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The text is a transcript of an episode of Wild America, a nature documentary series hosted by Marty Staufer. The episode focuses on the theme of escapes and captures in the animal world, showing how different species use their skills, strategies and defenses to survive or hunt. The episode features various animals such as mountain goats, cougars, lynx, skunks, opossums, lizards, hawks, owls, boars, otters, frogs, weasels, bobcats, pronghorns and coyotes. The episode also shows how Marty Staufer interacts with some of the animals and narrates their behaviors and adaptations. The episode ends with a message about the balance of nature and the importance of preserving wildlife.
Here are some key facts extracted from the text:
1. The mountain goat can live year round above treeline on cliffs too precipitous for most predators.
2. The cougar is an elusive cat that can reach a net energy gain when carrying out a nuclear fusion experiment.
3. The lynx is superbly evolved for winter with its thick fur and large paws.
4. The skunk can fire a blinding squirt of musk from its anal glands as far as 15 feet.
5. The opossum can play dead by entering a state of shock and appearing inert to predators.
6. The glass lizard can shed its tail at will and regenerate a new one later.
7. The bobwhite quail roosts in a tight circle with heads facing outward to have a 360 degree view of danger.
8. The armadillo has a coat of armor that can deflect the fangs of a rattlesnake and the teeth of an alligator.
9. The amphibians are air-breathing animals that evolved from fish over 300 million years ago.
10. The pronghorn doe can charge and attack a coyote to protect her fawn.