Whose Skull is it?

Omnivores

Raccoons are omnivores.

You can find them living today in parks, forests…

…or even in your own neighborhood.

Herbivores

Rabbits are herbivores

Rabbits can be found today in parks, grasslands and even your own neighborhood.

Snowshoe hares change colors with the seasons. Summer color. Winter color. Changing from winter to summer color.

Who’s next?

Mammoths were Ice Age relatives of the elephant.

They lived 12,000 years ago right here in Ohio.

With their flat teeth, mammoths ate grass.

Sometimes mammoths are found frozen in ice.

Mastodons were also Ice Age elephant relatives who lived in Ohio 12,000 years ago

More mastodons are found in Ohio than in any other state.

Mastodons had “bumpy” teeth. They ate leaves, twigs and bark.

Carnivores

Bobcats are carnivores.

but they are very hard to find. Bobcats live in Ohio, but they are very hard to find.

Who’s next?

Saber-toothed cats were carnivores.

They lived 12,000 years ago during the last ice age.

Their long canine teeth were used to kill their prey.

Who’s next?

Tyrannosaurus rex was a carnivore who lived 70 million years ago.

T. rex hunted other dinosaurs and probably also scavenged dead dinosaurs.

Some paleontologists think T. rex may have been covered in feathers.

Who’s next?

Dunkleosteus was a carnivore who ate other fish and even sharks.

They lived right here in northern Ohio, 360 million years ago, when this area was under a shallow ocean.

Dunkleosteus lived all over the world, but the best fossils are found in the shale cliffs above the Rocky River.