Lions and Tigers and Bears - Oh My!

The Outer Banks is home to many different and unique animals.

It is the eastern most point that alligators can be found. These scaly creatures show their skin mostly in the spring time and can be found feeding in the trenches beside HWY 64 in the Alligator River Wildlife Refuge, hints its name.

But ironically the refuge was not originally create for alligators, but rather the Eastern Red Wolf. These doglike creatures make their home in the peninsula like shape of the refugee, among the alligators, deer, turtles, frogs, birds, and bears.

Yes, bears! The black bear is small in comparison,  though it’s hard to tell in real life. Yes, I have seen just over a handful of black bears in the refuge, beautiful, stunning and startling. One time I smacked boyfriend in the head as I tried waking him up to see a young bear crawling over the guardrail alongside the highway. I’m still surprised every time I see one.

Yes, there are many creatures that live here on the Outer Banks, above and below the sea.

P.S. The flounder pounder struck again, and it was delicious as always.