1 00:00:19,633 --> 00:00:20,266 >> A HABITAT IS WHERE YOU LIVE. 2 00:00:20,266 --> 00:00:23,700 BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO THRIVE IN YOUR HABITAT, THERE ARE SOME 3 00:00:23,700 --> 00:00:24,433 THINGS YOU NEED. 4 00:00:24,433 --> 00:00:25,800 FIND OUT WHAT THEY ARE. 5 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:28,734 SCIENTISTS ARE HERE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION AND YOUR 6 00:00:28,734 --> 00:00:30,433 QUESTIONS, ALL ABOUT HABITATS. 7 00:00:30,433 --> 00:00:31,333 STAY TUNED. 8 00:00:31,333 --> 00:00:34,000 "D4K" IS NEXT. 9 00:00:46,900 --> 00:00:49,066 >> HELLO, I'M JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN. 10 00:00:49,066 --> 00:00:51,233 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE ON IDAHO PUBLIC TELEVISION AND ON 11 00:00:51,233 --> 00:00:52,800 THE WORLDWIDE WEB. 12 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:56,266 >>> EVERYTHING IN NATURE -- PLANTS, ANIMALS, EVEN HUMAN 13 00:00:56,266 --> 00:00:57,967 BEINGS, LIVE IN A HABITAT. 14 00:00:57,967 --> 00:01:01,266 AND EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE HAS A JOB TO DO IN THAT HABITAT. 15 00:01:01,266 --> 00:01:04,800 AND IF EVERYBODY DOESN'T DO THEIR JOB, THEN THAT HABITAT CAN 16 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:06,433 FALL APART. 17 00:01:06,433 --> 00:01:09,600 IF YOU UNDERSTAND THE ROLE THAT EVERYTHING PLAYS, YO CAN FIGURE 18 00:01:09,600 --> 00:01:13,367 OUT WHAT MAKES A HABITAT WORK, AND THAT'S ESPECIALLY TRUE IN 19 00:01:13,367 --> 00:01:15,900 NATURE. 20 00:01:15,900 --> 00:01:18,700 IF ANIMALS HAD BUSINESS CARDS, IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO 21 00:01:18,700 --> 00:01:30,700 UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY LIVE AND WHAT THEIR ROLE IN NATURE IS. 22 00:01:30,700 --> 00:01:33,633 >> VEGETATION REMOVAL SPECIALIST. 23 00:01:33,633 --> 00:01:34,633 SWAMP CITY, USA. 24 00:01:34,633 --> 00:01:37,900 IF MY FEET ARE WET, I'M NOT THROUGH YET. 25 00:01:37,900 --> 00:01:43,333 >> MEET BLACK BEAR. 26 00:01:43,333 --> 00:01:44,900 >> BLACK BEAR. 27 00:01:44,900 --> 00:01:46,066 BERRY PICKER. 28 00:01:46,066 --> 00:01:48,533 U.S. NATIONAL FOREST. 29 00:01:48,533 --> 00:01:51,533 NEVER GRIPE WHEN THEY'RE RIPE. 30 00:01:51,533 --> 00:01:54,367 >> EVERY WILD ANIMAL HAS A SPECIAL PLACE TO LIVE AND A 31 00:01:54,367 --> 00:01:56,633 SPECIAL JOB TO DO THERE. 32 00:01:56,633 --> 00:02:00,333 THE PLACE AN ANIMAL LIVES, THE CREATURE'S ADDRESS, IS CALLED 33 00:02:00,333 --> 00:02:00,867 ITS HABITAT. 34 00:02:00,867 --> 00:02:05,700 AND THE JOB AN ANIMAL HAS IS CALLED ITS NICHE. 35 00:02:05,700 --> 00:02:09,367 A HABITAT IS MADE UP OF FOUR THINGS THAT ALL ANIMALS NEED. 36 00:02:09,367 --> 00:02:12,333 FOOD, WATER, SHELTER, AND SPACE. 37 00:02:12,333 --> 00:02:15,166 WHEN AN ANIMAL LIVES IN A PLACE THAT HAS THE RIGHT AMOUNTS OF 38 00:02:15,166 --> 00:02:21,166 ALL THESE THINGS, THEN IT'S LIVING IN A HEALTHY HABITAT. 39 00:02:21,166 --> 00:02:21,367 FOOD. 40 00:02:21,367 --> 00:02:23,700 WATER. 41 00:02:23,700 --> 00:02:26,166 SHELTER. 42 00:02:26,166 --> 00:02:27,734 AND SPACE. 43 00:02:27,734 --> 00:02:31,066 THE FIRST THREE ARE PRETTY EASY TO UNDERSTAND, RIGHT? 44 00:02:31,066 --> 00:02:32,333 WHAT ABOUT SPACE? 45 00:02:32,333 --> 00:02:34,166 EVEN PEOPLE NEED SPACE. 46 00:02:34,166 --> 00:02:36,633 BUT SOME OF US REQUIRE MORE THAN OTHERS. 47 00:02:36,633 --> 00:02:39,700 IT'S THE SAME WITH WILDANIMALS. 48 00:02:39,700 --> 00:02:42,900 A SPIDER WOULD ONLY NEED A SMALL AREA TO BUILD A WEB. 49 00:02:42,900 --> 00:02:45,333 MAYBE IN YOUR BACK YARD. 50 00:02:45,333 --> 00:02:47,533 BUT WHAT ABOUT A COUGAR? 51 00:02:47,533 --> 00:02:51,633 TOO MANY ANIMALS IN THE SAME SPACE IS NOT A GOOD IDEA EITHER. 52 00:02:51,633 --> 00:02:55,800 THEY MAY EAT ALL THE FOOD, OR PASS ON DISEASES TO EACH OTHER. 53 00:02:55,800 --> 00:03:00,166 SO SPACE IS AS IMPORTANT TO WILDLIFE AS FOOD, WATER, AND 54 00:03:00,166 --> 00:03:04,800 SHELTER IN CREATING THE PERFECT HABITAT. 55 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,700 IF THERE'S LOTS OF SPACE, DIFFERENT KINDS OF ANIMALS CAN 56 00:03:07,700 --> 00:03:09,000 LIVE IN THE SAME HABITAT. 57 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:12,867 HERE'S THE TRICKY PART -- THEY NEED TO HAVE A DIFFERENT NICHE 58 00:03:12,867 --> 00:03:14,734 OR JOB THERE. 59 00:03:14,734 --> 00:03:18,900 YOU SEE, IF THOSE ANIMALS NEED THE EXACT SAME FOOD, WATER, 60 00:03:18,900 --> 00:03:22,533 SHELTER, AND SPACE AND THEY HAVE THE SAME JOB, ONE WOULD 61 00:03:22,533 --> 00:03:26,333 OUTCOMPETE THE OTHER, BECAUSE THEY'RE BOTH DOING THE SAME 62 00:03:26,333 --> 00:03:26,533 THING. 63 00:03:26,533 --> 00:03:30,066 NATURE DOESN'T LIKE TO WASTE TALENT, SO IT DOESN'T ALLOW TWO 64 00:03:30,066 --> 00:03:34,533 ANIMALS DOING THE SAME JOB TO LIVE IN THE SAME PLACE. 65 00:03:34,533 --> 00:03:38,800 FOR EXAMPLE, SOME HAWK AND OWLS OCCUPY THE SAME TYPE OF HABITAT, 66 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,633 BUT THEY DO HAVE DIFFERENT JOBS, BECAUSE ONE WORKS THE NIGHT 67 00:03:42,633 --> 00:03:44,967 SHIFT, WHILE THE OTHER, THE DAY SHIFT. 68 00:03:44,967 --> 00:03:48,600 LOTS OF ANIMALS CAN SHARE GOOD HABITAT IF THEY DO DIFFERENT 69 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:51,166 THINGS THERE. 70 00:03:51,166 --> 00:03:53,266 SOME EAT PLANTS. 71 00:03:53,266 --> 00:03:56,266 SOME EAT ANIMALS. 72 00:03:56,266 --> 00:03:58,367 SOME LIVE IN THE GROUND. 73 00:03:58,367 --> 00:04:00,700 SOME LIVE IN TREES. 74 00:04:00,700 --> 00:04:01,867 WELL, YOU GET THE IDEA. 75 00:04:01,867 --> 00:04:05,867 AND NOT ONLY DO THEY ALL LIVE TOGETHER, THEY ALL DEPEND ON 76 00:04:05,867 --> 00:04:07,500 EACH OTHER. 77 00:04:07,500 --> 00:04:11,633 AS USUAL, NATURE KNOWS BEST, WHICH IS WHY ANIMALS LIVE IN 78 00:04:11,633 --> 00:04:21,433 SPECIFIC HABITATS WITH SPECIFIC NICHES, ALL OVER THE PLANET. 79 00:04:21,433 --> 00:04:24,266 AND JOINING ME NOW TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT HABITATS 80 00:04:24,266 --> 00:04:26,533 AND NICHES ARE TWO SCIENTISTS. 81 00:04:26,533 --> 00:04:28,967 SARA FOCHT IS A WILDLIFE EDUCATOR WITH THE IDAHO 82 00:04:28,967 --> 00:04:30,066 DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME. 83 00:04:30,066 --> 00:04:33,700 THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 84 00:04:33,700 --> 00:04:38,633 AND JOINING SUS RORY, REGIONAL WILDLIFE MANAGER FOR THE IDAHO 85 00:04:38,633 --> 00:04:40,000 DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME. 86 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:41,533 OF COURSE WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. 87 00:04:41,533 --> 00:04:45,800 GIVE US A CALL TOLL-FREE AT 1-800-973-9800. 88 00:04:45,800 --> 00:04:49,533 OR EMAIL US AT D4K@IDAHOPTV.ORG. 89 00:04:49,533 --> 00:04:53,100 AND REMEMBER, WHEN YOU SEND IN A QUESTION YOUR CLASS WILL BE 90 00:04:53,100 --> 00:04:56,533 ENTERED INTO OUR CHANCE TO WIN A FREE D.V.D. PLAYER AND OTHER 91 00:04:56,533 --> 00:04:56,800 PRIZES. 92 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,100 LET'S GO TO OUR FIRST QUESTIONS. 93 00:04:59,100 --> 00:05:02,533 WE'VE GOT A CALLER ON THE LINE. 94 00:05:02,533 --> 00:05:06,900 FROM MRS. SCHWEITZER'S CLASS. 95 00:05:06,900 --> 00:05:10,633 I'M SORRY, WE LOST YOU. 96 00:05:10,633 --> 00:05:12,367 JAIRKS ARE YOU THERE? 97 00:05:12,367 --> 00:05:12,600 NO. 98 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:13,700 CALL RIGHT BACK. 99 00:05:13,700 --> 00:05:14,166 I APOLOGIZE. 100 00:05:14,166 --> 00:05:18,633 LET'S GO TO OUR FIRST EMAIL QUESTION FROM THE SAME CLASS, A 101 00:05:18,633 --> 00:05:19,967 QUESTION FROM ANDREW. 102 00:05:19,967 --> 00:05:25,066 IS THERE AN ANIMAL WITH MORE THAN ONE HABITAT? 103 00:05:25,066 --> 00:05:28,000 >> WELL, THERE ARE LOTS OF ANIMALS WITH MORE THAN ONE 104 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:28,266 HABITAT. 105 00:05:28,266 --> 00:05:31,000 A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE A BIRD THAT MIGRATES. 106 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:35,533 WE HAVE LOTS OF BIRDS THAT MIGRATE HERE IN THE SUMMER AND 107 00:05:35,533 --> 00:05:37,367 MOVE HERE IN IDAHO IN THE SUMMER. 108 00:05:37,367 --> 00:05:40,100 AND THEN IN THE WINTER THEY MIGRATE TO THE SOUTHERN UNITED 109 00:05:40,100 --> 00:05:41,633 STATES, OR EVEN SOUTH AMERICA. 110 00:05:41,633 --> 00:05:44,633 AND THEY HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT HABITAT DOWN THERE. 111 00:05:44,633 --> 00:05:47,100 THEY LAY THEIR EGG AND RAISE THEIR YOUNG. 112 00:05:47,100 --> 00:05:49,900 SO THAT WOULD BE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF AN ANIMAL THAT HAS TWO VERY 113 00:05:49,900 --> 00:05:53,900 DIFFERENT HABITATS, AND THEY NEED THEM BOTH. 114 00:05:53,900 --> 00:05:59,433 >> DO ANIMALS' HABITATS GET BIGGER, WILL THAT HURT THE 115 00:05:59,433 --> 00:05:59,734 ECOSYSTEM? 116 00:05:59,734 --> 00:06:02,700 >> DOES IT GET BIGGER OR SMALLER THROUGH TIME? 117 00:06:02,700 --> 00:06:06,066 >> I THINK IT DOES VARY SEASONALLY. 118 00:06:06,066 --> 00:06:09,066 WE DON'T KNOW THAT IT HURTS THE ECOSYSTEM, IT'S JUST A CHANGE. 119 00:06:09,066 --> 00:06:12,734 AND IT MAY BE A BENEFIT TO THAT PARTICULAR SPECIES, BUT THAT MAY 120 00:06:12,734 --> 00:06:18,166 BE A DETRIMENT TO ANOTHER SPECIES THAT USE AS DIFFERENT 121 00:06:18,166 --> 00:06:19,166 HABITAT THAT'S SHRINKING. 122 00:06:19,166 --> 00:06:23,800 >> ISABEL WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT DIFFERENT TYPES OF HABITATS 123 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:25,700 ARE IN IDAHO. 124 00:06:25,700 --> 00:06:26,633 >> OH, WOW. 125 00:06:26,633 --> 00:06:28,800 WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT KIND OF HABITATS. 126 00:06:28,800 --> 00:06:32,000 WE HAVE SOME OF THE IMPORTANT ONES THAT I CAN THINK OF, 127 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,433 SAGEBRUSH HABITAT, THAT'S A BIG ONE IN SOUTHERN IDAHO. 128 00:06:34,433 --> 00:06:37,700 IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT SPECIES, OVER 200 129 00:06:37,700 --> 00:06:39,266 SPECIES DEPEND SAGEBRUSH. 130 00:06:39,266 --> 00:06:42,900 THAT WOULD BE A VERY IMPORTANT HABITAT HERE IN IDAHO. 131 00:06:42,900 --> 00:06:47,166 WE HAVE CONIFER FORESTS, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT HABITAT FOR OWLS 132 00:06:47,166 --> 00:06:52,333 AND LARGE GAME, THEY LIKE TO HIDE THERE. 133 00:06:52,333 --> 00:06:54,533 LET'S SEE. 134 00:06:54,533 --> 00:06:57,000 RIPARIAN HABITATS ARE ANY SORT OF WATER HABITAT. 135 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:01,500 THAT COULD BE ANY KIND OF WATER, IT COULD BE A STREAM, A LAKE, A 136 00:07:01,500 --> 00:07:04,867 POND, AND THOSE HABITATS ARE VERY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WE KNOW 137 00:07:04,867 --> 00:07:07,800 THAT ALL ANIMALS NEED FOOD, WATER, SHELTER, AND SPACE. 138 00:07:07,800 --> 00:07:09,066 WATER, WE NEED THAT ONE. 139 00:07:09,066 --> 00:07:14,700 RIPARIAN IS A STRANGE WORD, BUT IT'S JUST ANOTHER WORD TO SAY 140 00:07:14,700 --> 00:07:15,000 "WATER." 141 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,734 AND CAN YOU THINK OF ANY OTHER IMPORTANT -- 142 00:07:17,734 --> 00:07:22,100 >> HIGH MOUNTAIN HABITATS USED BY MOUNTAIN GOATS. 143 00:07:22,100 --> 00:07:26,333 SOME PRETTY DENSE FOREST CANYONLANDS IN THE DESERT. 144 00:07:26,333 --> 00:07:28,000 A HUGE VARIETY IN IDAHO. 145 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:35,000 >> LET'S TRY CHEYENNE. 146 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,533 I'M HAVING FUN WITH THE PHONE. 147 00:07:36,533 --> 00:07:36,800 HERE WE GO. 148 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:38,166 ARE YOU THERE? 149 00:07:38,166 --> 00:07:38,533 >> Caller: YES. 150 00:07:38,533 --> 00:07:39,734 >> THERE WE GO. 151 00:07:39,734 --> 00:07:42,800 CHEYENNE IN MIDDLETON, GO AHEAD AND ASK YOUR QUESTION. 152 00:07:42,800 --> 00:07:49,100 >> Caller: HAVE YOU EVER SAVED ANY ANIMALS FROM A FIRE? 153 00:07:49,100 --> 00:07:52,633 >> WELL, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION, CHEYENNE. 154 00:07:52,633 --> 00:07:57,000 REMARKABLY, ANIMALS FOR THE MOST PART ARE VERY GOOD AT ESCAPING 155 00:07:57,000 --> 00:07:57,266 FIRE. 156 00:07:57,266 --> 00:08:01,333 SOMETIMES THE FIRES ARE VERY BIG AND MOVE VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE OF 157 00:08:01,333 --> 00:08:05,333 WIND, AND THEY CAN GET TRAPPED AND BURNT, BUT MOST OF THE TIME 158 00:08:05,333 --> 00:08:09,100 THEY HAVE ENOUGH WARNING AND THEY DO OK. 159 00:08:09,100 --> 00:08:13,066 THERE ARE SPECIES UNFORTUNATELY, THAT CAN'T TRAVEL FAST ENOUGH TO 160 00:08:13,066 --> 00:08:15,800 GET OUT OF THE FIRE, AND THEY END UP GETTING BURNED. 161 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:19,967 SO THE IMPORTANT THING IS WE TRY TO MINIMIZE ALL HUMAN-CAUSED 162 00:08:19,967 --> 00:08:21,433 FIRE AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 163 00:08:21,433 --> 00:08:25,433 >> LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET JAKE IN HERE AGAIN. 164 00:08:25,433 --> 00:08:27,100 GO AHEAD, WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? 165 00:08:27,100 --> 00:08:31,800 >> Caller: MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANIMALS THAT CAN SURVIVE 166 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:36,100 IN ALL HABITAT? 167 00:08:36,100 --> 00:08:39,900 >> YOU MEAN -- I THINK HE MEANS ONE ANIMAL IN ALL HABITAT? 168 00:08:39,900 --> 00:08:43,700 >> IS THERE ONE ANIMAL -- >> THE ONLY ONE I CAN THINK OF, 169 00:08:43,700 --> 00:08:46,500 MAYBE JON CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IT'S NOT ONE ANIMAL, BUT 170 00:08:46,500 --> 00:08:48,900 A GROUP, AND THAT'S INSECTS. 171 00:08:48,900 --> 00:08:51,734 I THINK INSECTS ARE ALMOST IN EVERY HABITAT. 172 00:08:51,734 --> 00:08:55,433 IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT INSECTS. 173 00:08:55,433 --> 00:08:58,834 >> THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD ANSWER. 174 00:08:58,834 --> 00:09:02,700 >> COCKROACHES SEEM TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE. 175 00:09:02,700 --> 00:09:05,166 >> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE SPECIFIC 176 00:09:05,166 --> 00:09:09,266 SPECIES OF ANIMAL -- I DON'T THINK SO. 177 00:09:09,266 --> 00:09:13,700 BECAUSE INDIVIDUAL ANIMALS HAVE PARTICULAR NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE 178 00:09:13,700 --> 00:09:17,633 MET FOR THE WAY THEY'RE DESIGNED, AND THE WAY THEY LIVE. 179 00:09:17,633 --> 00:09:21,433 AND SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A MAMMAL THAT COULD LIVE UNDER 180 00:09:21,433 --> 00:09:24,333 WATER EXTENSIVELY LIKE A FISH. 181 00:09:24,333 --> 00:09:27,066 AND YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A FISH THAT WOULD DO VERY WELL ON LAND 182 00:09:27,066 --> 00:09:30,000 FOR VERY LONG. 183 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:34,734 SO -- BUT THE MOST DIVERSE GROUP WOULD DEFINITELY BE INSECTS. 184 00:09:34,734 --> 00:09:39,734 >> LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET CALEB FROM DONNELLY. 185 00:09:39,734 --> 00:09:43,000 GO AHEAD, CALEB. 186 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:43,900 DID WE LOSE YOU? 187 00:09:43,900 --> 00:09:45,633 ARE YOU THERE? 188 00:09:45,633 --> 00:09:49,266 [DIAL TONE] HIS QUESTION WAS, WHAT CHANGE OF 189 00:09:49,266 --> 00:09:53,266 HABITAT -- WILL A CHANGE OF HABITAT RESULT IN EXTINCTION? 190 00:09:53,266 --> 00:09:58,166 >> A CHANGE OF HABITAT, IF IT'S GREAT ENOUGH, OR A LOSS OF 191 00:09:58,166 --> 00:10:01,166 HABITAT CERTAINLY COULD CAUSE EXTINCTION. 192 00:10:01,166 --> 00:10:06,867 LOSS OF HABITAT ST. NUMBER ONE FACTOR IN WHY ANIMALS GO 193 00:10:06,867 --> 00:10:07,100 INSTINCT. 194 00:10:07,100 --> 00:10:11,900 SO IF THERE'S A BIG ENOUGH CHANGE OR COMPLETELY LOST, SURE. 195 00:10:11,900 --> 00:10:17,233 >> GABBY FROM JENNIFER HUNT'S CLASS AT CYNTHIA MANN ELEMENTARY 196 00:10:17,233 --> 00:10:21,800 WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WHAT KIND OF HABITAT IS THE SMALLEST? 197 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:24,867 >> SARA, YOU PROBABLY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD ANSWER FOR THAT. 198 00:10:24,867 --> 00:10:28,700 >> I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHAT THE SMALLEST HABITAT IS, 199 00:10:28,700 --> 00:10:31,166 ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS EARLIER, I 200 00:10:31,166 --> 00:10:33,367 DID A PROGRAM THE OTHER DAY ON SPIDERS. 201 00:10:33,367 --> 00:10:36,800 SPIDERS HAVE A PRETTY SMALL HOIK, BUT I BET THERE ARE EVEN 202 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:42,000 SMALLER INSECTS THAT -- MY ROOMMATE'S DOG HAS EAR MIGHTS, 203 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,600 AND THOSE LIVE INSIDE MY ROOMMATE'S DOG'S EAR, AND THAT'S 204 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:48,600 A HABITAT, THAT'S A PRETTY SMALL SPACE. 205 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:54,367 >> SO YOU CAN GET DOWN TO AEMEBAS. 206 00:10:54,367 --> 00:10:58,667 MARY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WHAT DO OWLS NEED IN THEIR HABITAT? 207 00:10:58,667 --> 00:11:03,533 >> WELL, I THINK OWLS, THEY NEED ALL OF THOSE OTHER THINGS WE 208 00:11:03,533 --> 00:11:06,700 TALKED ABOUT -- THEY NEED TO HAVE FOOD, AND FOR MOST OWLS 209 00:11:06,700 --> 00:11:09,166 THEY'RE LOOK AT SMALL MAMMALS TO EAT. 210 00:11:09,166 --> 00:11:13,867 MICE, LITTLE RODENTS, THEY NEED TO HAVE SOME ACCESS TO WATER. 211 00:11:13,867 --> 00:11:18,166 THEY NEED SHELTER, AND THAT'S -- NO SHELTER FROM THE 212 00:11:18,166 --> 00:11:24,166 WEATHER, A PLACE TO LIVE, AND I GUESS ALSO SHELTER THAT PROVIDES 213 00:11:24,166 --> 00:11:28,433 COVER FROM OTHER ANIMALS THAT MIGHT TRY TO GET THEM. 214 00:11:28,433 --> 00:11:33,633 >> FROM MRS. INFORMING'S SECOND GRADE -- FOG'S SECOND GRADE 215 00:11:33,633 --> 00:11:36,867 CLASS, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ANIMALS WHEN THEIR HABITAT WERE 216 00:11:36,867 --> 00:11:39,734 BURNED FROM ALL THE FIRES LAST YEAR, AND HOW CAN WE HELP 217 00:11:39,734 --> 00:11:40,600 REBUD IT? 218 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:45,166 >> WHEN THE HABITAT AND FIRES HERE IN IDAHO LAST YEAR WERE 219 00:11:45,166 --> 00:11:48,500 BURNED, IT'S PRETTY MUCH THE HABITAT IS GONE FOR THOSE 220 00:11:48,500 --> 00:11:48,734 ANIMALS. 221 00:11:48,734 --> 00:11:52,166 SO THEY HAVE TO MOVE SOMEPLACE ELSE, AND THAT HABITAT NEEDS TO 222 00:11:52,166 --> 00:11:52,367 REGROW. 223 00:11:52,367 --> 00:11:55,700 AND IT WILL REGROW, IT MAY TAKE A LONG TIME. 224 00:11:55,700 --> 00:11:59,166 SOMETIMES FIRES CREATE BETTER HABITAT FOR DIFFERENT ANIMALS. 225 00:11:59,166 --> 00:12:04,066 SO, FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU HAVE A FOREST, A DEEP, DENSE FOREST, 226 00:12:04,066 --> 00:12:07,633 DARK FOREST, IT WOULDN'T BE SO GREAT FOR ELK, BUT AFTER A FIRE 227 00:12:07,633 --> 00:12:10,500 THE GRASSES GROW, AND THEN THE ELK LOVE IT. 228 00:12:10,500 --> 00:12:13,633 SO SOMETIMES A FIRE CAN ACTUALLY HELP THE HABITAT. 229 00:12:13,633 --> 00:12:17,166 BUT IT WILL REPLENISH, IT JUST TAKES TIME. 230 00:12:17,166 --> 00:12:20,633 >> LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET JACK IN MIDDLETON. 231 00:12:20,633 --> 00:12:22,266 ARE YOU THERE? 232 00:12:22,266 --> 00:12:22,700 >> Caller: YES. 233 00:12:22,700 --> 00:12:23,066 >> GOOD. 234 00:12:23,066 --> 00:12:24,900 WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? 235 00:12:24,900 --> 00:12:27,266 >> Caller: DO BIRDS LIVE IN THE DESERT? 236 00:12:27,266 --> 00:12:29,367 >> DO BIRDS LIVE IN THE DESERT? 237 00:12:29,367 --> 00:12:33,800 >> JACK, WE HAVE AN AWFUL LOT OF BIRDS THAT LIVE IN THE DESERT. 238 00:12:33,800 --> 00:12:37,633 WE HAVE BIRDS THAT NEST IN THE SAGEBRUSH, AND BIRDS THAT NEST 239 00:12:37,633 --> 00:12:39,166 ON THE GROUND. 240 00:12:39,166 --> 00:12:42,900 WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE QUITE THE RIETY OF SPECIES IN THE DESERT 241 00:12:42,900 --> 00:12:49,000 AS WE DO IN SOME OF OUR DENSER RIPARIAN-TYPE HABITATS WHERE 242 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,700 THERE'S MORE MOISTURE, BUT WE DO HAVE A WIDE VARIETY THAT LIVE IN 243 00:12:51,700 --> 00:12:52,800 THE DESERT. 244 00:12:52,800 --> 00:13:03,000 >> LET'S GO TO OLIVIA IN BOISE. 245 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:03,367 >> Caller: YES? 246 00:13:03,367 --> 00:13:04,433 >> GO AHEAD. 247 00:13:04,433 --> 00:13:07,433 >> Caller: WHAT KIND OF HABITAT DO -- 248 00:13:07,433 --> 00:13:11,233 >> WHAT KIND OF HABITAT DO BUTTER FLIES NEED? 249 00:13:11,233 --> 00:13:11,633 >> Caller: YEAH. 250 00:13:11,633 --> 00:13:14,000 >> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. 251 00:13:14,000 --> 00:13:18,533 >> WELL, BUTTERFLIES OF COURSE NEED NECTAR FROM FLOWERS, SO 252 00:13:18,533 --> 00:13:20,100 THAT'S THE KIND OF FOOD THEY NEED. 253 00:13:20,100 --> 00:13:24,000 AND THAT CAN COME FROM A FLOWER, IT COULD COME FROM A TREE, IT 254 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,533 CAN COME FROM ANY TYPE OF FLOWER. 255 00:13:26,533 --> 00:13:29,700 THEY GO NEED WATER, TOO. 256 00:13:29,700 --> 00:13:31,633 -- THEY DO NEED WATER, TOO. 257 00:13:31,633 --> 00:13:33,500 >> A NICE GARDEN WITH LOTS OF PRETTY FLOWERS. 258 00:13:33,500 --> 00:13:37,533 >> WE HAVE A HUMMINGBIRD AND BUTTERFLY GARDEN AT THE NATURE 259 00:13:37,533 --> 00:13:41,333 CENTER, AND WE'VE GOT HUNDREDS OF BUTTERFLIES THERE IN THE 260 00:13:41,333 --> 00:13:41,600 SUMMER. 261 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:46,066 >> LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GO TO RYAN IN CALDWELL. 262 00:13:46,066 --> 00:13:48,000 RYAN? 263 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:49,433 >> Caller: UM, HI. 264 00:13:49,433 --> 00:13:52,700 WHAT IS AN EAGLE'S NICHE? 265 00:13:52,700 --> 00:13:55,367 >> WHAT IS THE EAGLE'S JOB? 266 00:13:55,367 --> 00:13:58,800 >> WELL, RYAN, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF EAGLES. 267 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:03,000 IN IDAHO WE HAVE GOLDEN EAGLES AND WE HAVE BALD EAGLES, AND THE 268 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:06,500 BALD EAGLES ARE PRIMARILY FISH-EATERS. 269 00:14:06,500 --> 00:14:09,633 SO THEY'LL PERCH IN TREES, NEST IN TREES, AND THEY'LL FLY OVER 270 00:14:09,633 --> 00:14:14,900 THE WATER AND REACH IN WITH THEIR TALONS AND PICK OUT FISH, 271 00:14:14,900 --> 00:14:17,867 AND TAKE THE FISH BACK AND EAT THEM. 272 00:14:17,867 --> 00:14:21,433 GOLDEN EAGLES ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE FOUND IN THE DESERT AND IN 273 00:14:21,433 --> 00:14:27,100 THE CANYONS WHERE THEY NEST UP ON THE ROCKS IN CLIFFING, AND 274 00:14:27,100 --> 00:14:32,166 THEY'LL EAT SMALL ANIMALS, LIKE JACKRABBITS AND SOMETIMES SOME 275 00:14:32,166 --> 00:14:34,333 OF THE LARGER BIRDS. 276 00:14:34,333 --> 00:14:37,734 AND SO THEY HAVE MORE OF A DESERT AND CANYON TYPE OF NICHE 277 00:14:37,734 --> 00:14:39,500 IN IDAHO. 278 00:14:39,500 --> 00:14:45,000 >> FROM SUSAN IN MERIDIAN, CAMERON WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, DOES 279 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:46,633 EXHAUST DESTROY HABITAT? 280 00:14:46,633 --> 00:14:50,066 I GUESS POLLUTION, AIR POLLUTION, CAN THAT DESTROY A 281 00:14:50,066 --> 00:14:50,333 HABITAT? 282 00:14:50,333 --> 00:14:53,433 >> WELL, I CERTAINLY SUPPOSE IF THERE'S ENOUGH EXHAUST THAT 283 00:14:53,433 --> 00:14:56,333 COD HURT SOME OF THE ELEMENTS IN A HABITAT. 284 00:14:56,333 --> 00:15:01,333 ON A GLOBAL SCALE, EXHAUST IS -- HAS BEEN -- SOME PEOPLE 285 00:15:01,333 --> 00:15:04,900 BELIEVE IT CONTRIBUTES TO GLOBAL WARMING, AND GLOBAL WARMING 286 00:15:04,900 --> 00:15:08,333 CERTAINLY CAN CHANGE HABITATS. 287 00:15:08,333 --> 00:15:10,333 MAYBE MORE QUICKLY THAN THEY WOULD NORMALLY. 288 00:15:10,333 --> 00:15:15,166 >> IN ADDITION TO THAT, IT'S ALSO A CONTRIBUTOR TO ACID RAIN, 289 00:15:15,166 --> 00:15:18,500 WHICH CHANGES THE P.H. OF THE ENVIRONMENT, AND ALSO HAS 290 00:15:18,500 --> 00:15:20,166 IMPACTS ON HABITAT. 291 00:15:20,166 --> 00:15:30,533 >> CAMERON WOULD LIKE TO ASK, ARE ELK LOSING THEIR HABITAT? 292 00:15:30,533 --> 00:15:34,000 >> YES, IN SOME PLACES THEY ARE. 293 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:38,166 HABITAT FOR ELK AND OTHER SPECIES FACES A VARIETY OF 294 00:15:38,166 --> 00:15:38,433 THREATS. 295 00:15:38,433 --> 00:15:42,166 SOMETIMES ELK ARE IMPACTED WHEN WE HAVE FIRES GO THROUGH, 296 00:15:42,166 --> 00:15:45,533 PARTICULARLY ON WINTER RANGE, WHERE ELK NEED TO SPEND THE 297 00:15:45,533 --> 00:15:50,900 WINTER IN SMALLER SPACE IF THAT HABITAT GETS BURNED, THEY -- OR 298 00:15:50,900 --> 00:15:54,967 DEFINITELY AT A HIGHER RISK OF DYING OF STARVATION IN THE 299 00:15:54,967 --> 00:15:55,233 WINTER. 300 00:15:55,233 --> 00:16:03,166 WE HAVE OTHER THREATS, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSES FOR PEOPLE 301 00:16:03,166 --> 00:16:08,800 IN THE ELKS' FAVORITE HABITAT, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THREATS OF 302 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:14,166 WEED SPECIES THAT TAKE OVER THE NATURAL FOODS THAT ELK SEEK OUT. 303 00:16:14,166 --> 00:16:18,000 AND THOSE WEED SPECIES DON'T PROVIDE FOOD FOR ELK. 304 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:22,066 >> SHAUN FROM THE BUSH MAGNET SCHOOL IN IDAHO FALLS WOULD LIKE 305 00:16:22,066 --> 00:16:25,800 TO KNOW IF PREYING MANTISES LIVE IN ALL HABITATS. 306 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:29,500 >> NO, I DON'T BELIEVE THEY DO. 307 00:16:29,500 --> 00:16:33,533 I'VE SEEN SOME IN MY GARDEN, BUT -- THEY OBVIOUSLY DON'T LIVE 308 00:16:33,533 --> 00:16:37,700 IN THE OCEAN, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY LIVE IN THE DESERT. 309 00:16:37,700 --> 00:16:41,233 >> I DON'T THINK THEY LIVE UP IN THE ICE AND SNOW AND THE TOP OF 310 00:16:41,233 --> 00:16:42,166 THE MOUNTAINS, EITHER. 311 00:16:42,166 --> 00:16:43,333 >> SO THEY HAVE THEIR NICHE. 312 00:16:43,333 --> 00:16:44,066 >> THEY DO. 313 00:16:44,066 --> 00:16:47,967 >> HANNAH FROM MRS. McCOY'S THIRD GRADE CLASS WOULD LIKE TO 314 00:16:47,967 --> 00:16:51,500 KNOW WHY DO DEER AND ELK NOT HAVE SHARP TEETH? 315 00:16:51,500 --> 00:16:56,967 >> WELL -- > -- I THINK THAT HAS TODO WITH THE WAY THEY EAT. 316 00:16:56,967 --> 00:17:02,000 AND BOTH OF THEM, THEY HAVE INCISORS IN THE FRONT OF THEIR 317 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,000 LOWER JAW JUST LIKE PEOPLE DO, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TEETH ON THE 318 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,333 TOP AND THEY PINCH THEIR TEETH 319 00:17:08,333 --> 00:17:11,600 AGAINST THE TOP OF THEIR MOUTH, AND THEN THEY TWIST TO BREAK OFF 320 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:17,333 THE GRASSES OR THE PLANTS, OR THE STICKS, PART OF THE SHRUBS. 321 00:17:17,333 --> 00:17:19,900 AND THEN THEY PULL THOSE TO THE BACK OF THEIR MOUTH AND THEY 322 00:17:19,900 --> 00:17:23,734 HAVE MOLARS QUITE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO, A LITTLE SHARPER, 323 00:17:23,734 --> 00:17:26,734 AND A LITTLE DIFFERENT ANGLE, AND THEY GRIND THEM BACK AND 324 00:17:26,734 --> 00:17:27,000 FORTH. 325 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:28,900 AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY THEY EAT. 326 00:17:28,900 --> 00:17:31,100 >> LET'S GO TO MOLLY. 327 00:17:31,100 --> 00:17:33,066 ARE YOU THERE, MOLLY? 328 00:17:33,066 --> 00:17:39,800 [DIAL TONE] MOLLY ASKED, CAN INSECTS SURVIVE 329 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:40,000 FIRE? 330 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,233 I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT, MOLLY. 331 00:17:42,233 --> 00:17:46,633 >> BOY, I SUPPOSE IF THE FIRE IS INTENSE ENOUGH, NO. 332 00:17:46,633 --> 00:17:49,533 BUT I HAVE SEEN INSECTS RIGHT AFTER THE FIRE. 333 00:17:49,533 --> 00:17:53,433 I USED TO FIGHT FIRE WITH THE FOREST SERVICE, AND AS I'M 334 00:17:53,433 --> 00:17:56,066 STEPPING IN THE HOT ASHES YOU SEE IES AND INSECTS. 335 00:17:56,066 --> 00:17:58,800 I WOULD SAY SOME DO, AND SOME PROBABLY DON'T. 336 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:01,000 >> AND SOME MAY FLY OFF AND COME BACK. 337 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:01,700 >> RIGHT. 338 00:18:01,700 --> 00:18:05,266 >> LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET HUNTER. 339 00:18:05,266 --> 00:18:06,600 HUNTER, ARE YOU THERE? 340 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:07,000 >> Caller: YEAH. 341 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,166 >> YOU'RE CALLING FROM MIDDLETON? 342 00:18:09,166 --> 00:18:09,633 >> Caller: YEAH. 343 00:18:09,633 --> 00:18:10,000 >> GREAT. 344 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:11,166 WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? 345 00:18:11,166 --> 00:18:18,734 >> Caller: HAVE YOU EVER -- >> HAVE OUR GUESTS SLEPT IN A 346 00:18:18,734 --> 00:18:20,266 BEAR DEN? 347 00:18:20,266 --> 00:18:20,700 >> Caller: YES. 348 00:18:20,700 --> 00:18:25,000 >> ACTUALLY, I HAVE TAKEN A NAP NEXT TO A BEAR DEN, AND, YEAH, I 349 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,867 HAVE BEEN TO BEAR DENS IN THE WINTER WHEN BEAR WERE 350 00:18:28,867 --> 00:18:29,166 HIBERNATING. 351 00:18:29,166 --> 00:18:33,700 AND I HAVE BEEN TO BEAR DENS IN THE SUMMER AFTER THE BEARS HAVE 352 00:18:33,700 --> 00:18:33,900 LEFT. 353 00:18:33,900 --> 00:18:36,533 >> WOULD YO LIKE TO SLEEP IN A BEAR DEN? 354 00:18:36,533 --> 00:18:37,800 >> Caller: NO. 355 00:18:37,800 --> 00:18:41,433 >> OK, THANK FOR CALLING. 356 00:18:41,433 --> 00:18:44,700 LET'S TRY STEWART IN CALLED WE. 357 00:18:44,700 --> 00:18:49,000 WE -- CALDWELL. 358 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,367 >> Caller: I HAVE A QUESTION. 359 00:18:52,367 --> 00:19:02,600 WHAT IS A CAMILLE I DON'T KNOW NICHE -- CHAMELION NICHE AND 360 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:02,867 HABITAT? 361 00:19:02,867 --> 00:19:05,900 >> BOY, I DON'T KNOW MUCH OF BEN MOSELEY THEM, ACTUALLY. 362 00:19:05,900 --> 00:19:09,066 WE DON'T HAVE THEM IN IDAHO. 363 00:19:09,066 --> 00:19:10,533 JON, DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING? 364 00:19:10,533 --> 00:19:19,333 >> I THINK THEY LIVE IN THE SUBTROPICS, AND TYPICALLY IN A 365 00:19:19,333 --> 00:19:21,600 SUBTROPICAL FOREST TYPE ENVIRONMENT, AND THEY EAT 366 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:23,000 INSECTS. 367 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:23,967 PRIMARILY. 368 00:19:23,967 --> 00:19:27,100 >> OK. 369 00:19:27,100 --> 00:19:29,967 ISIAH FROM CLEAR WATER VALLEY ELEMENTARY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, 370 00:19:29,967 --> 00:19:32,066 WHY DO ANIMALS TRAVEL SO FAR? 371 00:19:32,066 --> 00:19:35,233 WHY DO SOME ANIMALS DON'T STAY IN ONE AREA? 372 00:19:35,233 --> 00:19:39,433 >> WELL, SOME ANIMALS TRAVEL A LONG WAY BECAUSE IN THEIR 373 00:19:39,433 --> 00:19:43,333 HABITAT THAT THEY'RE IN, THEY LOSE A COMPONENT. 374 00:19:43,333 --> 00:19:47,433 SO, FOR INSTANCE, OUR EXAMPLE EARLIER WAS MIGRATORY BIRDS. 375 00:19:47,433 --> 00:19:52,533 IN THE WINTER BIRDS LOSE THEIR FOOD SOURCE, INSECTS, FOR 376 00:19:52,533 --> 00:19:56,266 INSTANCE, LIKE THE MOUNTAIN BLUEBI, OUR STATE BIRD, EATS 377 00:19:56,266 --> 00:19:56,533 INSECTS. 378 00:19:56,533 --> 00:20:00,800 AND THE INSECTS MAKE THEIR EGGS OR THEY HIBERNATE OR DIE IN THE 379 00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:02,600 WINTER, SO THEY LOSE THEIR FOOD SOURCE. 380 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:04,900 SO THEY HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO FIND A NEW HABITAT. 381 00:20:04,900 --> 00:20:08,266 SO THAT'S ONE REASON WHY ANIMALS CAN TRAVEL SO FAR. 382 00:20:08,266 --> 00:20:13,900 AND THAT CAN BE TRUE FOR PRONG HORN TRAVEL WAWS THEY NEED 383 00:20:13,900 --> 00:20:16,633 WINTER RANGE, SO SOMETHING IN THEIR HABITAT CHANGES BECAUSE OF 384 00:20:16,633 --> 00:20:20,166 THE SEASONS, AND THEY TRAVEL A LONG WAY TO FIND ALL THE 385 00:20:20,166 --> 00:20:22,633 COMPONENTS. 386 00:20:22,633 --> 00:20:30,633 >> COLTON IN IDAHO FALL WAS LIKE T KNOW, HOW HIGH CAN A BOBCAT 387 00:20:30,633 --> 00:20:30,867 JUMP? 388 00:20:30,867 --> 00:20:35,867 >> WELL, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GUESS. 389 00:20:35,867 --> 00:20:37,533 BETWEEN 10-15 FEET. 390 00:20:37,533 --> 00:20:39,066 >> THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD JUMP. 391 00:20:39,066 --> 00:20:41,233 >> HIGHER THAN I CAN JUMP. 392 00:20:41,233 --> 00:20:45,166 >> AND HE'D ALSO LIKE TO KNOW, DO BIG HORN SHEEP FIGHT? 393 00:20:45,166 --> 00:20:49,533 >> WELL, PROBABLY NOT THE WAY HUMANS FIGHT, BUT, YEAH, THEY 394 00:20:49,533 --> 00:20:54,333 HAVE A LITTLE CONTEST IN THE FALL, TYPICALLY 395 00:20:54,333 --> 00:21:01,700 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER, WHERE THE BOY BOYS LIKE TO FIGHT OVER WHO GETS 396 00:21:01,700 --> 00:21:05,166 A DATE WITH THE PRETTIEST GIRL. 397 00:21:05,166 --> 00:21:09,100 THAT'S WHEN YOU SEE THEM BUTTING HEADS, TO SEE WHO IS THE 398 00:21:09,100 --> 00:21:10,166 TOUGHEST BOY. 399 00:21:10,166 --> 00:21:12,266 >> HOW DOES O WIN THAT FIGHT? 400 00:21:12,266 --> 00:21:18,233 >> WHOEVER HAS THE BIGGEST HEADACHE LOSES, I THINK. 401 00:21:18,233 --> 00:21:23,867 >> LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET JOSIE IN CALDWELL. 402 00:21:23,867 --> 00:21:24,233 >> Caller: HI. 403 00:21:24,233 --> 00:21:25,066 I HAVE A QUESTION. 404 00:21:25,066 --> 00:21:27,367 >> UH-HUH. 405 00:21:27,367 --> 00:21:31,100 >> Caller: ARE SOME HABITATS BEING DESTROYED BY OIL DRILLERS? 406 00:21:31,100 --> 00:21:34,967 >> ARE SOME HABITATS BEING DESTROYED BY OIL DRILLING? 407 00:21:34,967 --> 00:21:39,900 >> WELL, THERE ARE SOME HABITATS THAT -- I'M THINKING OF ONE IN 408 00:21:39,900 --> 00:21:46,600 WYOMING, ACTUALLY, THAT SEEMS TO BE FRAGMENTED BY OIL RIGS, I 409 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:51,433 GUESS, WHERE THEY PUT THE DRILL DOWN INTO THE EARTH. 410 00:21:51,433 --> 00:21:55,433 AND WHEN I SAY FRAGMENTED, I MEAN A HABITAT COULD BE LARGE 411 00:21:55,433 --> 00:21:59,266 AND SOLID SO THE ANIMAL CAN MOVE IN THAT HABITAT, AND FRAGMENTED 412 00:21:59,266 --> 00:22:02,734 IS SORT NF PIECES SO THE ANIMALS CAN'T MOVE FROM PLACE TO PLACE 413 00:22:02,734 --> 00:22:04,166 WITHIN THE HABITAT. 414 00:22:04,166 --> 00:22:08,700 SO I WOULD SAY THAT OIL DRILLING CAN FRAGMENT A HABITAT, 415 00:22:08,700 --> 00:22:10,166 CERTAINLY. 416 00:22:10,166 --> 00:22:19,800 >> LET'S GO TO -- VIA EMAIL, A QUESTION FROM MRS. DILLWORTH'S 417 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:23,000 SECOND GRADE CLASS, NADA WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE DO BEARS 418 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:27,166 BUILD THEIR DENS? 419 00:22:27,166 --> 00:22:28,333 WHERE WOULD THEY BE? 420 00:22:28,333 --> 00:22:36,266 >> WELL, DIFFERENT BEARS BUILD A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF 421 00:22:36,266 --> 00:22:38,266 DENS. 422 00:22:38,266 --> 00:22:42,433 SOME BEARS DEN UP ENTRIES OFF THE GROUND, SOME WILL DEN IN A 423 00:22:42,433 --> 00:22:43,166 HOLLOW LOG. 424 00:22:43,166 --> 00:22:49,066 MOST OFTEN THEY'LL FIND A HOLE, AN EXISTING HOLE, MAYBE UNDER A 425 00:22:49,066 --> 00:22:52,367 TREE OR JUST IN THE HILLSIDE, AND THEY'LL MAKE IT BIGGER. 426 00:22:52,367 --> 00:22:54,333 BIG ENOUGH FOR THEM TO CRAWL IN. 427 00:22:54,333 --> 00:22:58,467 WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN STAY DRY 428 00:22:58,467 --> 00:23:03,633 DURING THE COURSE OF THE WINTER, AND THE HOLE IS DEEP ENOUGH THAT 429 00:23:03,633 --> 00:23:06,633 IT'S NOT GOING TO GET TOO COLD FOR THEM WHILE THEY'RE 430 00:23:06,633 --> 00:23:09,066 HIBERNATING. 431 00:23:09,066 --> 00:23:16,166 >> FROM HORIZON ELEMENTARY IN BOISE, WHAT'S THE HOTTEST 432 00:23:16,166 --> 00:23:17,433 HABITAT? 433 00:23:17,433 --> 00:23:18,000 THE DE?ERT. 434 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,233 >> BOY, THAT'S A TOUGH QUESTION. 435 00:23:20,233 --> 00:23:25,066 IN IDAHO CERTAINLY THE HOTTEST HABITAT IS PROBABLY THE SNAKE 436 00:23:25,066 --> 00:23:26,166 RIVER PLAIN DESERT. 437 00:23:26,166 --> 00:23:31,700 BUT IN THE WORLD, VOLCANOS, AN AREA WHERE THERE'S A VOLCANO CAN 438 00:23:31,700 --> 00:23:35,800 BE PRETTY HOT, AND THERE ARE ORGANISMS THAT LIVE RIGHT THERE. 439 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:42,900 >> LET'S GO TO NATHAN IN CALDWELL. 440 00:23:42,900 --> 00:23:43,900 >> HI. 441 00:23:43,900 --> 00:23:47,867 MY NAME -- >> Caller: MY QUESTION IS, WHAT 442 00:23:47,867 --> 00:23:50,867 IS THE MOST IMPORTANT NICHE? 443 00:23:50,867 --> 00:23:53,333 >> WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT NICHE? 444 00:23:53,333 --> 00:23:53,800 >> Caller: YEAH. 445 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:58,467 >> THAT WOULD BE MINE, THERE, NATHAN! 446 00:23:58,467 --> 00:24:00,700 >> THERE YOU GO. 447 00:24:00,700 --> 00:24:07,166 >> THAT'S A DIFFICULT ONE TO ANSWER, CAUSE I THINK EACH 448 00:24:07,166 --> 00:24:09,533 INDIVIDUAL ORGANISM, EACH INDIVIDUAL ANIMAL IS PROBABLY 449 00:24:09,533 --> 00:24:12,800 GOING TO HAVE A STAKE THINKING THEIR PARTICULAR NICHE IS THE 450 00:24:12,800 --> 00:24:15,967 MOST IMPORTANT. 451 00:24:15,967 --> 00:24:20,367 AND FROM A HUMAN PERSPECTIVE, I GUESS THERE'S A LOT OF PERSONAL 452 00:24:20,367 --> 00:24:23,700 OPINION ON WHAT YOU THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT NICHE, WHAT'S THE 453 00:24:23,700 --> 00:24:25,800 MOST IMPORTANT KIND OF ANIMAL. 454 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:29,433 SO A TOUGH QUESTION FOR ME TO ANSWER. 455 00:24:29,433 --> 00:24:35,266 >> FROM STEVEN AT HILLCREST ELEMENTARY IN AMERICAN FALLS, DO 456 00:24:35,266 --> 00:24:38,000 WASPS HELP THE WHOLE PLANET OR JUST THEIR OWN HABITAT? 457 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,367 I PERSONALLY DON'T LIKE WASPS. 458 00:24:40,367 --> 00:24:42,433 IT'S JUST A PERSONAL THING. 459 00:24:42,433 --> 00:24:46,266 BUT WHERE ARE WASPS IN THE WHOLE EARTH'S HABITAT? 460 00:24:46,266 --> 00:24:49,166 >> THEY PLAY AN IMPORTANT PART IN POLLINATION IN SOME AREAS, 461 00:24:49,166 --> 00:24:52,867 AND POLLINATION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO EVERYONE, 462 00:24:52,867 --> 00:24:56,700 ESPECIALLY HUMANS, BECAUSE WE GET OVER 60% OF OUR FOOD THAT 463 00:24:56,700 --> 00:25:01,433 NEEDS POLLINATED BY INSECT OR A BAT OR BIRD OR SOMETHING. 464 00:25:01,433 --> 00:25:05,333 SO I'M NOT SAYING WASPS DO ALL THAT WORK BY THEMSELVES, BUT IN 465 00:25:05,333 --> 00:25:09,000 SOME PLACES THEY NEED TO POLLINATE THINGS FOR US TO EAT. 466 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,433 SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 467 00:25:11,433 --> 00:25:13,166 >> OK. 468 00:25:13,166 --> 00:25:18,533 HOW ABOUT WILL BE LET'S GO TO JACOB. 469 00:25:18,533 --> 00:25:18,900 >> Caller: HI. 470 00:25:18,900 --> 00:25:19,500 >> HI. 471 00:25:19,500 --> 00:25:22,433 GO AHEAD. 472 00:25:22,433 --> 00:25:25,100 >> Caller: DO PENGUINS LIVE IN ALASKA? 473 00:25:25,100 --> 00:25:28,533 >> DO PENGUINS LIVE IN ALASKA? 474 00:25:28,533 --> 00:25:30,633 >> VERY EXCELLENT QUESTION, BUT NO. 475 00:25:30,633 --> 00:25:32,533 I'M AFRAID THEY DON'T. 476 00:25:32,533 --> 00:25:36,066 ACTUALLY, PENGUINS ALL LIVE IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, ON THE 477 00:25:36,066 --> 00:25:40,867 OTHER SIDE OF THE GLOBE FROM ALASKA. 478 00:25:40,867 --> 00:25:43,533 >> DO POLAR BEARS ONLY LIVE IN THE NORTH? 479 00:25:43,533 --> 00:25:46,500 >> SOMETIMES YOU'LL SEE CARTOONS WHERE THE POLAR BEARS AND THE 480 00:25:46,500 --> 00:25:49,266 PENGUINS ARE HANGING OUT ON THE ICE TOGETHER. 481 00:25:49,266 --> 00:25:51,433 IT DON'T REALLY HAPPEN THATWAY. 482 00:25:51,433 --> 00:25:53,700 POLARS ARE IN THE NORTH, PENGUINS ARE IN THE SOUTH. 483 00:25:53,700 --> 00:25:56,633 >> EACH HAS A NICHE AND YOU DON'T WANT THE BEARS EATING ALL 484 00:25:56,633 --> 00:25:57,533 THE PENGUINS. 485 00:25:57,533 --> 00:25:57,867 >> RIGHT. 486 00:25:57,867 --> 00:25:58,734 >> OK. 487 00:25:58,734 --> 00:26:02,533 LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GO TO MATTHEW IN CALDWELL. 488 00:26:02,533 --> 00:26:04,066 MATTHEW, ARE YOU THERE? 489 00:26:04,066 --> 00:26:04,500 >> Caller: YES. 490 00:26:04,500 --> 00:26:05,000 >> ALL RIGHT. 491 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:05,900 GO AHEAD. 492 00:26:05,900 --> 00:26:08,333 WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? 493 00:26:08,333 --> 00:26:13,266 >> Caller: WOULD ANOTHER ANIMAL TAKE ANOTHER ANOTHER ANIMAL'S 494 00:26:13,266 --> 00:26:15,867 HAB DISPAT MAKE IT ITS OWN? 495 00:26:15,867 --> 00:26:17,633 >> WELL, YEAH. 496 00:26:17,633 --> 00:26:20,533 I THINK THAT DOES HAPPEN SOMETIMES. 497 00:26:20,533 --> 00:26:24,333 JON MENTIONED EARLIER WHEN WE HAVE NONNATIVE SPECIES THAT COME 498 00:26:24,333 --> 00:26:28,967 IN, WHETHER THAT BE A PLANT OR AN ANIMAL, THEY COME IN TO AN 499 00:26:28,967 --> 00:26:32,800 AREA AND TAKE OVER AND SORT OF TAKE OVER THE HABITAT AND THE 500 00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:36,433 NICHE OF PLANTS THAT WERE NATIVE HERE OR THAT, YOU KNOW, WERE 501 00:26:36,433 --> 00:26:37,600 HERE FOR A LONG TIME. 502 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,800 AND THAT CAN SOMETIMES BE A PROBLEM. 503 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,800 SO, YEAH, SHURKS I GUESS AN ANIMAL COULD MOVE IN AND TAKE 504 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:46,000 OVER SOMEONE ELSE'S HABITAT OR NICHE. 505 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:48,066 >> WE'RE JUST ABOUT RUN OUT OF TIME. 506 00:26:48,066 --> 00:26:50,967 I'M GOING TO LET HUNTER AND CAROLINE, ANYBODY ELSE ON OUR 507 00:26:50,967 --> 00:26:52,734 PHONE LINES TO GO AHEAD AND STAY THERE. 508 00:26:52,734 --> 00:26:55,367 WE'LL BE TAPING OUR WEB-ONLY PROGRAM RIGHT AFTER TH SHOW. 509 00:26:55,367 --> 00:26:58,000 IF YOU'RE ON OUR PHONE LINES, STAY ON THE PHONE AND WE'LL 510 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,700 CATCH YOUR QUESTIONS AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT WEB-ONLY PROGRAM. 511 00:27:01,700 --> 00:27:06,533 I WANT TO SAY, WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO BECOME SCIENTIST AND 512 00:27:06,533 --> 00:27:08,633 STUDY HABITAT AND NICHES? 513 00:27:08,633 --> 00:27:11,967 >> WELL, I JUST ALWAYS HAD A FASCINATION WITH WILDLIFE FROM 514 00:27:11,967 --> 00:27:14,000 THE TIME I WAS A KID. 515 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:17,633 AS I WAS GROWING UP I LEARNED THAT, YOU KNOW, IF I STUDIED 516 00:27:17,633 --> 00:27:22,333 REAL HARD IN SCHOOL AND GOT GOOD GRADES, MAYBE I COULD BE A 517 00:27:22,333 --> 00:27:22,633 SCIENTIST. 518 00:27:22,633 --> 00:27:23,633 AND STUDY WILDLIFE. 519 00:27:23,633 --> 00:27:25,433 AND ACTUALLY GET PAID FOR IT. 520 00:27:25,433 --> 00:27:26,734 SO IT'S PRETTY COOL. 521 00:27:26,734 --> 00:27:28,500 >> YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 30 SECONDS. 522 00:27:28,500 --> 00:27:29,867 >> KIND OF THE SAME REASON. 523 00:27:29,867 --> 00:27:33,433 I JUST -- THAT'S WHAT I LIKE THE MOST TO DO, IS LOOK OUTSIDE AND 524 00:27:33,433 --> 00:27:37,333 BE IN NATURE, AND LEARN ABOUT ANIMALS. 525 00:27:37,333 --> 00:27:40,900 SO I FIXED I MIGHT AS WELL HAVE THAT BE MY JOB. 526 00:27:40,900 --> 00:27:44,166 >> THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE. 527 00:27:44,166 --> 00:27:46,367 WE'VE GOT LOTS MORE INFORMATION. 528 00:27:46,367 --> 00:27:49,900 IF YOU WANT TO SEE THAT WEB-ONLY SHOW, IT WILL BE ON THE WEBSITE 529 00:27:49,900 --> 00:27:51,633 SHORTLY AFTER WE FINISH TAPING IT. 530 00:27:51,633 --> 00:27:55,100 CHECK IT OUT AT IDAHOPTV.ORG. 531 00:27:55,100 --> 00:27:58,367 THERE'S LOTS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HABITATS, LINKS AND 532 00:27:58,367 --> 00:28:00,166 INFORMATION, GLOSS RIS, READING LISTS. 533 00:28:00,166 --> 00:28:04,433 OUR NEXT BROADCAST SHOW WILL BE ON ROBOTS. 534 00:28:04,433 --> 00:28:05,533 THAT IS NOVEMBER 18th. 535 00:28:05,533 --> 00:28:07,266 BE SURE TO CHECK OUT MY BLOG. 536 00:28:07,266 --> 00:28:10,266 THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE ON "D4K." 537 00:28:11,867 --> 00:28:12,333 Captioning performed by LNS Captioning www.LNScaptioning.com