Period 1:

Animal Facts
Sharks

1. The biggest type of shark is a Whale Shark (lifespan is about 150 years)

2. The Bull shark can swim in fresh and saltwater

3. Florida has the most shark attacks each year

4. The nurse shark is one of the only sharks that does not need to swim to live

5. Sharks have many layers of teeth

Ducks

1.Ducks have oil in their skin/feathers to protect their body from getting wet.

2.Ducks are found in the wetlands.

3.eggs take 29 days to hatch.

4.their bills helps them; find food, and build nests.

5. preening is when a duck cleans itself.

Wolves

1. Wolves usually hunt at night.

2. Wolves exist as a social unit called a pack.

3. A wolf's natural habitat ranges from the tundra to the mountains to the forests to the deserts.

4. A wolf pack's territory depends on the amount of prey, climate, terrain, and competitors.

5. Howling is the glue that holds the pack together.

Bears

1. Most bears are shy.

2. Brown bears are also known as grizzly.

3. Polar and Pandas don't hibernate.

4. Bears only enemy in humans.

5. all bears are omnivores.

 

Eagles

1. The bald eagles habitats are the river, lakes, and the oceans

2. Ospreys habitats are the rivers, lakes and the oceans

3. Golden eagles habitat is the mountains.

4. Short-Toed eagles are 63-69 in. in length.

5. Ospreys live to be 25 years.

Turtles

1. Sea turtles tails are short and stubby.

2. Turtles lay their eggs on long sandy beaches at night.

3. Sea turtles eggs are about the size of ping-pong balls.

4. Turtles shells called carapaces are light, bony, and streamline.

5. Sea turtles live in all but the coldest oceans.

Platypus

1. The 3 names of a platypus are buckbill, duckmole, and watermole.

2. The platypus senses their prey underwater by an electr-reception system.

3. The platypus closes its ears, eyes, and nostrils as it submerges in water.

4. The playpus have venom in their hollow spurs(ankles).

5. The platypus are solitary animals.

Penguins

1. The largest type of penguin is the emperer

2. There are 17 species of penguins

3. They live 15-20 years long.

4. They eat kril, fish and crustaceans

5. Penguins preen their feathers frequently

Period 2:

Animal Facts

Birds Of

Prey

1. Characteristics: keen eyesight, strong long talons, curved beak

2.A peregrine Falcon can fly at 200 mph

3.Falcons use other birds' nests intead of making their own

4.Raptor is another name for a bird of prey

5.A hawk is bird of prey that is active by day

Sea Turtles

1. The ratio of male to female sea turtles is 1:20

2. Sexual maturity is 3-50 years

3. Baby sea turtles are called hatchlings

4. There are seven species of sea turtles

5. The ratio of baby sea turtles that make it to the ocean in time is 1:1000

Flightless Birds

1. Flightless birds evolved from birds that did fly

2. Flightless birds' wings and keel are too small to fly

3. There are no true species of flightless birds in North America

4. Because they couldn't fly, many species of flightless birds are now extinct.

5. There are forty species of flightless birds

Predetorial Fish

1. Sharks don't have a swim bladder so if they stop sqimming they will sink.

2. Betta fish are often kept as household Fish.

3. Tuna are dissapering(over fished)

4. Piranhas digest food quickly.

5. Not all barracuda sqim in schools, especially the bigger ones

Snakes

1. Venom is not always leathal to humans.

2. Venomous snakes somtimes constrict instead of useing venom.

3. The tounge smells and helps the snake find its way in the dark.

4. Not all snakes lay eggs.

5. Have elliptical eye, pit under nostral, one row of scales on underside.

Tropical Fish

1. The climbing perch is the only fish that can walk on land

2. There are 28,000 species of fish in the world.

3. The whale shark is the largest fish in the world.

4. More than 2000 million people depend on fish for food.

5. Anemones protect clownfish and angel fish.

Opossums

1, Opossums are marsupials

2. Opossums are the only marsupials in North America

3. If in danger, they will play dead

4. Opossums will eat anything

5.Opossums are nocturnal

Foxes

1. Female foxes are called vixens

Male foxes are called dogs

2. The three main foxes are the artic, grey, and red fox

3. Foxes are generally solitary animals

4. Foxes are omniverous

5. The foxes' main sese of communication is scent

   

Period 3

Animal Facts
Koalas

1.Koalas eat eucalyptus leaves.

2. Koalas are marsupials.

3. Koalas babies are called joeys.

4. Koalas live in Australia.

5. Koalas are brown and grey.

Jellyfish

1. jellyfish are made of 95%-99% water.

2. Jellyfish, on average, grow up to 7ft. long

3. some jellyfish are cannibalistic.

4. jellyfish can withstand a large range of temperatures

5. their kingdom, phylum, class are anamilia, cnidarians, and scypozoan.

Giraffes

1. Giraffes run at an average speed of 35 MPH

2. Giraffes are herbivores

3. Giraffes have the same amount of bones in their neck as humans, they are just longer. (They each have 7 bones)

4. No two giraffe's are alike (their spot patterns are always unique)

5. Giraffes mate whenever they want to.

Large Felines

1. Cheetahs have a top speed of 71 mph, and it can only be maintained for 20 to 30 seconds at a time.

2. Some tigers regularly attack humans.

3. Lions are the most social large felines.

4. Cheetahs can't roar.

5. Leopards can climb trees easily and love their shade, especially during the summer.

Dung Beetles

1. The three groups of dung beetles are tunnelers, rollers, and dwellers.

2. Dung beetles are arachnids

3.

Tropical Fish 1. If a fish's home(coral reef) dies, then the fish dies too.

2. Tropical fish are found in Africa, South and Central America, India, Southeast Asia.

3. Some tropical fish are cannibalistic.

4. Some tropical fish are born male.

5. Male tropical fish are usually more colorful.
Domestic Dogs

1. Dogs evolved from wolves

2. Dogs go into "heat" to reproduce

3. Dogs are omnivores

4. Dogs can give viral or bacterial diseases to humans

5. Dogs can live up to 12 (human) years if treated well.

Tropical Fish

1. Fish depend on healthy coral reefs

2. Some tropical fish are canibalistic

3. Males are usually more colorful

4. Located in Africa, South and Central America, India, Southeast Asia

Pikas

1. Belong to the lagomorph family

2. vegetarians

3. Hawks, eagles, owls, and weasels are their preditors

4. Live on rocky mountain slopes (protection from predators)

5. Don't hibernate

Period 5

Animal Facts
Snakes

1. Snakes are important because they control rodent population.

2.To eat food larger than their heads, snakes dislocate their lower jaw.

3.Snakes eat fish, birds, mice, and rabbits.

4.Snakes are reptiles.

5.Snakes move by contracting their body, or slithering.

Badgers

1. There are 6 types of badgers.

2. They are nocturnal

3. They are omnivorous.

4. They live underground.

5. Earthworms are their most important food.

Mountain Goats

1. mountain goats can live up to 10,000ft.

2. Mountain Goats can live in below freezing.

3. kid mountain goats get attacked by eagles by being drivin off cliffs.

4. The main predetor for the mountain goat is the cougar.

5. the kid remains with their mother until the next is born.

Cows

1. The cow has 4 stomachs.

2. The rumen is the first stomach

3. Mad Cow Disease cannot be cured.

4. The vulva is a layer of protection and increases circulation

5. An egg remains capable of fertilization for only a couple of hours.

6. Jason is hot.

Pandas

1. A panda has 2 skin colors pink under light fur and black under dark fur.

2. Pandas mainly eat bamboo 99% of the time

3. Panda's homes are made mostly of bamboo trees.

4. Baby pandas are very weak when born and they are food for wild animals

5. Pandas are one of the most flexible animals.

African Safari

1. there are 5,000-7,000 tigers left in the world

2. Loxodonta Africana (or African Elephants) are vegetarians.

3. There are 3 types of zebras. They weigh about 300 pounds

4. A giraffe's tongue is 1.5 feet long

5. Typical safari animals are elephants, tigers, giraffes, and zebras

Apes

1. There are 25 species of apes

2. Orangutans are shy

3. Chimps can live up to 60 years

4. Apes give birth after 10 years of age

5. Most apes live in tropical areas

Turtles

1. Temperature at birth decides if baby will be male or female

2. Ectothermic

3. Sea turtles are endangered

4. Plastic bags and habitat destruction threaten turtles

Period 6

Animal Facts
Bears

1.The first bear appeared in Europe 13,000,000 years ago.

2.Bears are in the Ursidae family.

3.Bears are omnivores.

4.Bears' life spans are 30 years.

5.Bears run up to 30mph.

Squirrels

1. A squirrel's brain is the size of a walnut.

2. There are three types of squirrels: tree squirrels, flying squirrels, and ground squirrels.

3. Squirrels are born from Spring to Summer.

4. A squirrels main diet consists of nuts, fruits, and seeds.

5. Squirrels live in coniferous trees.

Otters

1. There are 13 species of otters

2. They must eat 20% of their body weight

3. Otters are hunted for their fur

4. Preadators include bobcats, lynx's, and coyotes

5. Otters eat muscels and fish.

Tigers

1. Tigers are seriously endangered.

2. Tigers aren't anti-social.

3. Tigers are fouund only in Asia.

4. Tigers have 2-3 cubs per litter.

5. A tiger's diet is based on deer, boars, buffalo, and somtimes elephants, rhinos, or humans (Ulppppp!!!)

Poisonous Frogs

1.Frogs go through metamorphosis

a.eggs

b.tadpole

c.arms and legs

d.outgrow tail

2.Most poisonous frogs live in warm, humid forests

3.Most frogs eat small insects

4.The bright colors of poisonous frogs help them camoflouge and warn their predators that they are poisonous

5.The phylum of frogs is chordata and their class is amphibia

 

Arctic Animals

 

 

 

1.all arctic animals are camoflauge

2.many arctic animals are warm blooded (the whales)

3. very few reptiles in the arctic

4.many of the animals are carnivores including the greenland sharks.

5.many of the arctic animals can both live in the water and on land.

Crutaceans

1 crustaceans dont have hearts

2limbs used in respiration, swimming ,cralwing,feeding,andmay be modifyed as jaws reproductive organs, or they maybe simplifyed or lost.

3crabs use 1 large claw to attract mates

4 the head is usually fused with sevaral segments to form the cepholothorax , followed by the abdomen

5crustaceans can live on lan in the sea, or in fresh water

Poison Snakes

1. Ectothermic (cold blooded)

2. There are more species of non-venomous than venomous snakes

3. Some snakes can swim

4. Taiper (?) can kill several human adults

5. Snakes have scales and no legs