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Fan Palm Oases The surface water at an oasis will attract animals such as bighorn sheep, Gambel's quail, and coyotes. Coyotes will eat the fruit and deposit the undigested seeds in other areas, if there is enough water they will grow. Western yellow bat will only live in fan palm trees. Barn owls will also make their home in the giant leaves. Hooded oriole may also make thier woven sack nests under the leaves. Holes in the tree trunk are made by the blue-black, giant palm-boring beetle, Dinapate wrightii. These beetles live exclusively in fan palms. |
 Palm leaves and spring |
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Palms stand straight, tall and look beautiful providing a unique and welcome area for many different kinds of animals. They are fragile though, and deserve our respect when exploring them. previous <> FAN PALMS |
 Oasis of Mara |