Journey through Manitoba

Riding Mountain National Park

Wild Animals from the Prairies to the Tundra

Introduction:

Welcome to Parks Canada’s Journey through Manitoba!

Test your knowledge about animals that live in the wild in Riding Mountain and Wapusk national parks.

At the end of the quiz, find out which Manitoba animal you are!

Questions in italics are fun to talk about, but do not count for points.

Land Acknowledgement:

We would like to begin by acknowledging that the Zoo is on Treaty 1 territory and that the land on which we gather is the traditional territory of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and the homeland of the Métis Nation.

Riding Mountain National Park is located within Treaty 2 Territory and Parks Canada works with First Nations from Treaties 2, 4 and 1. We mention this to honor our relations and the contributions made to establish the park, the province, and Canada.

Wapusk National Park is located on lands traditionally used by Cree, Dene, Inuit, and Metis peoples. Wapusk National Park is located within Treaty No. 5 territory. We mention this to respect the contributions that were made by our Indigenous partners towards building this park, Manitoba and Canada. We dedicate ourselves to moving forward in a spirit of collaboration and reconciliation.

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Wolves:

For more information about remote cameras, visit this webpage: https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/nature/science/controle-monitoring/cameras

Red Fox:

Bald Eagle:

Have you seen me soaring in the sky?

7 ) Which of the Seven Sacred Teachings of the Anishinabe People do I represent?

A - love

B - humility

C - respect

D - honesty

8 ) I used to be endangered in the United States. How did that change?

A - magic

B - conservation efforts, especially banning DDT (Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane)

C - rabbit population boom

Cougar:

9 ) How do I hunt?

A - set a trap and come back later

B - stalk prey then leap onto their back and use my powerful jaw to crush the windpipe

10 ) Why am I hard to spot in the wild?

A - good at hiding, active at night or dusk

B - great costumes or invisibility cloak

C - my coat changes colour with the seasons

Lynx:

11 ) Am I smaller or bigger than a house cat?

A - bigger

B - smaller

12 ) Which National Park(s) in Manitoba do I live in?

A - Wapusk

B - Riding Mountain

C - Wapusk and Riding Mountain

13 ) What is my favorite prey?

A - bison

B - moose

C - rabbit or hare

D - celery

What do you like to eat?

Elk:

14 ) What does it mean when I bugle?

A - it’s time to wake up

B - I’m looking for a mate or trying to sound tough

C - I’ve joined a band

D - I’m enjoying my food

15 ) What’s another name I have? (hint - people think it comes from a Cree word)

A - wapiti

B - amisk

C - maskwa

D - pisiw

Snowy Owl:

An owl can turn its head 270 degrees. How far can you turn your head?

16 ) What is the Cree word for owl?

A - ôhô

B - mikisow

C - niska

D - mâkwa

17 ) Why are there feathers on my legs and toes?

A - because they’re beautiful

B - for stuffing pillows

C - to keep warm

D - for flight

Arctic Fox:

18 ) How do I use my tail?

A - as an umbrella to keep dry

B - as a scarf to keep warm

C - as a broom to sweep my floor

19 ) What are current threats to my survival?

A - my unbearable cuteness

B - competition with the red fox, climate change and canine diseases

C - over trapping

D - being trampled by caribou

Caribou or Eurasian Tundra Reindeer:

20 ) What is my name in Dene?

A - ʔetthën

B - Dení

C - Sas

D - Gah

21 ) How do my friends and I protect ourselves from bugs?

A - use our tails as fly swatters

B - tander: we huddle together and move around in a big circle trying to get to the center

C - natural bug spray: toxin in our blood that smells bad to insects

D - long sleeves

Polar Bears:

Have you been to Northern Manitoba, where polar bears live?

22 ) Which National Park has the most polar bear dens in the world?

A - Riding Mountain

B - Jasper

C - Wapusk

D - Thaidene Nene

23 ) What is my name in Inuktut?

A - Nanuq

B - Amaruq

C - Avinngaq

D - Tuktu

24 ) What are some ways we know climate change is happening? (from the Journey to Churchill video)

A - temperatures are warming

B - need to be more careful on the ice near Churchill in the winter

C - Hudson Bay takes longer to freeze over

D - all of the above

Seals:

25 ) Who eats me?

A - belugas

B - arctic fox

C - polar bears

D - ptarmigans

26 ) What does the zoo add to the water to protect my eyes?

A - salt (NaCl)

B - chlorine (Cl)

C - milk

D - bromine (Br)

Monarch butterflies:

27 ) What is the only plant monarch caterpillars eat?

A - spinach

B - milkweed

C - poplar tree leaves

D - poison ivy

Can you find a leaf that might have been eaten by a monarch caterpillar?

28 ) How can we help monarch butterflies?

A - plant native milkweed and pollinator friendly plants

B - pave more parking lots

C - mow all the ditches

D - use lots of herbicides

Bison:

Quiz results:

Your journey is complete!

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Thanks for learning about the zoo animals that live wild in Manitoba’s National Parks! Thanks for supporting protected spaces so they can continue to live in the wild!

Don’t forget to check out our websites to discover more about animals in Manitoba’s National Parks and for fun activities you can do at home:

You can also record your own nature observations — big and small!

Use the iNaturalist.ca mobile app to capture your observations of plants or animals — anytime, anywhere. It’s nature at your fingertips! Work with experts, other park visitors or on your own. Every observation contributes to our knowledge of biodiversity.

https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/nature/science/impliquez-involved/science

Wapusk National Park:

https://www.inaturalist.ca/guides/3365

Riding Mountain National Park:

https://www.inaturalist.org/places/riding-mountain-national-park-manitoba-ca

iNaturalist is available in many languages through a tab at the bottom right of the webpage.

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