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Animals and plants: They found 178 plants and 122 species of animals. Animals: Grizzly bear,Swift fox,,Bison,Black bear,Coyote,Grey wolf,mountain lion,striped skunk,westurn rattlesnake, They found all kinds of plants that had cures to certain diseases. Some of the voyagers looked at some of the dangerous animals and sometimes didnt know that they were deadly. Lewis and clark drew some of the most amazing picturers i have ever seen. The skunk when they encounterd it they didnt know what to do and they found it a warm climate and one of the peoples reactions was not scared and he thought the skunk wouldnt do anything to him and he smelled bad after and they had a great picture but i couldnt find one. When they encounterd a bison they saw a million in huge fields and they had plently of time to whitness them and be able to draw them and all of the voyagers knew they shouldnt get close to them because they had babies and didnt want anyone getting hurt. When they encounterd a rattlesnake they knew it was not a friendly thing because it had sharp teeth and all of the voyagers knew they should draw it quick and then leave quickly. When they encounterd the grizzly bear they had no clue what it was capible of doing because it was huge and had sharp claws but it was cold and they where at a safe distance so as you can tell they had time to draw such an amazing picture. When Lewis and clark encounterd the swift fox they thought it was a dog because they have many simularies and some of them got close to them and once they didnt bite them they knew they where friendly. The black bear was the same story because it was the same shape but they didnt know that black bears where less unpredictable and they drew an amazing picture as well. When Lewis and Clark encounterd the coyote it was a little bigger then the fox and they where just as friendly and the fox the voyagers knew they wouldnt have a problem with them. The same story as the grey wolf. When lewis and clark encounterd the mountain lion it was a cold time and lewis and clark could automatically knew when they saw its teeth what it was capible of doing to another animal or a person. http://www.sierraclub.org/lewisandclark/species/ http://www.sierraclub.org/lewisandclark/history/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_species_described_by_the_Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition