Saturday 18 July 2015
Thursday 16 July 2015
Information Report: Water Dragons by Amiri
The Water Dragon
by Amiri
My animal is a water dragon. A water dragon is a reptile because it hatches from an egg and it has scales and it doesn’t need it mother’s help.
As you can see a water dragon is green. A full grown water dragon weighs only 1 kilogram, and its length is zero point nine meters long! A water dragons height is about 5 inches long. It also has a third eye for sensing when it is day or night.
Crickets, mealworms and worms are perfect for a water dragon to eat. Little pieces of fruit and veggies will make a water dragon big and strong. Any insect or small fish will do just fine.
The Chinese water dragon is found in Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, and in southern China.
During the mating season males have a bright red mark on their chest. It is common for a male water dragon to have significantly large injuries. Once the male is found, he mates with all the females in his territory. After mating the female digs a hole in the soft sand near the riverbank where she lays fifteen to twenty five eggs. Then she abandons the eggs. Depending on the temperature they can that up to three months to hatch are mini replicas of their parents and are totally independent from birth.
I think water dragons should be kept in captivity because water dragons habitat is being destroyed by us humans. So we should at least do something nice to it. Even though water dragons are not endangered it’s habitat is being destroyed.
Wednesday 15 July 2015
Information Report: Elephants by Shohei
The elephant a mammal because it drinks its mothers milk, breathes air, is warm blooded, has hair and can communicate with other elephants.
The elephant has grey hairy skin. It can grow from 2.5 to 4 meters tall and weigh up to[2,268 to 6,350 kilograms. An elephant has four legs, one head, two tusks and a trunk. The tusks are useful because elephants can use them attack to their predators, or to get food.
Elephants are known as herbivores because they only eat plants.The elephant's diet is grasses, leaves, bamboo and roots. It's also known to eat crops like bananas and sugarcane. An adult elephant can eat an enormous amount of food a day (eats around 150kg). African elephants have a long trunk that lets it reach high trees to get food. Another adaptation is it uses it’s tusks to dig dirt and get roots to eat. Elephant's predators are lions, jaguars and leopards but this only if they’re unlucky. Carnivores especially target the smaller baby calves.
The habitat of elephants include tropical islands and parts of Africa, Asia and India.There are three types of elephant: the Samatran elephant, Asian elephant and Indian elephant.
Elephants can live up to 60 years in the wild. Females are called cows and male elephants are called bulls. A baby is called a calf. The female elephant gives birth at 22 months old. A female elephant doesn’t have tusks but bulls do. It takes 10 years before they make another baby.
The Asian elephant is endangered because they are getting hunted by humans. Humans only hunt the bull [male] because they have tusks and females don’t have tusks. In the wild they don’t get much food. I believe that elephants should be kept in the zoo because they can do breeding programmes to make more babies.The number of elephants would increase. If an elephant was kept in captivity the zookeepers would need to make a big cage and give it toys like toys to play with, food and water and other elephants for company. The elephant needs to be like a wild elephant.
Information Report: Polar Bears by Sanglok
Polar bears have transparent see through fur but it looks like white fur because of the snow. The skin under the fur is black. the polar bear is camouflaged in the snow because their transparent reflects light it even has fur on it soles of it feet to keep it warm. Polar bears have 4 legs, a tail like a bunny, 2eyes and 2 ears. They can weigh up to 680 kg. They have 42 teeth and a strong jaw to eat. The polar bear can have a height of up to 2.5m.
Brown bears and polar bears are the world ‘s largest land meat eaters. .the pray of the polar is fish , seals, walruses ,beluga whales, birds, birds eggs, the bowhead whale and vegetation. The Adult Polar Bear’s Predators are humans. The cub’s predators are wolves and other carnivores. In a year polar bear has to eat around 72 seals to survive. Most polar bears sleep for seven to eight hours in a day. Polar bears hunt at day time. All polar bears have an excellent sense of smell to find seals 1.6km away.
Countries like Alaska, the Arctic,Canada, Russia and Greenland are homes for the polar bears. Habitat for polar bears is icy areas. In winter days are short and nights are very long. In mid winter days the sun does not rise at all.
20-30 years is how long a polar bear usually live for. The baby polar bears are called cubs, cubs live with their mother for 18 -30 months. Polar bear cubs are born live. 2 tiny cubs are born at the same time.
The longest known living polar bear in the world is 45 years old. Polar bears can survive for 8 months with out food. The scientific name for polar bears are urus maritmimas, Polar Bears can reach speeds up to 40 kph (25mph) on land and 10kph in water
Polar bears are in danger of becoming extinct. They are shot for their skin and also their habitat is melting because of climate change. I think that Polar bears should be kept in the zoo because they have more places to play and breeding programmes so they can have more babies. Polar bears needs in captivity are Red Cylinders, a pumpkin for halloween and an easter bunny for easter.
by Sanglok Thank you bye
Information Report: Cheetahs by Rishap
Cheetahs
by Rishap
The cheetah is a mammal because it has a back bone, is warm blooded, drinks milk as a baby, has fur and communicates.
Belonging to the cat family, cheetahs have 4 legs, paws, whiskers, sharp teeth and a long tail to help them balance. Their black, white and yellow spotted fur helps camouflage them when they’re hunting. They are very fast running. Cheetahs can run up to 113 km per hour and get up to that speed in 3 seconds. The weight of a cheetah is 21-72 kg (adult) and height is 90 cm (adult) at the shoulder).
Cheetahs are carnivores. They eat large eagles, lions, hyenas, rabbits and other meat including gazelles, wild bears, impalas and smaller hoofed animals. They like to hunt in groups, knock their prey to the ground and kill it with a suffocating. They must eat quickly before they lose the kills to other bigger, more aggressive carnivores.
Cheetahs are found in the African savannah (grassy areas). They live amongst trees, long thick grass, dry dirt and rocks. Its habitat is really sunny and warm.
Cheetahs live for 10- 12 years. They have 2-4 cubs at a time. Cubs cannot see when they are born so they only survive because their mother takes care of them. Cheetah cubs live with their mother for around 1 and a half years.
Cheetahs are in endangered because humans are building houses on their land and are killing them for their fur. They should be kept in captivity so they don't die out. In a zoo, cheetahs would need to hunt and play with toys to stop them from getting bored. They like to be in groups so they would have to have to live with other cheetahs.
Information Report: Polar Bears by Oli
Polar Bears
by Oli
Polar bears are mammals because they drink their mothers milk, are warm blooded, have fur, communicate and breathe air.
Polar bears have transparent (see-through) fur but it looks white because of the snow. The polar bears skin is really, really thick so they won’t get cold and suffocate. They have really sharp teeth for eating big things.
Their eyes are all black. Their claws grow up to 31 cm. Polar bear ears are hidden because they're white, the same as their bodies. When the polar bear stands up, it is about three metres tall and 2.4-3 metres when it is on four legs. It weighs 500kg. It has whiskers.
The polar bear eats fish, seals, walruses and more. Their fur helps them camouflage in the snow. They pounce when they see something moving. When they get really angry they can sometimes eat their cubs. They walk very far distances to find their food. They wait until a seal comes up to the top of the water, then they they pounce right on the seal and kill it. They like to hunt in groups and are really careful when they pounce on their prey so they wont get hurt.
The polar bear lives in the Arctic, Canada, Alaska, Russia and Greenland. They live mainly on the islands and sea ice.
Baby polar bears (or cubs) are born alive. 20-30 years is how long polar bears can live for. The scientific name for polar bear is ursus maritimes. The baby polar bear stays with it’s mum for about 18 to 20 months.
There are over 25,000 polar bears in the world. Polar bears are really badly endangered because they are shot by humans for their fur. Also, their habitat of sea ice is melting. I believe polar bears should not be kept in the zoo. A better place for them to live is the Arctic so they can hunt their own food. Zoo enclosures wouldn’t be big enough or be the right temperature.
Polar bears should not live in the zoo because their enclosures wouldn't be enough like their real habitat. For example, they might just paint the ground white instead of having real snow and ice. And where would zoo keepers get the live seals from that polar bears need to hunt to keep them healthy?
Information Report: Polar Bears by Jaydon
Polar Bears
by Jaydon
Polar Bears are mammals, because they drink their mothers milk, they are warm blooded, they breathe air, have fur and communicate.
The Polar beats has a tail that looks like a bunny tail. It weighs 410 to 720 kg. When polar bears stand up it is 3 metres tall. Polar bears have 4 legs and 2 eyes, also 2 ears and a nose. The white fur of polar bears helps them camouflage against the snow. There are up to 2000-2500 polar bears in the world.
Countries such as the Arctic, Us, Canada, Alaska, Russia and Greenland are all homes for Polar Bears. Habitat for Polar Bear is areas of sea ice. The Polar bear's Habitat is very cold.
20 to 30 years is how long Polar bears live for. Cubs is the name for baby polar bears. Cubs stay with their mother for 30 months but some for 18 months. Polar bear cubs are born alive. Normally 2 cubs are born at the same time.
Polar Bears are badly endangered because of climate change. There are not that many polar bears left in the world. The best place for Polar Bears is the zoo so they have more space and get bred to have babies for more Polar Bears to be in the world. Polar bears in captivity need toys to stop them from getting bored, for example balls that they have to get food out of. Their enclosure should have live seals, fish and walruses to hunt and also lots of icy places.
The Polar beats has a tail that looks like a bunny tail. It weighs 410 to 720 kg. When polar bears stand up it is 3 metres tall. Polar bears have 4 legs and 2 eyes, also 2 ears and a nose. The white fur of polar bears helps them camouflage against the snow. There are up to 2000-2500 polar bears in the world.
Polar Bears are carnivores. Prey for Polar bears includes seals, walruses, berries, Belga Whales, Narwhals and fish. Predators for Polar bears are Humans. Polar Bears pounce on their prey or use their sharp teeth to catch it. A polar bear eats around 72 seals every year. Polar bears mostly sleep for 7 hours to 8 hours night time.
Countries such as the Arctic, Us, Canada, Alaska, Russia and Greenland are all homes for Polar Bears. Habitat for Polar Bear is areas of sea ice. The Polar bear's Habitat is very cold.
20 to 30 years is how long Polar bears live for. Cubs is the name for baby polar bears. Cubs stay with their mother for 30 months but some for 18 months. Polar bear cubs are born alive. Normally 2 cubs are born at the same time.
Polar Bears are badly endangered because of climate change. There are not that many polar bears left in the world. The best place for Polar Bears is the zoo so they have more space and get bred to have babies for more Polar Bears to be in the world. Polar bears in captivity need toys to stop them from getting bored, for example balls that they have to get food out of. Their enclosure should have live seals, fish and walruses to hunt and also lots of icy places.
Information Report: Pandas by Hohua
Pandas
by Hohua
Pandas are big mammals with white and black fur. They are mammals because they breathe air, have a back bone, drink their mothers milk, are born alive and communicate.
Pandas belong to the bear family. They can grow up to 3 feet long as male and 2 and a half feet as female when adults. Pandas can weigh up to 180 kg as females and 220kg as males. Its special features are having a 6th finger to hold bamboo.
The Panda's diet is is bamboo leaves and it can also eat fish so its not 100% herbivore. Pandas spend 16-18 hours a day eating bamboo because bamboo doesn't contain many nutrients. Pandas move around to get food somewhere else for example, when its winter they move around. They find their food on trees. Panda's predators are jackals, snow leopards and yellow throated martens (jungle cats.
Pandas live in the forest, jungle and mountains of central China. You can see pandas in the zoo. It's habitat has bamboo, leaves, plants and other animals and it's habitat temperature is warm.
When Pandas are babies they are called cubs. In the wild pandas can live up to 20 years. Panda cubs are protected by their mother because the father leaves after breeding. Female pandas are pregnant for 3 - 4 months and baby pandas are born pink.
The giant panda is endangered. There are 1,600 pandas left in the wild so pandas should be kept in zoos so breeding programs can help increase the panda population. Already 300 pandas are kept in zoos otherwise the predators might eat them. Pandas kept in zoos need bamboo, things to climb and boxes to play with. If you are designing an enclosure for pandas you should put in heaps of bamboo, the temperature needs to be warm and they need friends to play with.
Information Report: Komodo Dragons by Harry
The Komodo Dragon
by Harry Oh
The Komodo dragon is also called a monitor lizard. It is a reptile because it has dry scales and is cold-blooded. It is the biggest lizard in the world.
The Komodo dragon is longer then a couch (3 metres) and weighs 70 kilograms. They have a flat head, 4 bowed legs, sharp claws and a long forked tongue that they use to smell and taste. They have a long wavy tail. Their scaly skin is greylish-brown which they use for camouflage. They have sharp teeth like sharks.
Komodo dragons eat wild pigs, deer, boars and buffalos. Sometimes they even eat humans. They are carnivores (meat eaters). They don’t have predators. They are good hunters and have venom (poison) in their saliva (like snakes).
Komodo dragons live in grasslands, forests and beaches. They are found on 4 island in Indonesia (Komodo, Flores, Gili and Damai)
Komodo dragons can live for 30 years. The females lay about 30 eggs. The baby Komodo dragons are called "hatchlings’’ and it’s good that the hatchlings climb up trees because if an adult Komodo dragon comes it will eat the babies. When they are 4 years old they are big enough to come down out of the trees.
Information Report: Fahim - Lions
Lions are mammals because they are vertebrates, they breathe air, they have fur, they communicate and they drink their mother’s milk when they are cubs.The golden mane thats belongs to the male lion makes it looks beautiful but also very fierce.
Belonging to the cat family, lions share many features of others cats including having 4 legs, a tough body and whiskers . The Barbary lion is the biggest type of lion. Lions have sharp claws on their paws that help them to kill their prey. Male lions weigh around 190 kg and grow as high as 1.2 m.
Lions are known as carnivores as they eat meat. They eat other mammals like goats, wild cats, kite (bird) and other animals. At night time is the time when lions hunt their prey because they have better eyesight. 90 kilograms of meat is eaten by a lion in a single sitting. The lion has no predators because it is the top of its food chain and mostly they are the predators to other mammals, however they are hunted by humans.
Africa and Asia are the countries home to lions. Open woodlands or grass lands are their natural habitat. Other countries they used to be found in were the Middle East and Greece. The temperature they live in is not cold because they don’t have enough fur to keep warm from the cold.
In the wild adult lions live for 10-14 years but some can live up to 20 years. They don’t die in those years because they don’t have predators. The gestation period for the lioness (female) is 110 days. 1-4 cubs is how many lions a mother gives birth to at a time. Cubs stay with their parents for 2 years. When the cubs come out they don’t come out of eggs they come out alive.
Lions are on the list of endangered species because they are squeezed out of their natural habitat by humans, but there are still 32,000 lions left. Dangerous animals like lions should be kept in zoos because if are not, they would be killing people and eating animals and it could go crazy. Some things they would need to survive happily in a zoo are water, food, entertainment but mostly they need each other because the lioness do the hunting and the lion do the leading. Entertainment that they would need would be making prey animals using cardboard for the lion to destroy. Another way to entertain them is to put food in ice so the lion can break it open to get the food.
Belonging to the cat family, lions share many features of others cats including having 4 legs, a tough body and whiskers . The Barbary lion is the biggest type of lion. Lions have sharp claws on their paws that help them to kill their prey. Male lions weigh around 190 kg and grow as high as 1.2 m.
Lions are known as carnivores as they eat meat. They eat other mammals like goats, wild cats, kite (bird) and other animals. At night time is the time when lions hunt their prey because they have better eyesight. 90 kilograms of meat is eaten by a lion in a single sitting. The lion has no predators because it is the top of its food chain and mostly they are the predators to other mammals, however they are hunted by humans.
Africa and Asia are the countries home to lions. Open woodlands or grass lands are their natural habitat. Other countries they used to be found in were the Middle East and Greece. The temperature they live in is not cold because they don’t have enough fur to keep warm from the cold.
In the wild adult lions live for 10-14 years but some can live up to 20 years. They don’t die in those years because they don’t have predators. The gestation period for the lioness (female) is 110 days. 1-4 cubs is how many lions a mother gives birth to at a time. Cubs stay with their parents for 2 years. When the cubs come out they don’t come out of eggs they come out alive.
Lions are on the list of endangered species because they are squeezed out of their natural habitat by humans, but there are still 32,000 lions left. Dangerous animals like lions should be kept in zoos because if are not, they would be killing people and eating animals and it could go crazy. Some things they would need to survive happily in a zoo are water, food, entertainment but mostly they need each other because the lioness do the hunting and the lion do the leading. Entertainment that they would need would be making prey animals using cardboard for the lion to destroy. Another way to entertain them is to put food in ice so the lion can break it open to get the food.
Information report: Elephants by Anaika
The elephant is a mammal because it is warm blooded, drinks milk and it has hair.
Elephants have big, brownish-blackish ears, a big long trunk, 4 legs and 1 pair of tusks. Elephants can survive without tusks. While male elephants have tusks females don’t have any tusks. Asian elephants are born without tusks.
Elephants are herbivores. These are some things they eat: grass, bamboo, bark, roots and leaves. Adult elephants eat around 150kg of food a per day. The elephants' predators are big cats (lions) and hyenas.
Elephants live in Asia and Africa. African elephants are a little bit bigger than Asian elephants.
Elephants can live up to 70 years in the wild. Baby elephants are called calves. Female elephants carry babies in their stomach for 22 months. Normally the cow (female) has one baby at a time but can rarely have multiple births. Male elephants live with their mother until they’re 12. Female elephants live with their mother until adulthood. Calves (babies) are born alive.
Male elephants are endangered because they are hunted for their tusks. I personally think zoos are the best place for some elephants such as the male because of their tusks. It may be that elephants will one day become extinct. I think the needs for elephants kept in zoos are company, puzzles and entertainment. Elephants spend most of their time foraging for food so good toys to stop elephants getting bored could be: putting food inside a ball and the elephant has to crack it open to get it.
Elephants have big, brownish-blackish ears, a big long trunk, 4 legs and 1 pair of tusks. Elephants can survive without tusks. While male elephants have tusks females don’t have any tusks. Asian elephants are born without tusks.
Elephants are herbivores. These are some things they eat: grass, bamboo, bark, roots and leaves. Adult elephants eat around 150kg of food a per day. The elephants' predators are big cats (lions) and hyenas.
Elephants live in Asia and Africa. African elephants are a little bit bigger than Asian elephants.
Elephants can live up to 70 years in the wild. Baby elephants are called calves. Female elephants carry babies in their stomach for 22 months. Normally the cow (female) has one baby at a time but can rarely have multiple births. Male elephants live with their mother until they’re 12. Female elephants live with their mother until adulthood. Calves (babies) are born alive.
Male elephants are endangered because they are hunted for their tusks. I personally think zoos are the best place for some elephants such as the male because of their tusks. It may be that elephants will one day become extinct. I think the needs for elephants kept in zoos are company, puzzles and entertainment. Elephants spend most of their time foraging for food so good toys to stop elephants getting bored could be: putting food inside a ball and the elephant has to crack it open to get it.
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