Did You Know' Amazing Facts About Animals from Mrs' Naumans Third Grade Lulu Ross Elem' School

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Did You Know.? Amazing Facts About
Animalsfrom Mrs. Naumans Third Grade Lulu
Ross Elem. School

• April 2006

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Bald Eagle

• Bald eagles have really large nests that can
  weigh 400 pounds.
• The bald eagles wings can stretch 4 to 8
  inches.
• The babies have an egg tooth when they hatch. The
  egg tooth helps the baby break the egg so it can
  come out.
• By Jonnathan

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Bearded Dragons

• When Bearded dragons are frightened they puff out
  a spot under their throat.
• They eat insects.
• They were smuggled out of
• their home which is Australia.
• by Cam
  

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Siberian Tiger

• There is another name for this kind of tiger it
  is the Amur tiger.
• Some of the Siberian tigers are black and white.
• There is a rare kind of Siberian tiger. It is
  just white.
• By Christian

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Bobcats

• They have black spots to camouflage them.
• Kittens dont open there eyes until they are 9 or
  10 days old.
• Did you know that owls can kill baby bobcats?
• By Christopher

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Penguins

• Penguins swim in the ocean to get food.
• They are covered with short thick feathers.
• They live on land that is covered with just snow
  and ice.
• By Gabby

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Great White Sharks

• Great Whites can grow as long as 20 feet (6m).
• Great Whites dont chew Their food they rip off
  chunks of meat and swallow it whole.
• Great White Sharks eat lots and lots even
  indigestible garbage.
• ByTimicia

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Hippopotamus

• Hippos have their babies under water.
• They eat short grasses, and water plants.
• Hippos live in rivers, lakes and swamps.
• By Jasmine

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Sugar Gliders

• Did you know that sugar gliders have opposable
  thumbs?
• If sugar gliders dont have water for a day, the
  glider will dehydrate rapidly and die.
• A sugar gliders tail is almost as big as the
  body.
• By Kaitlyn

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Painted turtles

• Painted turtles live to be 30-40 years old.
• Painted turtles hibernate at the bottom of ponds.
• Painted turtles used to be endangered. They used
  to get eaten by Native Americans.
• By Lacie

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Hummingbird

• The hummingbird likes to take a bath in a
  sprinkler.
• There are more then 300 kinds of hummingbirds.
  
• The hummingbirds enemies are frogs, cats, and
  crows.
• By Mackenzie
  

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Giraffe

• A giraffe has a tongue that could be 21 inches
  long!
• A giraffes neck can be 14 to15 feet long!
• Giraffes can eat corn, melons, leaves and more!
• By Morgan

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Orangutans

• They sleep high in trees.
• The red ape is the most endangered orangutan.
• Their fingers and toes are curved so they can
  hold on to trees
• By Nicholas

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Gorillas

• Gorillas live in the African rain forest.
• A male gorilla weighs about 170 pounds.
• Even though they are really big, they only eat
  fruits and vegetables.
• By Sammy

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Cheetah

• Cheetahs have tear marks near their eyes. They
  have yellow fur with a spot pattern from their
  small head to their tail.
• Cheetahs are found in open and partially open
  savannas.
• Cheetahs often have four cubs in a litter. They
  are born blind and gray with spots.
• By Shekinah

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Anaconda

• Anacondas are usually found in the rain forest.
• Anaconda means Elephant killer.
• They are the biggest snake in the world.
• By Steven

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Crocodiles

• The crocodile is 7 to 15 feet long!
• Crocodiles have only one enemy---that is poaching
  humans.
• The crocodiles have a SUPER BIG APETITE-- they
  eat crabs, fish, and water foul.
• By Thomas
  
  

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Koalas

• A koala bear is not a bear.
• Koalas get prepared for rainy weather by curling
  up in a ball.
• They weigh 30 pounds and they are 2 feet tall.
• They eat from eucalyptus trees and that is the
  tree that they live in.
• By Vincent

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• We hope you discovered new facts about animals.
• We sure did!