWEITZER'S CLASS. 05:06.900 --> 05:10.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M SORRY, WE LOST YOU. 05:10.633 --> 05:12.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% JAIRKS ARE YOU THERE? 05:12.367 --> 05:12.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% NO. 05:12.600 --> 05:13.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% CALL RIGHT BACK. 05:13.700 --> 05:14.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% I APOLOGIZE. 05:14.166 --> 05:18.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% LET'S GO TO OUR FIRST EMAIL QUESTION FROM THE SAME CLASS, A 05:18.633 --> 05:19.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% QUESTION FROM ANDREW. 05:19.967 --> 05:25.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% IS THERE AN ANIMAL WITH MORE THAN ONE HABITAT? 05:25.066 --> 05:28.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WELL, THERE ARE LOTS OF ANIMALS WITH MORE THAN ONE 05:28.000 --> 05:28.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% HABITAT. 05:28.266 --> 05:31.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE A BIRD THAT MIGRATES. 05:31.000 --> 05:35.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE HAVE LOTS OF BIRDS THAT MIGRATE HERE IN THE SUMMER AND 05:35.533 --> 05:37.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% MOVE HERE IN IDAHO IN THE SUMMER. 05:37.367 --> 05:40.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THEN IN THE WINTER THEY MIGRATE TO THE SOUTHERN UNITED 05:40.100 --> 05:41.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% STATES, OR EVEN SOUTH AMERICA. 05:41.633 --> 05:44.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THEY HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT HABITAT DOWN THERE. 05:44.633 --> 05:47.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY LAY THEIR EGG AND RAISE THEIR YOUNG. 05:47.100 --> 05:49.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO THAT WOULD BE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF AN ANIMAL THAT HAS TWO VERY 05:49.900 --> 05:53.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% DIFFERENT HABITATS, AND THEY NEED THEM BOTH. 05:53.900 --> 05:59.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> DO ANIMALS' HABITATS GET BIGGER, WILL THAT HURT THE 05:59.433 --> 05:59.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% ECOSYSTEM? 05:59.734 --> 06:02.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> DOES IT GET BIGGER OR SMALLER THROUGH TIME? 06:02.700 --> 06:06.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> I THINK IT DOES VARY SEASONALLY. 06:06.066 --> 06:09.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE DON'T KNOW THAT IT HURTS THE ECOSYSTEM, IT'S JUST A CHANGE. 06:09.066 --> 06:12.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND IT MAY BE A BENEFIT TO THAT PARTICULAR SPECIES, BUT THAT MAY 06:12.734 --> 06:18.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% BE A DETRIMENT TO ANOTHER SPECIES THAT USE AS DIFFERENT 06:18.166 --> 06:19.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% HABITAT THAT'S SHRINKING. 06:19.166 --> 06:23.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> ISABEL WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT DIFFERENT TYPES OF HABITATS 06:23.800 --> 06:25.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% ARE IN IDAHO. 06:25.700 --> 06:26.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> OH, WOW. 06:26.633 --> 06:28.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT KIND OF HABITATS. 06:28.800 --> 06:32.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE HAVE SOME OF THE IMPORTANT ONES THAT I CAN THINK OF, 06:32.000 --> 06:34.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% SAGEBRUSH HABITAT, THAT'S A BIG ONE IN SOUTHERN IDAHO. 06:34.433 --> 06:37.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT SPECIES, OVER 200 06:37.700 --> 06:39.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% SPECIES DEPEND SAGEBRUSH. 06:39.266 --> 06:42.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT WOULD BE A VERY IMPORTANT HABITAT HERE IN IDAHO. 06:42.900 --> 06:47.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE HAVE CONIFER FORESTS, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT HABITAT FOR OWLS 06:47.166 --> 06:52.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND LARGE GAME, THEY LIKE TO HIDE THERE. 06:52.333 --> 06:54.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% LET'S SEE. 06:54.533 --> 06:57.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% RIPARIAN HABITATS ARE ANY SORT OF WATER HABITAT. 06:57.000 --> 07:01.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT COULD BE ANY KIND OF WATER, IT COULD BE A STREAM, A LAKE, A 07:01.500 --> 07:04.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% POND, AND THOSE HABITATS ARE VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WE KNOW 07:04.867 --> 07:07.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT ALL ANIMALS NEED FOOD, WATER, SHELTER, AND SPACE. 07:07.800 --> 07:09.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% WATER, WE NEED THAT ONE. 07:09.066 --> 07:14.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% RIPARIAN IS A STRANGE WORD, BUT IT'S JUST ANOTHER WORD TO SAY 07:14.700 --> 07:15.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% "WATER." 07:15.000 --> 07:17.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND CAN YOU THINK OF ANY OTHER IMPORTANT -- 07:17.734 --> 07:22.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> HIGH MOUNTAIN HABITATS USED BY MOUNTAIN GOATS. 07:22.100 --> 07:26.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOME PRETTY DENSE FOREST CANYONLANDS IN THE DESERT. 07:26.333 --> 07:28.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% A HUGE VARIETY IN IDAHO. 07:28.000 --> 07:35.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> LET'S TRY CHEYENNE. 07:35.000 --> 07:36.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M HAVING FUN WITH THE PHONE. 07:36.533 --> 07:36.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% HERE WE GO. 07:36.800 --> 07:38.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% ARE YOU THERE? 07:38.166 --> 07:38.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Caller: YES. 07:38.533 --> 07:39.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THERE WE GO. 07:39.734 --> 07:42.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% CHEYENNE IN MIDDLETON, GO AHEAD AND ASK YOUR QUESTION. 07:42.800 --> 07:49.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Caller: HAVE YOU EVER SAVED ANY ANIMALS FROM A FIRE? 07:49.100 --> 07:52.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WELL, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION, CHEYENNE. 07:52.633 --> 07:57.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% REMARKABLY, ANIMALS FOR THE MOST PART ARE VERY GOOD AT ESCAPING 07:57.000 --> 07:57.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% FIRE. 07:57.266 --> 08:01.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOMETIMES THE FIRES ARE VERY BIG AND MOVE VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE OF 08:01.333 --> 08:05.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% WIND, AND THEY CAN GET TRAPPED AND BURNT, BUT MOST OF THE TIME 08:05.333 --> 08:09.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY HAVE ENOUGH WARNING AND THEY DO OK. 08:09.100 --> 08:13.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE ARE SPECIES UNFORTUNATELY, THAT CAN'T TRAVEL FAST ENOUGH TO 08:13.066 --> 08:15.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% GET OUT OF THE FIRE, AND THEY END UP GETTING BURNED. 08:15.800 --> 08:19.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO THE IMPORTANT THING IS WE TRY TO MINIMIZE ALL HUMAN-CAUSED 08:19.967 --> 08:21.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% FIRE AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 08:21.433 --> 08:25.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET JAKE IN HERE AGAIN. 08:25.433 --> 08:27.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% GO AHEAD, WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? 08:27.100 --> 08:31.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Caller: MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANIMALS THAT CAN SURVIVE 08:31.800 --> 08:36.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN ALL HABITAT? 08:36.100 --> 08:39.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> YOU MEAN -- I THINK HE MEANS ONE ANIMAL IN ALL HABITAT? 08:39.900 --> 08:43.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> IS THERE ONE ANIMAL -- >> THE ONLY ONE I CAN THINK OF, 08:43.700 --> 08:46.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% MAYBE JON CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IT'S NOT ONE ANIMAL, BUT 08:46.500 --> 08:48.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% A GROUP, AND THAT'S INSECTS. 08:48.900 --> 08:51.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% I THINK INSECTS ARE ALMOST IN EVERY HABITAT. 08:51.734 --> 08:55.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT INSECTS. 08:55.433 --> 08:58.834 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD ANSWER. 08:58.834 --> 09:02.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> COCKROACHES SEEM TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE. 09:02.700 --> 09:05.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE SPECIFIC 09:05.166 --> 09:09.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% SPECIES OF ANIMAL -- I DON'T THINK SO. 09:09.266 --> 09:13.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% BECAUSE INDIVIDUAL ANIMALS HAVE PARTICULAR NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE 09:13.700 --> 09:17.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% MET FOR THE WAY THEY'RE DESIGNED, AND THE WAY THEY LIVE. 09:17.633 --> 09:21.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A MAMMAL THAT COULD LIVE UNDER 09:21.433 --> 09:24.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% WATER EXTENSIVELY LIKE A FISH. 09:24.333 --> 09:27.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A FISH THAT WOULD DO VERY WELL ON LAND 09:27.066 --> 09:30.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% FOR VERY LONG. 09:30.000 --> 09:34.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO -- BUT THE MOST DIVERSE GROUP WOULD DEFINITELY BE INSECTS. 09:34.734 --> 09:39.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET CALEB FROM DONNELLY. 09:39.734 --> 09:43.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% GO AHEAD, CALEB. 09:43.000 --> 09:43.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% DID WE LOSE YOU? 09:43.900 --> 09:45.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% ARE YOU THERE? 09:45.633 --> 09:49.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% [DIAL TONE] HIS QUESTION WAS, WHAT CHANGE OF 09:49.266 --> 09:53.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% HABITAT -- WILL A CHANGE OF HABITAT RESULT IN EXTINCTION? 09:53.266 --> 09:58.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> A CHANGE OF HABITAT, IF IT'S GREAT ENOUGH, OR A LOSS OF 09:58.166 --> 10:01.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% HABITAT CERTAINLY COULD CAUSE EXTINCTION. 10:01.166 --> 10:06.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% LOSS OF HABITAT ST. NUMBER ONE FACTOR IN WHY ANIMALS GO 10:06.867 --> 10:07.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% INSTINCT. 10:07.100 --> 10:11.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO IF THERE'S A BIG ENOUGH CHANGE OR COMPLETELY LOST, SURE. 10:11.900 --> 10:17.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> GABBY FROM JENNIFER HUNT'S CLASS AT CYNTHIA MANN ELEMENTARY 10:17.233 --> 10:21.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WHAT KIND OF HABITAT IS THE SMALLEST? 10:21.800 --> 10:24.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> SARA, YOU PROBABLY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD ANSWER FOR THAT. 10:24.867 --> 10:28.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHAT THE SMALLEST HABITAT IS, 10:28.700 --> 10:31.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER, I 10:31.166 --> 10:33.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% DID A PROGRAM THE OTHER DAY ON SPIDERS. 10:33.367 --> 10:36.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% SPIDERS HAVE A PRETTY SMALL HOIK, BUT I BET THERE ARE EVEN 10:36.800 --> 10:42.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% SMALLER INSECTS THAT -- MY ROOMMATE'S DOG HAS EAR MIGHTS, 10:42.000 --> 10:45.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THOSE LIVE INSIDE MY ROOMMATE'S DOG'S EAR, AND THAT'S 10:45.600 --> 10:48.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% A HABITAT, THAT'S A PRETTY SMALL SPACE. 10:48.600 --> 10:54.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> SO YOU CAN GET DOWN TO AEMEBAS. 10:54.367 --> 10:58.667 position:10% line:85% size:80% MARY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WHAT DO OWLS NEED IN THEIR HABITAT? 10:58.667 --> 11:03.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WELL, I THINK OWLS, THEY NEED ALL OF THOSE OTHER THINGS WE 11:03.533 --> 11:06.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% TALKED ABOUT -- THEY NEED TO HAVE FOOD, AND FOR MOST OWLS 11:06.700 --> 11:09.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY'RE LOOK AT SMALL MAMMALS TO EAT. 11:09.166 --> 11:13.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% MICE, LITTLE RODENTS, THEY NEED TO HAVE SOME ACCESS TO WATER. 11:13.867 --> 11:18.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY NEED SHELTER, AND THAT'S -- NO SHELTER FROM THE 11:18.166 --> 11:24.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% WEATHER, A PLACE TO LIVE, AND I GUESS ALSO SHELTER THAT PROVIDES 11:24.166 --> 11:28.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% COVER FROM OTHER ANIMALS THAT MIGHT TRY TO GET THEM. 11:28.433 --> 11:33.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> FROM MRS. INFORMING'S SECOND GRADE -- FOG'S SECOND GRADE 11:33.633 --> 11:36.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% CLASS, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ANIMALS WHEN THEIR HABITAT WERE 11:36.867 --> 11:39.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% BURNED FROM ALL THE FIRES LAST YEAR, AND HOW CAN WE HELP 11:39.734 --> 11:40.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% REBUD IT? 11:40.600 --> 11:45.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WHEN THE HABITAT AND FIRES HERE IN IDAHO LAST YEAR WERE 11:45.166 --> 11:48.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% BURNED, IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE HABITAT IS GONE FOR THOSE 11:48.500 --> 11:48.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% ANIMALS. 11:48.734 --> 11:52.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO THEY HAVE TO MOVE SOMEPLACE ELSE, AND THAT HABITAT NEEDS TO 11:52.166 --> 11:52.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% REGROW. 11:52.367 --> 11:55.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND IT WILL REGROW, IT MAY TAKE A LONG TIME. 11:55.700 --> 11:59.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOMETIMES FIRES CREATE BETTER HABITAT FOR DIFFERENT ANIMALS. 11:59.166 --> 12:04.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU HAVE A FOREST, A DEEP, DENSE FOREST, 12:04.066 --> 12:07.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% DARK FOREST, IT WOULDN'T BE SO GREAT FOR ELK, BUT AFTER A FIRE 12:07.633 --> 12:10.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE GRASSES GROW, AND THEN THE ELK LOVE IT. 12:10.500 --> 12:13.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO SOMETIMES A FIRE CAN ACTUALLY HELP THE HABITAT. 12:13.633 --> 12:17.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT IT WILL REPLENISH, IT JUST TAKES TIME. 12:17.166 --> 12:20.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET JACK IN MIDDLETON. 12:20.633 --> 12:22.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% ARE YOU THERE? 12:22.266 --> 12:22.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Caller: YES. 12:22.700 --> 12:23.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> GOOD. 12:23.066 --> 12:24.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? 12:24.900 --> 12:27.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Caller: DO BIRDS LIVE IN THE DESERT? 12:27.266 --> 12:29.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> DO BIRDS LIVE IN THE DESERT? 12:29.367 --> 12:33.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> JACK, WE HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF BIRDS THAT LIVE IN THE DESERT. 12:33.800 --> 12:37.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE HAVE BIRDS THAT NEST IN THE SAGEBRUSH, AND BIRDS THAT NEST 12:37.633 --> 12:39.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% ON THE GROUND. 12:39.166 --> 12:42.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE QUITE THE RIETY OF SPECIES IN THE DESERT 12:42.900 --> 12:49.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% AS WE DO IN SOME OF OUR DENSER RIPARIAN-TYPE HABITATS WHERE 12:49.000 --> 12:51.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE'S MORE MOISTURE, BUT WE DO HAVE A WIDE VARIETY THAT LIVE IN 12:51.700 --> 12:52.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE DESERT. 12:52.800 --> 13:03.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> LET'S GO TO OLIVIA IN BOISE. 13:03.000 --> 13:03.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Caller: YES? 13:03.367 --> 13:04.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> GO AHEAD. 13:04.433 --> 13:07.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Caller: WHAT KIND OF HABITAT DO -- 13:07.433 --> 13:11.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WHAT KIND OF HABITAT DO BUTTER FLIES NEED? 13:11.233 --> 13:11.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Caller: YEAH. 13:11.633 --> 13:14.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 13:14.000 --> 13:18.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WELL, BUTTERFLIES OF COURSE NEED NECTAR FROM FLOWERS, SO 13:18.533 --> 13:20.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S THE KIND OF FOOD THEY NEED. 13:20.100 --> 13:24.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THAT CAN COME FROM A FLOWER, IT COULD COME FROM A TREE, IT 13:24.000 --> 13:26.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% CAN COME FROM ANY TYPE OF FLOWER. 13:26.533 --> 13:29.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY GO NEED WATER, TOO. 13:29.700 --> 13:31.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% -- THEY DO NEED WATER, TOO. 13:31.633 --> 13:33.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> A NICE GARDEN WITH LOTS OF PRETTY FLOWERS. 13:33.500 --> 13:37.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WE HAVE A HUMMINGBIRD AND BUTTERFLY GARDEN AT THE NATURE 13:37.533 --> 13:41.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% CENTER, AND WE'VE GOT HUNDREDS OF BUTTERFLIES THERE IN THE 13:41.333 --> 13:41.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% SUMMER. 13:41.600 --> 13:46.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GO TO RYAN IN CALDWELL. 13:46.066 --> 13:48.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% RYAN? 13:48.000 --> 13:49.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Caller: UM, HI. 13:49.433 --> 13:52.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT IS AN EAGLE'S NICHE? 13:52.700 --> 13:55.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WHAT IS THE EAGLE'S JOB? 13:55.367 --> 13:58.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WELL, RYAN, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF EAGLES. 13:58.800 --> 14:03.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN IDAHO WE HAVE GOLDEN EAGLES AND WE HAVE BALD EAGLES, AND THE 14:03.000 --> 14:06.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% BALD EAGLES ARE PRIMARILY FISH-EATERS. 14:06.500 --> 14:09.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO THEY'LL PERCH IN TREES, NEST IN TREES, AND THEY'LL FLY OVER 14:09.633 --> 14:14.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE WATER AND REACH IN WITH THEIR TALONS AND PICK OUT FISH, 14:14.900 --> 14:17.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND TAKE THE FISH BACK AND EAT THEM. 14:17.867 --> 14:21.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOLDEN EAGLES ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE FOUND IN THE DESERT AND IN 14:21.433 --> 14:27.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE CANYONS WHERE THEY NEST UP ON THE ROCKS IN CLIFFING, AND 14:27.100 --> 14:32.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% THEY'LL EAT SMALL ANIMALS, LIKE JACKRABBITS AND SOMETIMES SOME 14:32.166 --> 14:34.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% OF THE LARGER BIRDS. 14:34.333 --> 14:37.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND SO THEY HAVE MORE OF A DESERT AND CANYON TYPE OF NICHE 14:37.734 --> 14:39.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN IDAHO. 14:39.500 --> 14:45.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> FROM SUSAN IN MERIDIAN, CAMERON WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, DOES 14:45.000 --> 14:46.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% EXHAUST DESTROY HABITAT? 14:46.633 --> 14:50.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% I GUESS POLLUTION, AIR POLLUTION, CAN THAT DESTROY A 14:50.066 --> 14:50.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% HABITAT? 14:50.333 --> 14:53.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WELL, I CERTAINLY SUPPOSE IF THERE'S ENOUGH EXHAUST THAT 14:53.433 --> 14:56.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% COD HURT SOME OF THE ELEMENTS IN A HABITAT. 14:56.333 --> 15:01.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% ON A GLOBAL SCALE, EXHAUST IS -- HAS BEEN -- SOME PEOPLE 15:01.333 --> 15:04.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% BELIEVE IT CONTRIBUTES TO GLOBAL WARMING, AND GLOBAL WARMING 15:04.900 --> 15:08.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% CERTAINLY CAN CHANGE HABITATS. 15:08.333 --> 15:10.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% MAYBE MORE QUICKLY THAN THEY WOULD NORMALLY. 15:10.333 --> 15:15.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT'S ALSO A CONTRIBUTOR TO ACID RAIN, 15:15.166 --> 15:18.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHICH CHANGES THE P.H. OF THE ENVIRONMENT, AND ALSO HAS 15:18.500 --> 15:20.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% IMPACTS ON HABITAT. 15:20.166 --> 15:30.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> CAMERON WOULD LIKE TO ASK, ARE ELK LOSING THEIR HABITAT? 15:30.533 --> 15:34.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> YES, IN SOME PLACES THEY ARE. 15:34.000 --> 15:38.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% HABITAT FOR ELK AND OTHER SPECIES FACES A VARIETY OF 15:38.166 --> 15:38.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% THREATS. 15:38.433 --> 15:42.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOMETIMES ELK ARE IMPACTED WHEN WE HAVE FIRES GO THROUGH, 15:42.166 --> 15:45.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% PARTICULARLY ON WINTER RANGE, WHERE ELK NEED TO SPEND THE 15:45.533 --> 15:50.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% WINTER IN SMALLER SPACE IF THAT HABITAT GETS BURNED, THEY -- OR 15:50.900 --> 15:54.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% DEFINITELY AT A HIGHER RISK OF DYING OF STARVATION IN THE 15:54.967 --> 15:55.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% WINTER. 15:55.233 --> 16:03.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE HAVE OTHER THREATS, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSES FOR PEOPLE 16:03.166 --> 16:08.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN THE ELKS' FAVORITE HABITAT, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THREATS OF 16:08.800 --> 16:14.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% WEED SPECIES THAT TAKE OVER THE NATURAL FOODS THAT ELK SEEK OUT. 16:14.166 --> 16:18.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THOSE WEED SPECIES DON'T PROVIDE FOOD FOR ELK. 16:18.000 --> 16:22.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> SHAUN FROM THE BUSH MAGNET SCHOOL IN IDAHO FALLS WOULD LIKE 16:22.066 --> 16:25.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% TO KNOW IF PREYING MANTISES LIVE IN ALL HABITATS. 16:25.800 --> 16:29.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> NO, I DON'T BELIEVE THEY DO. 16:29.500 --> 16:33.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'VE SEEN SOME IN MY GARDEN, BUT -- THEY OBVIOUSLY DON'T LIVE 16:33.533 --> 16:37.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN THE OCEAN, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY LIVE IN THE DESERT. 16:37.700 --> 16:41.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> I DON'T THINK THEY LIVE UP IN THE ICE AND SNOW AND THE TOP OF 16:41.233 --> 16:42.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE MOUNTAINS, EITHER. 16:42.166 --> 16:43.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> SO THEY HAVE THEIR NICHE. 16:43.333 --> 16:44.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THEY DO. 16:44.066 --> 16:47.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> HANNAH FROM MRS. McCOY'S THIRD GRADE CLASS WOULD LIKE TO 16:47.967 --> 16:51.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% KNOW WHY DO DEER AND ELK NOT HAVE SHARP TEETH? 16:51.500 --> 16:56.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WELL -- > -- I THINK THAT HAS TODO WITH THE WAY THEY EAT. 16:56.967 --> 17:02.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND BOTH OF THEM, THEY HAVE INCISORS IN THE FRONT OF THEIR 17:02.000 --> 17:05.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% LOWER JAW JUST LIKE PEOPLE DO, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TEETH ON THE 17:05.000 --> 17:08.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% TOP AND THEY PINCH THEIR TEETH 17:08.333 --> 17:11.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% AGAINST THE TOP OF THEIR MOUTH, AND THEN THEY TWIST TO BREAK OFF 17:11.600 --> 17:17.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE GRASSES OR THE PLANTS, OR THE STICKS, PART OF THE SHRUBS. 17:17.333 --> 17:19.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THEN THEY PULL THOSE TO THE BACK OF THEIR MOUTH AND THEY 17:19.900 --> 17:23.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVE MOLARS QUITE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO, A LITTLE SHARPER, 17:23.734 --> 17:26.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND A LITTLE DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND THEY GRIND THEM BACK AND 17:26.734 --> 17:27.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% FORTH. 17:27.000 --> 17:28.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY THEY EAT. 17:28.900 --> 17:31.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> LET'S GO TO MOLLY. 17:31.100 --> 17:33.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% ARE YOU THERE, MOLLY? 17:33.066 --> 17:39.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% [DIAL TONE] MOLLY ASKED, CAN INSECTS SURVIVE 17:39.800 --> 17:40.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% FIRE? 17:40.000 --> 17:42.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT, MOLLY. 17:42.233 --> 17:46.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> BOY, I SUPPOSE IF THE FIRE IS INTENSE ENOUGH, NO. 17:46.633 --> 17:49.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT I HAVE SEEN INSECTS RIGHT AFTER THE FIRE. 17:49.533 --> 17:53.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% I USED TO FIGHT FIRE WITH THE FOREST SERVICE, AND AS I'M 17:53.433 --> 17:56.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% STEPPING IN THE HOT ASHES YOU SEE IES AND INSECTS. 17:56.066 --> 17:58.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WOULD SAY SOME DO, AND SOME PROBABLY DON'T. 17:58.800 --> 18:01.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> AND SOME MAY FLY OFF AND COME BACK. 18:01.000 --> 18:01.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> RIGHT. 18:01.700 --> 18:05.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET HUNTER. 18:05.266 --> 18:06.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% HUNTER, ARE YOU THERE? 18:06.600 --> 18:07.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Caller: YEAH. 18:07.000 --> 18:09.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> YOU'RE CALLING FROM MIDDLETON? 18:09.166 --> 18:09.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Caller: YEAH. 18:09.633 --> 18:10.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> GREAT. 18:10.000 --> 18:11.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? 18:11.166 --> 18:18.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Caller: HAVE YOU EVER -- >> HAVE OUR GUESTS SLEPT IN A 18:18.734 --> 18:20.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% BEAR DEN? 18:20.266 --> 18:20.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Caller: YES. 18:20.700 --> 18:25.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> ACTUALLY, I HAVE TAKEN A NAP NEXT TO A BEAR DEN, AND, YEAH, I 18:25.000 --> 18:28.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVE BEEN TO BEAR DENS IN THE WINTER WHEN BEAR WERE 18:28.867 --> 18:29.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% HIBERNATING. 18:29.166 --> 18:33.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND I HAVE BEEN TO BEAR DENS IN THE SUMMER AFTER THE BEARS HAVE 18:33.700 --> 18:33.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% LEFT. 18:33.900 --> 18:36.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WOULD YO LIKE TO SLEEP IN A BEAR DEN? 18:36.533 --> 18:37.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Caller: NO. 18:37.800 --> 18:41.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> OK, THANK FOR CALLING. 18:41.433 --> 18:44.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% LET'S TRY STEWART IN CALLED WE. 18:44.700 --> 18:49.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE -- CALDWELL. 18:49.000 --> 18:52.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Caller: I HAVE A QUESTION. 18:52.367 --> 19:02.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT IS A CAMILLE I DON'T KNOW NICHE -- CHAMELION NICHE AND 19:02.600 --> 19:02.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% HABITAT? 19:02.867 --> 19:05.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> BOY, I DON'T KNOW MUCH OF BEN MOSELEY THEM, ACTUALLY. 19:05.900 --> 19:09.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE DON'T HAVE THEM IN IDAHO. 19:09.066 --> 19:10.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% JON, DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING? 19:10.533 --> 19:19.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> I THINK THEY LIVE IN THE SUBTROPICS, AND TYPICALLY IN A 19:19.333 --> 19:21.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% SUBTROPICAL FOREST TYPE ENVIRONMENT, AND THEY EAT 19:21.600 --> 19:23.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% INSECTS. 19:23.000 --> 19:23.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% PRIMARILY. 19:23.967 --> 19:27.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> OK. 19:27.100 --> 19:29.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% ISIAH FROM CLEAR WATER VALLEY ELEMENTARY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, 19:29.967 --> 19:32.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHY DO ANIMALS TRAVEL SO FAR? 19:32.066 --> 19:35.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHY DO SOME ANIMALS DON'T STAY IN ONE AREA? 19:35.233 --> 19:39.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WELL, SOME ANIMALS TRAVEL A LONG WAY BECAUSE IN THEIR 19:39.433 --> 19:43.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% HABITAT THAT THEY'RE IN, THEY LOSE A COMPONENT. 19:43.333 --> 19:47.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO, FOR INSTANCE, OUR EXAMPLE EARLIER WAS MIGRATORY BIRDS. 19:47.433 --> 19:52.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN THE WINTER BIRDS LOSE THEIR FOOD SOURCE, INSECTS, FOR 19:52.533 --> 19:56.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% INSTANCE, LIKE THE MOUNTAIN BLUEBI, OUR STATE BIRD, EATS 19:56.266 --> 19:56.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% INSECTS. 19:56.533 --> 20:00.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THE INSECTS MAKE THEIR EGGS OR THEY HIBERNATE OR DIE IN THE 20:00.800 --> 20:02.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% WINTER, SO THEY LOSE THEIR FOOD SOURCE. 20:02.600 --> 20:04.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO THEY HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO FIND A NEW HABITAT. 20:04.900 --> 20:08.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO THAT'S ONE REASON WHY ANIMALS CAN TRAVEL SO FAR. 20:08.266 --> 20:13.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THAT CAN BE TRUE FOR PRONG HORN TRAVEL WAWS THEY NEED 20:13.900 --> 20:16.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% WINTER RANGE, SO SOMETHING IN THEIR HABITAT CHANGES BECAUSE OF 20:16.633 --> 20:20.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE SEASONS, AND THEY TRAVEL A LONG WAY TO FIND ALL THE 20:20.166 --> 20:22.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% COMPONENTS. 20:22.633 --> 20:30.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> COLTON IN IDAHO FALL WAS LIKE T KNOW, HOW HIGH CAN A BOBCAT 20:30.633 --> 20:30.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% JUMP? 20:30.867 --> 20:35.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WELL, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GUESS. 20:35.867 --> 20:37.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% BETWEEN 10-15 FEET. 20:37.533 --> 20:39.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD JUMP. 20:39.066 --> 20:41.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> HIGHER THAN I CAN JUMP. 20:41.233 --> 20:45.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> AND HE'D ALSO LIKE TO KNOW, DO BIG HORN SHEEP FIGHT? 20:45.166 --> 20:49.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WELL, PROBABLY NOT THE WAY HUMANS FIGHT, BUT, YEAH, THEY 20:49.533 --> 20:54.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAVE A LITTLE CONTEST IN THE FALL, TYPICALLY 20:54.333 --> 21:01.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% NOVEMBER-DECEMBER, WHERE THE BOY BOYS LIKE TO FIGHT OVER WHO GETS 21:01.700 --> 21:05.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% A DATE WITH THE PRETTIEST GIRL. 21:05.166 --> 21:09.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT'S WHEN YOU SEE THEM BUTTING HEADS, TO SEE WHO IS THE 21:09.100 --> 21:10.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% TOUGHEST BOY. 21:10.166 --> 21:12.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> HOW DOES O WIN THAT FIGHT? 21:12.266 --> 21:18.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WHOEVER HAS THE BIGGEST HEADACHE LOSES, I THINK. 21:18.233 --> 21:23.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET JOSIE IN CALDWELL. 21:23.867 --> 21:24.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Caller: HI. 21:24.233 --> 21:25.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% I HAVE A QUESTION. 21:25.066 --> 21:27.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> UH-HUH. 21:27.367 --> 21:31.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Caller: ARE SOME HABITATS BEING DESTROYED BY OIL DRILLERS? 21:31.100 --> 21:34.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> ARE SOME HABITATS BEING DESTROYED BY OIL DRILLING? 21:34.967 --> 21:39.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WELL, THERE ARE SOME HABITATS THAT -- I'M THINKING OF ONE IN 21:39.900 --> 21:46.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% WYOMING, ACTUALLY, THAT SEEMS TO BE FRAGMENTED BY OIL RIGS, I 21:46.600 --> 21:51.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% GUESS, WHERE THEY PUT THE DRILL DOWN INTO THE EARTH. 21:51.433 --> 21:55.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND WHEN I SAY FRAGMENTED, I MEAN A HABITAT COULD BE LARGE 21:55.433 --> 21:59.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND SOLID SO THE ANIMAL CAN MOVE IN THAT HABITAT, AND FRAGMENTED 21:59.266 --> 22:02.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% IS SORT NF PIECES SO THE ANIMALS CAN'T MOVE FROM PLACE TO PLACE 22:02.734 --> 22:04.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% WITHIN THE HABITAT. 22:04.166 --> 22:08.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO I WOULD SAY THAT OIL DRILLING CAN FRAGMENT A HABITAT, 22:08.700 --> 22:10.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% CERTAINLY. 22:10.166 --> 22:19.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> LET'S GO TO -- VIA EMAIL, A QUESTION FROM MRS. DILLWORTH'S 22:19.800 --> 22:23.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% SECOND GRADE CLASS, NADA WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE DO BEARS 22:23.000 --> 22:27.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUILD THEIR DENS? 22:27.166 --> 22:28.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHERE WOULD THEY BE? 22:28.333 --> 22:36.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WELL, DIFFERENT BEARS BUILD A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF 22:36.266 --> 22:38.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% DENS. 22:38.266 --> 22:42.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOME BEARS DEN UP ENTRIES OFF THE GROUND, SOME WILL DEN IN A 22:42.433 --> 22:43.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% HOLLOW LOG. 22:43.166 --> 22:49.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% MOST OFTEN THEY'LL FIND A HOLE, AN EXISTING HOLE, MAYBE UNDER A 22:49.066 --> 22:52.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% TREE OR JUST IN THE HILLSIDE, AND THEY'LL MAKE IT BIGGER. 22:52.367 --> 22:54.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% BIG ENOUGH FOR THEM TO CRAWL IN. 22:54.333 --> 22:58.467 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN STAY DRY 22:58.467 --> 23:03.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% DURING THE COURSE OF THE WINTER, AND THE HOLE IS DEEP ENOUGH THAT 23:03.633 --> 23:06.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S NOT GOING TO GET TOO COLD FOR THEM WHILE THEY'RE 23:06.633 --> 23:09.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% HIBERNATING. 23:09.066 --> 23:16.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> FROM HORIZON ELEMENTARY IN BOISE, WHAT'S THE HOTTEST 23:16.166 --> 23:17.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% HABITAT? 23:17.433 --> 23:18.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE DE?ERT. 23:18.000 --> 23:20.233 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> BOY, THAT'S A TOUGH QUESTION. 23:20.233 --> 23:25.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN IDAHO CERTAINLY THE HOTTEST HABITAT IS PROBABLY THE SNAKE 23:25.066 --> 23:26.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% RIVER PLAIN DESERT. 23:26.166 --> 23:31.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT IN THE WORLD, VOLCANOS, AN AREA WHERE THERE'S A VOLCANO CAN 23:31.700 --> 23:35.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% BE PRETTY HOT, AND THERE ARE ORGANISMS THAT LIVE RIGHT THERE. 23:35.800 --> 23:42.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> LET'S GO TO NATHAN IN CALDWELL. 23:42.900 --> 23:43.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> HI. 23:43.900 --> 23:47.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% MY NAME -- >> Caller: MY QUESTION IS, WHAT 23:47.867 --> 23:50.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% IS THE MOST IMPORTANT NICHE? 23:50.867 --> 23:53.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT NICHE? 23:53.333 --> 23:53.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Caller: YEAH. 23:53.800 --> 23:58.467 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THAT WOULD BE MINE, THERE, NATHAN! 23:58.467 --> 24:00.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THERE YOU GO. 24:00.700 --> 24:07.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THAT'S A DIFFICULT ONE TO ANSWER, CAUSE I THINK EACH 24:07.166 --> 24:09.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% INDIVIDUAL ORGANISM, EACH INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL IS PROBABLY 24:09.533 --> 24:12.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% GOING TO HAVE A STAKE THINKING THEIR PARTICULAR NICHE IS THE 24:12.800 --> 24:15.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% MOST IMPORTANT. 24:15.967 --> 24:20.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND FROM A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE, I GUESS THERE'S A LOT OF PERSONAL 24:20.367 --> 24:23.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% OPINION ON WHAT YOU THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT NICHE, WHAT'S THE 24:23.700 --> 24:25.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% MOST IMPORTANT KIND OF ANIMAL. 24:25.800 --> 24:29.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO A TOUGH QUESTION FOR ME TO ANSWER. 24:29.433 --> 24:35.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> FROM STEVEN AT HILLCREST ELEMENTARY IN AMERICAN FALLS, DO 24:35.266 --> 24:38.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% WASPS HELP THE WHOLE PLANET OR JUST THEIR OWN HABITAT? 24:38.000 --> 24:40.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% I PERSONALLY DON'T LIKE WASPS. 24:40.367 --> 24:42.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT'S JUST A PERSONAL THING. 24:42.433 --> 24:46.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% BUT WHERE ARE WASPS IN THE WHOLE EARTH'S HABITAT? 24:46.266 --> 24:49.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THEY PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART IN POLLINATION IN SOME AREAS, 24:49.166 --> 24:52.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND POLLINATION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE, 24:52.867 --> 24:56.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% ESPECIALLY HUMANS, BECAUSE WE GET OVER 60% OF OUR FOOD THAT 24:56.700 --> 25:01.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% NEEDS POLLINATED BY INSECT OR A BAT OR BIRD OR SOMETHING. 25:01.433 --> 25:05.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO I'M NOT SAYING WASPS DO ALL THAT WORK BY THEMSELVES, BUT IN 25:05.333 --> 25:09.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% SOME PLACES THEY NEED TO POLLINATE THINGS FOR US TO EAT. 25:09.000 --> 25:11.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 25:11.433 --> 25:13.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> OK. 25:13.166 --> 25:18.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% HOW ABOUT WILL BE LET'S GO TO JACOB. 25:18.533 --> 25:18.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Caller: HI. 25:18.900 --> 25:19.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> HI. 25:19.500 --> 25:22.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% GO AHEAD. 25:22.433 --> 25:25.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Caller: DO PENGUINS LIVE IN ALASKA? 25:25.100 --> 25:28.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> DO PENGUINS LIVE IN ALASKA? 25:28.533 --> 25:30.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> VERY EXCELLENT QUESTION, BUT NO. 25:30.633 --> 25:32.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M AFRAID THEY DON'T. 25:32.533 --> 25:36.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% ACTUALLY, PENGUINS ALL LIVE IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, ON THE 25:36.066 --> 25:40.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% OTHER SIDE OF THE GLOBE FROM ALASKA. 25:40.867 --> 25:43.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> DO POLAR BEARS ONLY LIVE IN THE NORTH? 25:43.533 --> 25:46.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE CARTOONS WHERE THE POLAR BEARS AND THE 25:46.500 --> 25:49.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% PENGUINS ARE HANGING OUT ON THE ICE TOGETHER. 25:49.266 --> 25:51.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% IT DON'T REALLY HAPPEN THATWAY. 25:51.433 --> 25:53.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% POLARS ARE IN THE NORTH, PENGUINS ARE IN THE SOUTH. 25:53.700 --> 25:56.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> EACH HAS A NICHE AND YOU DON'T WANT THE BEARS EATING ALL 25:56.633 --> 25:57.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE PENGUINS. 25:57.533 --> 25:57.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> RIGHT. 25:57.867 --> 25:58.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> OK. 25:58.734 --> 26:02.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GO TO MATTHEW IN CALDWELL. 26:02.533 --> 26:04.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% MATTHEW, ARE YOU THERE? 26:04.066 --> 26:04.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Caller: YES. 26:04.500 --> 26:05.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> ALL RIGHT. 26:05.000 --> 26:05.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% GO AHEAD. 26:05.900 --> 26:08.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? 26:08.333 --> 26:13.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> Caller: WOULD ANOTHER ANIMAL TAKE ANOTHER ANOTHER ANIMAL'S 26:13.266 --> 26:15.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% HAB DISPAT MAKE IT ITS OWN? 26:15.867 --> 26:17.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WELL, YEAH. 26:17.633 --> 26:20.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% I THINK THAT DOES HAPPEN SOMETIMES. 26:20.533 --> 26:24.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% JON MENTIONED EARLIER WHEN WE HAVE NONNATIVE SPECIES THAT COME 26:24.333 --> 26:28.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% IN, WHETHER THAT BE A PLANT OR AN ANIMAL, THEY COME IN TO AN 26:28.967 --> 26:32.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% AREA AND TAKE OVER AND SORT OF TAKE OVER THE HABITAT AND THE 26:32.800 --> 26:36.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% NICHE OF PLANTS THAT WERE NATIVE HERE OR THAT, YOU KNOW, WERE 26:36.433 --> 26:37.600 position:10% line:85% size:80% HERE FOR A LONG TIME. 26:37.600 --> 26:40.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND THAT CAN SOMETIMES BE A PROBLEM. 26:40.800 --> 26:43.800 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO, YEAH, SHURKS I GUESS AN ANIMAL COULD MOVE IN AND TAKE 26:43.800 --> 26:46.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% OVER SOMEONE ELSE'S HABITAT OR NICHE. 26:46.000 --> 26:48.066 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WE'RE JUST ABOUT RUN OUT OF TIME. 26:48.066 --> 26:50.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% I'M GOING TO LET HUNTER AND CAROLINE, ANYBODY ELSE ON OUR 26:50.967 --> 26:52.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% PHONE LINES TO GO AHEAD AND STAY THERE. 26:52.734 --> 26:55.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'LL BE TAPING OUR WEB-ONLY PROGRAM RIGHT AFTER TH SHOW. 26:55.367 --> 26:58.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF YOU'RE ON OUR PHONE LINES, STAY ON THE PHONE AND WE'LL 26:58.000 --> 27:01.700 position:10% line:85% size:80% CATCH YOUR QUESTIONS AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT WEB-ONLY PROGRAM. 27:01.700 --> 27:06.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% I WANT TO SAY, WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO BECOME SCIENTIST AND 27:06.533 --> 27:08.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% STUDY HABITAT AND NICHES? 27:08.633 --> 27:11.967 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> WELL, I JUST ALWAYS HAD A FASCINATION WITH WILDLIFE FROM 27:11.967 --> 27:14.000 position:10% line:85% size:80% THE TIME I WAS A KID. 27:14.000 --> 27:17.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% AS I WAS GROWING UP I LEARNED THAT, YOU KNOW, IF I STUDIED 27:17.633 --> 27:22.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% REAL HARD IN SCHOOL AND GOT GOOD GRADES, MAYBE I COULD BE A 27:22.333 --> 27:22.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% SCIENTIST. 27:22.633 --> 27:23.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND STUDY WILDLIFE. 27:23.633 --> 27:25.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% AND ACTUALLY GET PAID FOR IT. 27:25.433 --> 27:26.734 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO IT'S PRETTY COOL. 27:26.734 --> 27:28.500 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 30 SECONDS. 27:28.500 --> 27:29.867 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> KIND OF THE SAME REASON. 27:29.867 --> 27:33.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% I JUST -- THAT'S WHAT I LIKE THE MOST TO DO, IS LOOK OUTSIDE AND 27:33.433 --> 27:37.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% BE IN NATURE, AND LEARN ABOUT ANIMALS. 27:37.333 --> 27:40.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% SO I FIXED I MIGHT AS WELL HAVE THAT BE MY JOB. 27:40.900 --> 27:44.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% >> THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE. 27:44.166 --> 27:46.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% WE'VE GOT LOTS MORE INFORMATION. 27:46.367 --> 27:49.900 position:10% line:85% size:80% IF YOU WANT TO SEE THAT WEB-ONLY SHOW, IT WILL BE ON THE WEBSITE 27:49.900 --> 27:51.633 position:10% line:85% size:80% SHORTLY AFTER WE FINISH TAPING IT. 27:51.633 --> 27:55.100 position:10% line:85% size:80% CHECK IT OUT AT IDAHOPTV.ORG. 27:55.100 --> 27:58.367 position:10% line:85% size:80% THERE'S LOTS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HABITATS, LINKS AND 27:58.367 --> 28:00.166 position:10% line:85% size:80% INFORMATION, GLOSS RIS, READING LISTS. 28:00.166 --> 28:04.433 position:10% line:85% size:80% OUR NEXT BROADCAST SHOW WILL BE ON ROBOTS. 28:04.433 --> 28:05.533 position:10% line:85% size:80% THAT IS NOVEMBER 18th. 28:05.533 --> 28:07.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% BE SURE TO CHECK OUT MY BLOG. 28:07.266 --> 28:10.266 position:10% line:85% size:80% THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE ON "D4K." 28:11.867 --> 28:12.333 position:10% line:85% size:80% Captioning performed by LNS Captioning www.LNScaptioning.com