Animal Projects Class 3-410 2011 Mrs. McCabe
Orangutan Jason 3-410 2011
Habitat • Orangutans live in tropical rainforests.
Characteristics • The body of an orangutan is red to reddish-brown. • It weighs up to 200 lbs. • Orangutans have a sloping forehead, rounded ears and short legs.
Diet • The orangutan eats fruits, insects, and leaves.
Fun Facts • An orangutans arm is longer then there legs. • Their feet are built like there hands helping them grip with all four limbs.
Lion Alicia 3-410 2011
Habitat • Lions live in grasslands in Africa, Europe, Asia, some in North and South America. • Also lions can live in deserts, Savannah, jungles, and/or Sahara. • Lions live in caves and dens. • The climate is hot, warm, rarely cold.
Characteristics • A characteristic of a lion is that they have ability to pounce on prey so they can catch it. • Another characteristic is that lions have different colors such as (for bodies not manes) they can be light brown.
Diet • Lions don’t have a diet. Lions mostly eat one thing, meat. Sometimes lions eat grass but only if no food is found. Or to be healthy.
Fun Facts • Lions have really cool eyesight at night. They use it to eat prey while its sleeping. • Lions also have ability to pounce on prey to eat it.
Black Bear Michael 3-410 2011
Habitat • The Black Bear lives in forests. • Found in North America Mexico and Canada.
Characteristics • The Black Bear has brown fur. • Black Bear is up to 6 to 7 feet tall.
Diet • They eat bugs and berries. • They also eat fish.
Fun Facts • Black Bears mostly eat berries. • Black Bears can grow up to 6 feet tall.
Emperor Penguin Stamatia 3-410 2011
Habitat • The Emperor Penguin lives in the Polar Ice of Antarctica.
Characteristics • The Emperor Penguin has black and white fur. • They look round like an oval. • They are very puffy when they’re small. • When they grow up they are taller and have yellow fur on their neck.
Diet • Emperor Penguins love eating fish. • They also like to eat other stuff underwater.
Fun Facts • Emperor Penguin females lay the egg and then give it to the male to protect it wile the female gets food. • The baby Emperor Penguin looks different from the big ones.
Sidewinder Rattlesnake Tommy 3-410 2011
Habitat • Sidewinder Rattlesnakes live in dry areas such as deserts. • Sometimes the Sidewinder can live in burrows under the sand. • They’re found in Arizona , Nevada, California and Utah.
Characteristics • A Sidewinder Rattlesnake has no legs. • It has scales above its eyes to protect it from the hot sun. • A Sidewinder Rattlesnake uses camouflage.
Diet • The Sidewinder Rattlesnake eats lizards and kangaroo rats.
Fun Facts • The Sidewinder Rattlesnakes are technically mammals. • The baby Rattlesnakes are called hatchlings. • It lives in sand burrows.
Polar Bear Arif 3-410 2011
Habitat • Polar bear live in the Arctic where its very cold.
Characteristics • Polar Bear are white with black eyes and black nose.
Diet • Polar Bear eat fish Sea fish, Arctic Fox, Seals, Reindeer. • Rodent, Musk, ox and Sea bull.
Fun facts • Baby Polar bear are called cubs. • Polar Bear are mammals. • Polar Bear camouflages.
Boblink Breyonna 3-410 2011
Habitat • Boblinks are found in hayfields in northern Ohio. • They are also found in tall grass and prairies. • The hay fields are very warm and dry • The Boblinks lay their eggs in hay fields.
Characteristics • The Boblink looks like it has blond fur. • Also the white and black feathers look like a tuxedos.
Diet • A Boblink eats rice insects and and seeds.
Fun Facts • Farmers hate Boblinks. • Boblinks are some times called rice birds.
Blanding Turtle Aya 3-410 2011
Habitat • It lives in swamps. • It also lives in wetlands. • They also travel in woodlands.
Characteristics • The color of the Blanding turtle is a dark gray to green color. • The Blanding turtle is 10 inches tall. • The Blanding turtle has 4 legs.
Diet • The Blanding turtle eats snails, leaches, small fish, frogs and insects. • They are not picky eaters they can eat anything!
Fun Facts • The Blanding turtle can change its body temperature. • The Blanding turtle lives in nest called forms.
Green Anole Georgia 3-410 2011
Habitat • A Green Anole lives in tree dwellers in tropical forests. • And also lives in wooded areas in west India's occupies upper trunk. • A Green Anole has to live in not to warm and not to cold weather.
Characteristics • A Green Anoles skin color is green and has camouflage. • A Green Anole can grow up to 8 inches long.
Diet • A Green Anole eats bugs and insects.
Fun Facts • A Green Anole is very cute but if you buy one it might not be right for you because you have to take it to the vet very often and you could be allergic.
Clownfish Eleni 3-410 2011
Habitat • Clownfish live in the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean, The Red Sea, and Australia's Barrier Reef.
Characteristics • 2 or 5 inches long. • Orange, yellow, maroon and other colors like white. • Do not use camouflage.
Diet • Clownfish eat the left overs from fish that the anemone eats.
Fun Facts • Clownfish get their food is from cooperating with the anemone. • Baby Clownfish are called fry. • Clownfish start as males, later if the dominant female dies, a male will become female. • Clownfish communicate by using clacking sounds. • Clownfish live in anemones.
Red Eyed Tree Frog Katerina 3-410
Habitat • Red eyed tree frogs live in lowland rainforests in Central America. • It also lives near ponds.
Characteristics • Red eyed tree frogs have blue streaks. • Orange toes with tiny suction on their toes.
Diet • Red eyed tree frogs eat crickets and smaller frogs.
Fun facts • Red eyed tree frogs have camouflage.
Diamondback Water Snake Roheen 3-410 2011
Habitat • The diamondback sea snake lives in the ocean. • The diamond back sea snake is 48 to 63 in. • The diamond water snakes climate is HOT. •
Characteristics • It is green, olive, and brownish, grayish. • It is active at day and night. • It swims under-water.
Diet • It eats frogs, fish, and tadpoles.
Fun Facts • At night, it uses its nocturnal eyes to hunt.
Lion Dominic 3-410 2011
Diet • One diet of a lion is wild beast. • Another diet of a lion is worth hogs. • The last diet of a lion is buffalo and there is more!
Fun Facts • Lions use camouflage a lot. • Lions hunt for food and also sneak attack to do it. • Lions babies are called cubs. • Lions are born out of the birth canal.
Habitat • Lions climate habitat is being really hot since it lives in the Sahara desert. • The lions live in all kinds of dens. • Another one of a lions habitat is that they live around prairies and other stuff.
Characteristics • Lions colors are gold and white brown. • Lions have many legs and in total they have 4 legs. • Lions have so much fur. • Lions are the size of 2.8 meters long.
Bengal Tiger Kostas 3-410 2011
Habitat • Bengal tigers live in tropical rainforests in China, India, Thailand, Sumatra and many more countries. • It is 68-82 degrees in the tropical rain.
Characteristics • Tigers have lots of fur. • Tigers have fur is yellow and orange.
Diet • Bengal tigers eat wild boars monkeys and many more animals.
Fun facts • People have Bengal tigers as pets. • Bengal tigers can grow to be up to ten feet.
Arctic Hare Kailah 3-410 2011
Habitat • The Arctic Hare lives somewhere cold where there is snow. • Hares lives in a cold place where there are lots of snow and sometimes sunny. • Hares mostly live in nests.
Characteristics • The color of the Hare’s fur is white in the winter. • The size of the arctic hare is 6ft-9ft.
Diet • Hares mostly eat willow leaves, shoots, bark, roots, grasses, flowers, saxifrage, and cowberry.
Fun Facts • Hares can communicate by stomping their feet. • Arctic hare’s fur turns brown when it is summer. • Baby hares are called leverets.
California Sea Lion Britney 3-410 2011
Habitat • California Sea lions live in water near and on rocky shores. • The climates in their habitats are warm. • It lives in water.
Characteristics • A California Sea Lion is a mammal. • A California sea Lion can be grey, brown, or black. • A California Sea Lion has no legs.
Diet • California Sea Lions mainly eat fish.
Fun Facts • The sea lion life cycle starts when it is a pup. Summer is mating season. One year after mating season the mother can have one baby in 25 years. • The baby lions are called pups.
White Fox By Sarah 3-410 2011
Habitat • The white fox lives in dens caves or cliffs. • They also burry themselves in the snow were it has its surroundings to blend in.
Characteristics • One characteristic is the way the fox changes color in summer the fox has blue gray fur sometimes even brown. • The size of a average fox is 43in or 63cm.
Diet • The white fox’s biggest prey is the lemming a small rat looking animal. • The second big prey is road kill road kill is anything the fox can find.
Fun Facts • A really cool fact is that a fox can hear a lemming underground then the fox will jump up and down until the snow breaks. • The fox also blends in with the snow even in summer.
Seahorse Sean 3-410 2011
Habitat • Seahorses are found all over the world. • Seahorses live In warm ocean waters. • They live near coral reefs and sea grass.
Characteristics • Seahorses can be white, black , red or brown. • Seahorses do not have fur. • Seahorses range from 6 to 12 inches • They do use camouflage.
Diet • Seahorses eat water fleas , small fishes , shrimp and plankton.
Fun Facts • Seahorses are very cool. • They get their food by catching things around them. • They suck their food up through their snout.
Fox Dianne 3-410 2011
Habitat • The fox lives in grasslands, mountain areas, deserts, thick forests, and urban areas. • In these areas they live in dens or other places. • When they live in forests, it’s usually a temperate forest. The weather is usually moderate (mild).
Characteristics • The fox has 4 legs and orangish-red fur on it’s back, sides, and head. It has white fur on it’s chest. • It’s long bushy tail is tipped in white. It has black ears and legs and feet.
Diet • The fox eats plants, fruit, mice, eggs, worms, insects, veggies, fish, frogs, rodents, birds, and reptiles.
Fun Facts • The baby of the fox is called a kit or cub. • The small slender bodies of foxes are designed for speed and agility. • The fox uses its tail like a brush to wipe it’s tracks so predators don’t follow it.
Desert Toad Andrea 3-410 2011
Diet • A desert Toad eats spiders, Insects and other types of toads.
Habitat • Desert Toads lives in deserts in the Southwestern part of the United states • The Desert Toad Lives on land and in rivers.
Characteristics • Desert Toads can be 4 to 7 inches long. • A desert Toad is brown and green with black dots. • They has 4 legs and three toes.
Fun Facts • Even though a desert Toad has black dots it can not camouflage.
A White-Tailed Deer Yasmine 3-410 2011
Habitat • The habitat white-tailed deer lives in is wooded areas. • The continent whitetailed deer are found in is North America. • The country in North America this animal is found in is southern Canada and most of the United States.
Characteristics • The color of a whitetailed deer is tan or brown. • The size of this animal is 62-87 inches. • This animal has 4 legs.
Diet • The white-tailed deer is a herbivore or plant eater. • In spring and summer this animal eats green plants. • In fall this animal eats corn, acorns, and other nuts and in winter this animal eats buds and twigs of woody plants.
Fun Facts • One fun fact about this animal is its antlers. A white-tailed deer uses it’s antlers by rubbing them on trees to mark their territory. • Another fun fact about this animal is the fawns white spots, it helps them camouflage. • The third fun fact about this animal is its white tail. This animal uses its white tail to warn other dears that danger is near by.
Great White Shark Ayman 3-410 2011
Habitat • Great whites spend their whole lives in sea water or tropical water. • They live around the world. • The climate is cool. • The temperature is between 55 and 68 degrees.
characteristics • Great whites is basically called a mammal. • They’re 15 to more than 20 ft long. • Their body is torpedo shaped. • They’re grey or olive. • They have 8 fins and 812 gills.
Diet • Great whites are carnivores. • They eat fish and any other meat. • Great whites like seals. • They even eat fishes that are bigger than them • Some animals they eat are dolphins, seals, squids, sword fish and more.
Fun Facts • Baby sharks are called pups. • Eggs hatch in the female sharks before pup get out. • Great whites communicate by biting each other. • They ambush before killing.
Frog Samiha 3-410 2011
Habitat • Frogs live in water, such as the oceans or lakes • They live in every continent except Antarctica
Characteristics • Frogs have olive green or dark brown skin. • They have four legs. • They do not have fur.
Diet • Frogs eat insects, and shrews occasionally fried. • It also eats young water birds.
Fun Facts • The female frog is longer than the male frog.
Great Barracuda Shadman 3-410 2011
Habitat • Great Barracudas are found in oceans and seas. • Found mainly in the Mediterranean sea, Atlantic Coast of Tropical America, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Sea. • Very warm and humid.
Characteristics • Great Barracudas have shark like teeth. • They are very aggressive predators. • They are very big (Great Barracudas can grow over 6 feet long).
Diet • The Great Barracuda eats jacks, grunts, groupers, snappers, small tunas, mullets, herring, and anchovies. • It is a carnivore.
Fun Facts • There is no specific type of name for a baby Barracuda (it is called a baby or infant barracuda). • They communicate by making particular sounds.
Bald Eagle Asef 3-410 2011
Habitat • Bald Eagles live in a mountainous environment similar to the Rocky Mountains. • Bald Eagles live in nests. • The Bald Eagle’s habitat climate due to the weather, animals and people.
Characteristics • The Bald Eagle is black and white. • The Bald Eagle is about 6 ½ to 7ft tall. • The Bald Eagle has 2 legs. • The Bald Eagle does not have fur. • The size of the Bald Eagle depends on its age and gender.
Diet • The Bald Eagle eats squirrels, rabbits, prairie dogs , fish and often eat road-killed animals.
Fun Facts • Bald Eagles eat hares, deer, and frogs. • Sometimes the parents or siblings of a eaglet can be eaten because of hungriness.
Diamondback Water Snake Roheen 3-410 2011
Habitat • The diamondback sea snake lives in the ocean. • The diamond back sea snake is 48 to 63 in. • The diamond water snakes climate is HOT. •
Characteristics • It is green, olive, and brownish, grayish. • It is active at day and night. • It swims under-water.
Diet • It eats frogs, fish, and tadpoles.
Fun Facts • At night, it uses its nocturnal eyes to hunt.
African Basin Michael 3-410 2011
Habitat • The African basin fish lives in the oceans and lakes of Africa. • There temperature is in the mid 70 degrees.
Characteristics • Color: Gray and black skin color. • Size: The size of the African basin is 30.5. • They use camafluge on shiny rocks.
Diet • There diet is they eat other little fish.
Fun Facts • They can swim fast with there tails. • They can hit it’s prey with it’s tail. • And it could use its camouflage.