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.
Meerkats, Mongoose & Otters. These are some of the most charismatic animals that you will see at the zoo. Otters can be cute and playful, but in wild they're known as the 'river wolf' because of their razor sharp teeth and muscular body that helps them hunt and eat fish. Mongooses are also small carnivorous mammals. Despite not being closely related, they look quite similar to weasels, live in similar climates and both burrow underground. We have two species of otter and four species of mongooses, including the dwarf mongoose and the fascinating meerkats.