Dietary fiber or roughage is the indigestible portion of food derived from plants. It has two main components: Soluble fiber, which dissolves in water, is readily fermented in the colon into gases and physiologically active byproducts, and can be prebiotic and viscous.
Bullfrogs, tree frogs, green frogs, newts and salamanders live in the Catskills too. Birds Many birds of prey call the Catskill Mountains home, in addition to a multitude of common bird species such as cardinals, chickadees, warblers, sparrows, woodpeckers, swallows and thrushes.
In winter Hedgehogs hibernate in nests made of grass, leaves and moss. A Hedgehog can carry a lot of fleas, but these fleas donât live on cats and dogs and neither do they live on humans. To help hold off fleas, the hedgehog spits saliva on its body and then turns it into a foam. The foam is spread all over its body.