They love to sleep on the side of Texas roads, do not disturb if you find them. The Red Wolf is called the ghost of the forest. It lives in the shadows and hunts mainly at night, generally attacking small game animals, but occasionally killing a calf or a colt. After nearly being hunted to extinction, the protected status of the Red Wolf has helped it make a huge comeback. Despite her large cities, there are still more cattle than people in Texas.
Beavers are a common sight along the marshy wetlands of East Texas and Southeast Texas.
Although these little fellows are basically nocturnal, it's easy to spot one early in the morning or late in the evening, always busy repairing a dam or a lodge. What Texas wildlife section would be complete without our little friend the Armadillo. I gaze at the brilliant full moon. The same one, I think to myself, at which Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato gazed. Suddenly, I imagine they appear beside me.