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GiselleGiselle

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October 17, 2011October 17, 2011

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• Mexican Axolotl• Zebra• Olive Ridley Sea T

urtle• Gentoo Penguin• Gibbon• Black – Footed Fer

ret• Quetzal

• Meerkat• Cretoxyrhina

Mantelli• Albatross• Narwhal• Wallaby• Ladybug• Box Jellyfish• Credits

Mexican AxolotlMexican Axolotl

• Amphibian• Carnivore• Lives up to 10-15 years• Endangered• Able to re-generate lost body parts• Size of a tea cup ~ Weighs up to 8 oz. ~ 12 inches long• Usually described as ‘the always young’ amphibian

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ZebraZebra

• Mammal

• Herbivore

• Lives up to 25 years

• No two zebra patterns are alike; like snowflakes

• Group name is called a herd

• Usually 6 feet tall and 440-900 lbs.

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Olive Ridley Sea TurtleOlive Ridley Sea Turtle

• Reptile

• Omnivore

• Lives up to 50 years in wild

• Grows up to 2.5 feet ~ weighs up to 100lbs.

• Can be distinguished [gender] by their tails

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Gentoo PenguinGentoo Penguin

• Bird• Carnivore• 30 inches ~ 12 lbs.• Lives 15-20 years• Adult Gentoo makes about 450 dives for food a day

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Gibbon

• Mammal• Omnivore• Up to 25 years• 25 inches ~ 30 pounds• Most threatened primates on Earth ~ all but one species of Gibbon

are endangered

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Black – Footed Ferret

• Mammal• Carnivore• Live about 12 years• Nocturnal – They sleep up to 21 hours a day ~ They spend the night

hunting prairie dogs

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Quetzal

• Bird• Omnivore• Body : 15-16 inches Tail : 24 inches ~ Weighs 7-8 lbs.• Threatened • Can fly when 3 weeks old

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Meerkat

• Mammal• Omnivore• Weighs less than 2.2lbs.• 54cm long (head, body, tail)• All adult meerkats—male and female—pitch in to help educate the

young in hunting and survival techniques

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Cretoxyrhina Mantelli

• Prehistoric• Carnivore• Up to 24ft long• A keen sense of smell and quick speed helped Cretoxyrhina track

and catch prey.

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Albatross

• Bird• Carnivore • Lives up to 50 years• Wingspan is about 6.5-11ft• Weighs up to 22lbs• Wide-winged and long-lived, albatrosses are rarely seen on land,

preferring to stay out on the ocean except to mate and raise their young

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Narwhal

• Mammal• Carnivore• 13-20 feet long• Weighs 3,500 lbs.• Found in Arctic coastal waters and rivers• Narwhals are ‘the unicorns of the sea’

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Wallaby

• Mammal; kangaroo family• Omnivores• 12-41 inches tall and their tails are 10-19 inches long.• Weigh 4-51lbs.• Most live in Austrailia

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Ladybug

• Bug• Omnivore• Lives 2-3 years• Only 0.3 – 0.4 centimeters• Ladybugs are favored by farmers as voracious pest eaters.

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Box Jellyfish

• Invertebrate• Carnivore• Lives less than 1 year• 10 feet long, 10 inches across• Weighs up to 4.4 lbs.• Sea turtles are unaffected by the sting of the box jellyfish and usually

eat them

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CreditsCredits• Pictures and information :Pictures and information :

• http://http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/facts/animals/facts/

• By : Giselle Halliday 6A #9By : Giselle Halliday 6A #9

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