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Graphic - Animal track code key

When you go out on Open Space and Mountain Parks, you may see animal tracks everywhere. Tracks are especially common after a snowstorm, or around streams where the ground is wet. Once you know how to read animal tracks, you can figure out what the animals have been doing. You can read their tracks, just like a forest newspaper!You can also use animal tracks to write code. Using the key at left, can you decipher the four messages below?

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Message one: Test your decoding skills on this:

Animal Track Code Message One

Message two: This one is a little trickier. Can you solve it?

Animal Track Code Message 2

Message three: By now you should be a pro, so this one will be easy!

Animal Track Code Message 3

Message four: This is your final test. Are you a true Wildlife Decoder?

Animal Track Code Message 4