Brush up on your knowledge about bumblebees! There are more than 25,000 #bee species in the world, 800 in Canada. Next to the #HoneyBee, the #BumbleBee is the best known.🐝🌸🪻Discover these #pollinators: www.hww.ca/en/wildlife/... #HinterlandWhoSWho #WildlifeFacts #CanadianWidlife 📸P.-Y. Laroche
Let's discover our great #grasslands in the #Prairies! True or false? Grasslands cover about only a quarter of their original size in #Canada. That's true… Discover this endangered habitat on our website: www.hww.ca/wild-spaces/... 🌱 📸 James Going #HinterlandWhoSWho #WildlifeFacts #CanadianWidlife
This week, learn more about one of our flashiest birds, the #BlueJay! Did you know that it belongs to the crow family, or #Corvids like ravens, and crows? Read more at www.hww.ca/wildlife/bir... #HinterlandWhoSWho #WildlifeFacts #CanadianWidlife 📸Jim Cumming
How many mammal species live in the #BorealForest in Canada? About 75, about 80 or about 85? It's about 85! Find out more about our largest ecosystem right here! 🌲 🐺 🫎 🦇 #HinterlandWhoSWho #WildlifeFacts #CanadianWidlife
How much do you know about the #BorealForest? Did you know that this habitat welcomes about half the bird species in Canada each spring? 🐦🌲Discover it at www.hww.ca/en/wild-spac...! #HinterlandWhoSWho #WildlifeFacts #CanadianWidlife 📸 David Michael Tomes
Do #beavers hibernate during the winter? No! They shelter in their lodge getting branches from their underwater food cache. Find out more with our video! 🦫 #HinterlandWhoSWho #WildlifeFacts #CanadianWidlife #Canadiana
Welcome to #Wolverine Week! Did you know that the Wolverine does not hibernate? It stays active all winter long!😲 🦡 Find more fun facts at www.hww.ca/wildlife/mam... #HinterlandWhoSWho #WildlifeFacts #CanadianWidlife 📸 Thinkstock
Do you know the #PacificSalmon 🐟 ? It's born in freshwater but spends most of its life in the ocean before returning to freshwater to spawn and die! Have a look at our #CohoSalmon fact sheet for more info! www.hww.ca/wildlife/fis... 📸 Thinkstock #HinterlandWhoSWho #WildlifeFacts #CanadianWidlife
How many types of ❄️ #tundra are there in the world? 1, 2 or 3? It's 3! There's the Arctic tundra, the Antartic tundra and the alpine tundra! More on the #ArcticTundra right here! www.hww.ca/wild-spaces/... 📸 Martin Prentice #HinterlandWhoSWho #WildlifeFacts #CanadianWidlife
🔊 What’s that loud knocking noise? It’s a Pileated Woodpecker! 🪵
Have you caught a chance to watch the new Hinterland Who's Who video featuring this amazing bird in action? Learn more at www.hww.ca
#HinterlandWhosWho #PileatedWoodpecker #BirdWatching
Let's celebrate the #Racoon!🦝 Did you know that 6 species occur in the Americas? However, only our own Procyon lotor is found in southern #Canada. More on this masked critter right here! bit.ly/47MlauJ #CanadianWidlife #HinterlandWhoSWho #WildlifeFacts 📸Rob Mueller
Did you know that the #AtlanticCod 🐟 could eat just about anything, from invertebrates to other fish (or other cods!)? More info about this important fish on our video! #CanadianWidlife #HinterlandWhoSWho #WildlifeFacts
Welcome to Cod Week! 🐟 True or false? The largest #AtlanticCod on record weighed about 100 kg and was more than 180 cm long! That's true! Discover it with our fact sheet! www.hww.ca/wildlife/fis... #CanadianWidlife #HinterlandWhoSWho #WildlifeFacts 📸 Hans-Peter Fjeld
#Ptarmigans are well adapted to life in the winter as they have A) feathered feet to help them walk on snow, B) white feathers to help them camouflage or C) all of the above? The answer is C! 😯 ❄️ Discover them at bit.ly/4oglMyq #CanadianWidlife #HinterlandWhoSWho #WildlifeFacts 📸 Thinkstock
🦇Happy #Halloween! What's the maximum longevity of a #LittleBrownBat? Is it 45 years, 13 years or 34 years? It's 34 years! Discover this amazing #bat at www.hww.ca/en/wildlife/... #CanadianWidlife #HinterlandWhoSWho #WildlifeFacts 📸Annemieke Watkins
🦇True or false? The #LittleBrownBat migrates to the south for the winter. That's false! It hibernates right here, in Canada! For more info, check out our video! #CanadianWidlife #HinterlandWhoSWho #WildlifeFacts
🦇Happy #Halloween Week! Think #bats are creepy or scary? Think again! They actually help us by eating an incredible number of flying insects! To learn more about Canadian bats, visit us at www.hww.ca/wildlife/mam... #CanadianWidlife #HinterlandWhoSWho #WildlifeFacts 📸 Bob Hamilton
Let's check out the #RedFox this week! Did you know that it's more numerous in N. America now than in the 16th century? There's actually more habitat available to them now! 🦊More about this sly creature right here! bit.ly/48EuYI4 #CanadianWidlife #HinterlandWhoSWho #WildlifeFacts 📸 Victor Liu
True or false? The #NorthAmericanLobster is an insect. That's false! It's a #crustacean! It has 10 legs instead of 6, like insects. Find out more about this cool invertebrate right here!🦞 bit.ly/4q7zaq4 #CanadianWidlife #HinterlandWhoSWho #WildlifeFacts 📸 Thinkstock
What is the colour of #lobster blood? Is it red, blue or clear? It's clear! Also: most lobsters are only red when they're cooked! Their colour can range from green and blue to red and orange. Find out more about the lobster right here! 🦞 #CanadianWidlife #HinterlandWhoSWho #WildlifeFacts
It's #Wolf Week! Which Canadian provinces don't have wolves anymore? Ontario and Québec, the Maritimes, or BC and Alberta? It's the Maritimes. 🐺 To know more, visit www.hww.ca/en/wildlife/... #CanadianWidlife #HinterlandWhoSWho #WildlifeFacts 📸 Thinkstock
It's #PeregrineFalcon Week! True or false? Individuals banded in the Northwest Territories have been recovered in Argentina during the winter. That's true! More info on our fact sheet, at bit.ly/42IC0aG 🦅 #CanadianBirds #HinterlandWhoSWho 📸 Megan Lorenz
What does of the Arctic Fox mostly eat? Is it: the Arctic Hare, birds or lemmings? It's lemmings! It makes for 90 to 95% of its summer diet, and 100% of its winter diet! Find out more at ow.ly/6BzP50WuGMy #ArcticFox #WildlifeFacts #HinterlandWhoSWho 📸Annie Langlois
In 1966, we presented to you Canada's most agressive animal, the fearsome #CanadaGoose! JK! 😉Did you know that this bird bounced back from being hunted to near extinction in the past?🍁 #CanadianWildlife #HinterlandWhoSWho #CobraChicken
#TrueOrFalse ? Twenty-one chipmunk species occur in North America, including one in eastern Canada and four in western Canada. That's true! You can learn more by watching our #vintage 1968 video! 🍁🐿️ #Chipmunks #CanadianWildlife #HinterlandWhoSWho
We are well into our preparation for next year's videos! Can you guess what the species we'll film are? Here's a clue: rainforest! #WildlifeConservation #CanadianWildlife #HinterlandWhoSWho #Canadiana
Did you know that #HerringGulls used to be pretty rare in some areas of Canada? But now, this very adaptable bird prospers! It's even one of our most widespread species! 🍁#CanadianWildlife #HinterlandWhosWho #VintageVideo
Hey, remember us? We've been on your tv since 1963! Here's a vintage video from our early years! 🍁 #VintageVideo #Canada #CanadianWildlife #HinterlandWhoSWho
Hear from Jennifer, our COO, about crying through Come From Away (as you do), finding kinship in Canada and why she joined the Gander team.
#GetToKnowGander #HinterlandWhosWho
Since most of us #Canadians live in urban areas, we live quite close to our neighbours... but what about our non-human neighbours? Learn more about urban wildlife right here! 🦊🦝🐿️🦉🐦🐍 #UrbanWildlife #HinterlandWhosWho #WildlifeConservation