National Zoo Scavenger Hunt Creature...
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SCAVENGER HUNTCreature Features
Is red
Is green
Is blue
Is brown
Has spots
Has stripes
Has spots and stripes
Has feathers
Has scales
Has a shell
Has whiskers
Is covered in fur
Has no fur at all
Has pincers
Has many legs
Has a long tail
Has spikes, spines, or quills
Is bigger than you
Is smaller than you
Could !t in the palm of your hand
Something to Talk About. What characteristics make you unique? What characteristics do you share with some of the animals at the Zoo? Which animals are similar to you? Which are different from you?
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Animals come in a remarkable variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. Find an animal at the Zoo that:
*Make it more challenging by !nding animals not pictured above.
SCAVENGER HUNTHome Sweet Habitat
Animals live just about everywhere on earth, from the depths of oceans to high mountains to the hair on your head! An animals home is called its habitat, and it contains everything the animal needs to survive and reproduce. A species’ habitat may be large or small, in trees or underground. Some animals need lots of space within their habitat to roam and !nd food, while others never leave their very small space.
Find an animal at the Zoo that lives:
On land
In trees
Underground
In lakes and rivers
In deep oceans
In a desert
In a rainforest
On mountains
*Make this activity more challenging by !nding animals not pictured above.
Something to Talk About. What’s in your personal habitat? What do you need to live comfortably? What is similar about your habitat and the Zoo animals habitats? What is different?
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In grasslands
In your backyard or neighborhood
Find an animal at the Zoo that:
Needs a large area
Needs a small area
Lives in groups or colonies
Lives alone
School and Backyard Watch
After learning about the animals at the zoo, have fun exploring the wildlife
in your area. A good way to do it is by taking a field trip around your school, or just
around the block! It may surprise you to find so many animals on a playing field or close to your home.
Here is a mini field guide describing some of the native animals that you
are likely to come across.
1. Blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) – 11 inches in length. It is a blue bird with a crest. Blue jays have a black collar, and a white belly.
2. Lubber grasshopper (Romalea guttata) – 3 inches. Young are black with yellow and red markings. Adults are yellow, with black markings and red wings. They eat plants, and are toxic to the other animals.
3. Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) – 17 inches long, plus a 12 inches long hairless tail. Opossums have an elongated muzzle, hairless tail, and short limbs. They are nocturnal (so, they will not be around during the day), and females have a pouch (marsupial).
4. Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) – 12 inches in length, a light brown bird with black spots on upper wings and pink legs. Morning doves have long tapered tails, and their call is a long mournful oowoo – woo.
5. Green anole (Anolis carolinensis) and brown anole (Anolis sagrei) – Both are about 7 inches. The green anole is native to Florida and can change colors from green to brown. The brown anole (not native) is always brown. They feed on insects and display their colored dewlap (a throat fan) to attract females and defend territory.
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Amazing Animals Scavenger HuntDirections: As you tour the Oakland Zoo see how many of these animals
you can find!
An animal covered with scales
An animal with brightly colored feathers
An animal with long, gray hair
An animal with a long tail
An animal that can hide in the trees
An animal without eyelids
An animal that lays eggs
An animal that feeds its baby milk
An animal with hardly any hair
A bird with feathers that can t fly
Amammal that can fly
An animal that carries its baby in a pouch
A reptile that has no arms or legs is a
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Animal Behavior HuntDirections: Check off each behavior as you see it. Describe on the lines under thebehavior.
Agonistic behavior (fight, stare, chase, hit)
Communication behavior (vocalize, scent mark, display)
Courtship behavior (lick, rub, display)
Feeding behavior (forage, eat, chew cud)
Locomotor behavior (walk, run, swing, fly)
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Maintenance behavior (scratch, lick, rub)
Parental behavior (groom, carry, nurse, protect)
Play behavior (chase, wrestle, climb, play with toy)
ZOO-PER BINGO
What animals can you spot while at the Zoo? Find !ve in a row to win!
Up for an extra challenge? Answer the bonus questions at the end of each row and column to !nd out what all the animals have in common!
We are found on which continent?
We are found on which continent?
We are found on which continent?
We are found on which continent?
There are not many of us left. What are we?
We are carnivores.
What do we eat?
We are all from the same class. What are we?
We are all from the same order. What are we?
We are herbivores.
What do we eat?
There are not many of us left. What are we?
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Cheetah
Goliath Bird-eating Tarantula
Cuban Crocodile
Asian Small-clawed Otter
Sumatran Tiger
Kori Bustard
Keel-Billed Toucans
Roseate Spoonbill
Malay Great Argus Pheasant
Guam Rail
Western Lowland Gorilla
Golden Lion Tamarin
Free Space
White-cheeked Gibbon
Orangutan
Scimitar-horned Oryx
Howler Monkey
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Przewalski’s Horse
Asian Elephant
Black and Rufous Giant Elephant-Shrew
Blue Poison Dart Frog
Black-footed Ferret
Clouded Leopard
Gharial