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.
Here you'll meet the peaceful mice, squirrels, moles and other creatures who live in the Mossflower Wood and defend their landmark Redwall Abbey against evil villains like Cluny the Scourge and a wicked one-eyed rat, as well as weasels, foxes and stoats.