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Good girls have diaries... Bad girls have blogs!I’ve lived in Nevada since 2001 and I have never seen our state animal, the Desert Bighorn Sheep in real life, in the wild, until this weekend, and I got pictures!
As we were driving down to Kingman Wash to camp for the night there were 4 of them standing near the edge of the road. They didn’t seem to be bothered by me at all, and actually kind of posed for the camera.
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What’s your state animal and have you ever seen it in real life, in the wild?
[tags]Desert Bighorn Sheep, Nevada, Nevada state animal[/tags]
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I was in the other car following, and missed them 
Oh well, next time!
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My state animal for North Carolina is…..
Gray Squirrel
(Adopted 1969)
Perhaps the most familiar mammal of eastern North America. It is abundantly in city parks, suburbs, and rural woodlands where there are plenty of nut trees. Its tail is very bushy and is bordered with white hairs. The body is gray with white underparts, and in summer it may appear tawny. Black and all-white individuals are not unusual. The squirrel feeds on a great variety of nuts, seeds, fungi, and fruits. It can destroy small trees by stripping the bark to reach sap. It stores nuts and acorns in the ground, many of which sprout. Nest in natural cavities and builds leafy nest in tree branches. As it dashes among tree branches, its tail helps it balance. It becomes a pest by stealing seeds people put out to feed birds, and by gnawing its way into buildings to spend the winter. Barks sharply or chatters when excited.*
*taken from http://www.stateanimals.com/states/northcarolina/graysquirrel_text.html
LOL…. I didn’t know that before your post….I had to look it up! Thanks
PS congrats on the izea thing!
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Christina – well I’m SURE you’ve seen plenty of those in the wild 
Christina – oops and thanks about IZEA! Are you going to be on my crew? Pretty please???
Those pesky bighorn sheep, always mugging for the camera.
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That is so cool! They seem very majestic.
that’s a neat experience! georgia doesn’t seem to have a state animal but it has several subcategories, none of which i’ve seen. but, really, i don’t expect to see a right whale here in atlanta. 
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