About Animal Foot Prints
You may be asking yourself what is there to know about animal foot prints and why would anybody ever want to know about them? Here you will learn all those things plus how to identify what kind of animal a foot print belongs to.
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Significance
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The main reason that anybody would want to know about animal foot prints would be for gardening. Anybody that has some experience gardening knows that often you will get pesky critters in your garden and they will ruin all the plants, so knowing who the culprit is can be very helpful.
Also, identifying foot prints while on a hike or camping trip could potentially save your life--if the foot print belongs to a predator such as a mountain lion.
Benefits
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If you can identify an animal foot print, then you can figure out what kind of animal is getting in your garden and will be able to figure out how to get rid of whatever type of animal is in your garden. Or if you notice animal foot prints before gardening, then you can find out what kind of plants that animal eats and then avoid using that plant.
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Types
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There are many types of animals that like to romp through gardens and either destroy them or munch on them. Some of the most common animals that can be found ruining your plants include dogs, cats, rabbits, mice, squirrels, raccoons and opossums.
Features
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.If your animal foot print has four toes on all his tracks, then your pest is likely either a dog, cat or rabbit. Rabbits have long, thin foot prints, while dogs and cats have more round foot prints.
Telling the difference between a cat and dog foot print is not difficult either. Cats can retract their claws, and when they walk, their claws are not out. This means that for a cat you will simply see the paw and the four toes. Dogs do not retract their claws, so their foot print will likely have little dots above the toes where their claws leave a mark.
Identification
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If your animal foot prints have five toes and you've decided that it is a rodent, then your best bet is to look up what the foot prints of mice, raccoons, opossums, skunks and squirrels look like either online or at the library (see Resources below).
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