Animal Antics - The Barren-ground Caribou

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Animal Antics is an EcoKids comic strip about the “antics” of Canadian wildlife. Xalibu the Pawer is all about the barren-ground caribou. The name caribou likely came from the Micmac word “xalibu,” which means 'the one who paws.'

Our illustrator has drawn a series of pictures showing a herd of barren-ground caribou throughout the seasons, starting in winter. Each picture represents different caribou behaviour. But the comic strip is missing one very important element—the captions! So we need your help!

You can help by writing the words to go along with the pictures.

To help you write the captions for “Xalibu,” EcoKids has put together a Barren-ground Caribou Fact Sheet to give you some basic information and interesting facts.

Caribou in the News MORE!

Bluenose East caribou herd recovering
HQ Yellowknife
Yellowknife, NWT - The Bathurst caribou may be dwindling, but it looks as though the Bluenose East herd is recovering. Summer surveys show the Bluenose East ...
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South Dempster caribou hunting ban signed
CBC.ca
The emergency caribou hunting ban begins Friday in an area covering the southern part of the Dempster Highway and much of Tombstone Territorial Park. ...
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 Nelchina herd big enough for human horde
Anchorage Daily News
It was an easy, warm autumn for the caribou, prompting them to linger in their summer foraging grounds along the Denali Highway. ...
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 Caribou concerns arise at Winnipeg workshop
CBC.ca
A wild caribou pauses near the Meadowbank gold mine in Nunavut in 2009. Population declines have been reported in some barren-land caribou herds across ...
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 Meeting pledges to work to save caribou
Winnipeg Free Press
Scientists, wildlife managers and aboriginal leaders have wrapped up a four-day summit by pledging to work to save endangered caribou but they didn't ...
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 Manitoba: Threatened Woodland Caribou, Moose Populations To Be ...
In Manitoba the threatened Woodland Caribou and moose populations will be monitored by First Nations as the East Side Road project moves forward.
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Caribou in the News

South Dempster caribou hunting ban signed CBC.ca The emergency caribou hunting ban begins Friday in an area covering the southern part of the Dempster Highway and much of Tombstone Territorial Park. ... See all stories on this topic »     Labrador Innu offer to help NL save caribou CBC.ca The grand chief of the Innu Nation in Labrador says his members could help the provincial government communicate with Innu from Quebec who hunt caribou in ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca Reindeer arrive for holidays San Francisco Chronicle And others saw four caribou trucked in from Redmond, Ore. Susan Mathison, however, was not among the latter. "It brings out the kid in me," said Mathison, ... See all stories on this topic » Reindeer Romp: Check out these caribou at S.F. Zoo San Francisco Chronicle Nappi says reindeer - which are essentially caribou - roam the tundras of Sweden, Russia and Mongolia, as well as Canada and Alaska. ... See all stories on this topic » Fortymile caribou hunt short of quota, excess added to winter permit hunt Fairbanks Daily News-Miner by Tim Mowry / tmowry@newsminer.com FAIRBANKS — Hunters will get a shot at more Fortymile caribou this winter after falling short of the harvest quota for ... See all stories on this topic » Oil and gas remnants killing caribou: First Nations CTV.ca Residents of the Treaty 8 lands near Fort St. John say that contamination from the abandoned sites is poisoning bison, moose, deer and caribou, ... See all stories on this topic » Labrador caribou plan devastating: outfitters CBC.ca A new conservation plan aimed at saving a dwindling caribou herd in Labrador will have devastating consequences, outfitters say. ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca New hunting limits preserve Fortymile caribou herd Anchorage Daily News AP FAIRBANKS -- The 2010 Fortymile caribou hunt went as planned for state Fish and Game Department officials, with a late start and one unexpected closing ... See all stories on this topic » Food Sector Earnings: California Pizza Kitchen, Caribou Coffee MarketNewsVideo.com Also late yesterday, Caribou Coffee Company (NASDAQ:CBOU) posted earnings of $1.6 million, or $0.08 per share, compared to $0.7 million, or $0.03 per share, ... See all stories on this topic » NL gov't toughens rules for caribou hunting CTV.ca JOHN'S, NL — The Newfoundland and Labrador government has brought in tough restrictions on caribou hunting in light of a serious decline in the size of the ... See all stories on this topic » CTV.ca George River Caribou Herd Declining: Critic VOCM Liberal critic Roland Butler says the environment minister has been slow to act in saving the George River caribou herd. Charlene Johnson brought an end ... See all stories on this topic »     VOCM Going, going, gone? Edmonton Journal By Ed Struzik, edmontonjournal.com November 14, 2010 Parks Canada biologist Mark Bradley uses a radio antenna to home in on caribou near Amethyst Lake in ... See all stories on this topic » Nunatsiavut Government to Talk Caribou Numbers VOCM The Nunatsiavut Department of Lands and Natural Resources will begin public consultations Sunday to discuss the state of the George River caribou herd. ...

Western Arctic Herd News..Caribou Trails

The latest edition of Caribou Trails is now available on the Project Caribou website...
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