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Q: Do all animals get along?

A: Some animals in the forest may get along and others may not. Animals that live in the forest need to survive. In order for some animals to survive they may need to eat other animals. An animal that eats another animal will not get along. On the other hand animals that can live together without eating each other in the same area such as a rotting log may get along.

Q: Which animals get along with each other.

A: Animals that may get along in a forest are animals that don't eat each other or compete for the same food source. An example of this getting along behavior is seen with birds. Black-capped chickadees, Tufted Titmouse and Blue Jays are all birds which come together or y "get along" when a bigger bird such as a Red Shouldered Hawk or Barred Owl is around. Red shouldered Hawks and Barred Owls eat smaller birds. Many Black-capped chickadee, Tufted Titmouse and Blue Jay gather around the predator to try to chase it away.

Another example are animals living in a rotting log. Wood Beetles and Pillbugs eat the wood from the rotting log so if they near each other they might not bother each another and "get along."

Q: What animals live in a rotting log?

A: Some of the common animals that live in a rotting log could include the following:

round worms                   pillbugs
land snails and slugs      crickets                         earthworms                     fly larvae (maggots)
insects                             beetle larvae
centipedes                       beetles                            
small mammals                spiders                           
millipedes                        salamanders

Q: What does a Red-shouldered Hawk need to survive?

A: They need food, water and shelter to survive. They eat small mammals, snakes, lizards, frogs, insects and a few birds. The build their nests generally in wet forests.

Q: Which animal eats chickadees?

A: In Ohio Black-capped Chickadee’s are eaten by bird-hunting hawks and the Northern Shrike. In addition, snakes, weasels, chipmunks, mice, and squirrels enter chickadee nests, and eat the eggs or young birds. Adult females are sometimes killed on the nest by weasels. -Hinterland Who's Who
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