Animal References in Arthur

There are tons of animals that live in and around Elwood City. There are mammals like the white-tailed deer, eastern grey squirels, bats, and sunks and then there are reptiles and amphibeans like toads, frogs, and snakes. There are also birds like the historic green-tailed grebe and many more.

But it does not stop there. Their are rare and exotic animals such as tigers, rhinos, and lions. This page is only about animals that are seen in the show.

White-Tailed Deer
&nbsp Appears in D.W.'s Deer Friend. D.W. spots one of these and gives it the

name Walter. She attempted to feed it cereal the next day she saw it.

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Squirrel is a common animal that live in cities in the north western and north eastern part of the United states and Canada. They mainly eat seeds, but when food is rare they will eat bugs. The Squirrel is a member of the rodent family. They spend their life in trees. When winter comes they won't hibernate. Instead they will burry their food for latter times and spend the winter tucked away in their borrow, only to wonder out when they are hungry. They appeared in later seasons such as The Squirrels. It lives all over Elwood City, and in The Squirrels the 3rd graders from Lakewood Elementary School were scared by it after they saw a horror movie about them.

Little Brown Bat
It is one of the most common bat species in North America, although it is rarely seen because they are noctunal. They mainly eat insects such as mosquettos and moth. They are able to hunt by using their Ecolocation witch allows to pick up objects in the dark. And no bats are not blind. It is seen in Bats in the Belfry, when Arthur and D.W. there was a bat living in the the attic of Grandma Thora's house

North American Porcupine
Porcupines are the largest rotten that live in the US and Canada. It is a large spiked cover mammal. It mainly eats plants. It moves extreamly slowly, but once they are climbing they preatty fast. Their quills are its main defence. It does not shot out its quills but instead it turns around swats the advancer with its tail. Each quil covered in small barbs that allows it to embed itself into its victim. The Porcupine made its appearance in the episode The Great Lint Rush in Mr. Toad's home as a body guard.

Striped Skunk
The Skunk is member of the weasel family. It spends its time forageing for grubs that live underground. It is mainly nocturnal. The sent it amits comes from a special sent gland in the animal. It takes more than 24 hours to recover the punchent odor it amits. So they perfer to scare off preditors than spray them with its odor. The Skunk appeared as a prank in Arthur Summer Camp. And Brain menchens that he took a Skunk home in the episode Hide and Snake.

Owl
An owl is seen in Buenas Noches, Vicita. These are also rarely seen in Arthur's hometown because they are nocturnal animals.

Green-Tailed Grebe
Green-Tailed Grebe is the Arthur version of Red-tailed Grebe. It is a bird native to Elwood City but it now rarely found. It is considered to be the town bird, because the Elwood City Grebes are named after them.

Blue Bird
Commonly found in Elwood City. You can often hear them sing songs in the backgrounds of episodes.

Insects
Butterfly Often seen in Elwood City. There are many types of butterflies that appear in episodes, such as the Monarch. Binky becomes interested in catching butterflies in Binky, the Wingman, and in Binky Goes Nuts a butterfly lands on him and he thinks that it is an allergic reaction to butterflies, but actually it is an allergy to peanuts.