5 A Animal Adaptation Slide Show Mrs Barkers

5 A Animal Adaptation Slide Show Mrs. Barker’s Class 5 th Grade October 2011

ALLIGATOR By: Kaleigh Nelson http: //www. nashvillezoo. org/animals/reptiles/american-alligator

Animals Habitat And food It eats • The alligators live in southern United States. • The Alligators live in Fresh water, swamps, marshes, rivers and smaller bodies of water.

An adaptation the has and how this adaptation helps it • The American Alligator lives in groups.

A second adaptation the animal has and how this adaptation helps it • It keeps it’s head and eyes out of the water.

Fun And interesting facts • • The Alligator is an endangered animal. Some alligators live today. The alligators were supposed to die off years ago.

Bottlenose Dolphin http: //www. sandiegozoo. org/animalbytes/t-dolphin. html By Karsen Hunter

Food and Habitat • Fish • Squid • Shrimp • Crab • Lobster • Coastal sea • Open ocean • Warm shallow water

Adaptations • Can swim up to 18 mph • Dives as deep as 46 m • Can hold breath as long as 12 min

Adaptations • Has a slower heart rate for diving • Protein molecules-stores oxygen in body tissue

Fun Facts • Dolphins have a bigger brain than humans but are not as intelligent • A dolphin has no sense of smell

chameleons http: //www. sandiegozoo. org/animalbytes/tchameleon. html By: Jordon Mecklem

Chameleons habitat and diet • The chameleon likes warm and humid weather. It lives in coastal lowlands but prefers drier forests. • It eats primary insects, also known to eat birds and lizards.

An adaptation • One of the adaptations it has is color change. • This adaptation helps by keeping it from getting eat by predators

A second adaptation • Its second adaptation is being cold blooded • this helps it eat more. • This helps by helping it eat more

Fun facts • It has a long sticky tong witch helps by caching pray

Cheetah http: //animals. nationalgeographic. com/animals/mammals/cheetah/? source=A-to-Z Kylie Stuart

Habitat and Food • Open savannas • Eastern & southwestern Africa • Open grasslands • Grassland environment • Open plains • Antelope, mammals, birds, etc.

Adaptation #1 After females have cubs, they stay alone with her cubs for awhile to teach them how to hunt when they’re alone.

Adaptation #2 Cheetahs use their tail to balance themselves when they do things. They probably don’t want to fall when they are doing certain things.

Fun Facts: • “Cheetahs” come from Indian language. • People used to train them to hunt. • Lifespan : 10 -12 years. • Top speed is 70 mph. • Their status is endangered. • Females usually have 3 -5 cubs. • After runs, they have to wait 1 hour before eating.

COBRA Payton Oliverius http: //animals. nationalgeographic. com/animals/photos/snakes/#/mozambique-spitting-cobra_5899_600 x 450. jpg

The Cobras habitat and food • Its habitats are the rainforest, plains of India, southern China, and southeast Asia • It can eat lizards, eggs, and small mammals • It can go days or months without food

An adaptation that the cobra has • When its threatened flares out to protect its self • That helps it to stay out of danger

An adaptation that the cobra • When its threatened hisses and sounds like a growling dog • That can help it by sounding like a dog that's going to eat you so it can be protected

Fun facts • They can get to be 18. 5 feet • They are the most venomous snakes alive • It’s the only snake that builds a nest for its eggs • Its biggest enemy is the mongoose

Eagles http: //whozoo. org/students/raymur/Eaglepage. htm By: Lane Hargens

The food eagles eat » They eat birds, and fish • They also scavenge for food • They eat small animals too

A eagles habitats » They live near water • • • Tall trees Coastlines Lakes Rivers swamps

Adaptations • They use wind currents to help soar and alof for hours. • Their talons are very powerful and they help catch prey and carry it.

Fun Facts • A bald eagle can weigh from 6. 5 14 lbs • They can live up to 28 years in the wild • The biggest nest on record was 9. 5 ft wide and 20 ft long • Benjamin Franklin thought the bald eagle was a poor choice for a national symbol because it sometimes steals food from other birds he recommended the wild turkey.

ELEPHANT SEAL http: //animals. nationalgeographic. com/animals/mammals/elephant-seal/? source=A-to-Z By Devin Bell

Food and habitat • Baja California • California • Fish • squid • Smaller animals

Adaptation • The elephant seals adaptations are they stay in groups

adaptation • They migrate • They hunt in groups

Int. Facts • • • Can be up to twenty feet tall Can weight up to 8, 800 lbs Can go under water for 2 hours Can swim under water 4, 921 feet Are endangered so can not hunt them Breed on land but live in water

Elk http: //www. rmef. org/All. About. Elk/ By: Ronnie De. Ollos

Elk habitat and food • Western North America • Elk eat grass or shrubs

Adaptations • Elk can run up to 30(mph) to out run predators

More Adaptations • Elk use their antlers to fight predators

Interesting facts about Elk • Bull or Males loose their antlers each March and grow back each May • Calves can stand at 20 min. old

Giraffe http: //www. awf. org/content/gallery? media=image&wildlife=996 Alan Ouderkirk

GIRAFFES HABITAT, AND FOOD • • Giraffes drink water. They eat grass and fruit. Giraffes lives in Africa. Giraffes live in a dense forest with open plains.

GIRAFFES ADAPTATIONS • The giraffes has a long neck so it can eat fruit and grass.

MORE ADAPTATIONS • Giraffes have a muscular tongue to grab the fruit and grass.

FUN FACTS ABOUT GIRAFFES • Giraffes have 7 vertebras. • Giraffes are seen together in groups. • Giraffes are the tallest animal around the world. • Giraffes have a long neck. • Giraffes can live 25 years. • Giraffes are 6 feet tall.

Hippopotamus http: //animals. nationalgeographic. com/animals/mammals/hippopotamus/? source=A-to-Z By Bailee Lake

Habitat and food • Rivers, lakes • Grass • Africa • Alfalfa • South of Sahara • Lettuce

One of their amazing adaptation • They have eyes and a nose on top of their head so they can see and breath while still staying mostly under water, so they can stay cool and enjoy the view without holding their breath.

Another adaptation • They have a secrete oily red liquid acts like a sunscreen and a skin moistener, so no more dry burnt skin!

Awesome facts about huge hippos • • Their Greek name is river horse They live for 40 years They eat 80 pounds a NIGHT Their babies weigh 100 pounds at birth Hippos don’t swim They weigh 5, 000 to 8, 000 pounds There’re mammals They can hold their breath for 5 minutes

Honey. Bee http: //www. stumpfairies. com/photos. htm By: Yasmin Garcia

Fun and interesting facts • Type: BUG • Diet : HERBIVORE • Average of span in the wild: up to 5 years • Size: 0. 4 to 6. 0 in (5 to 15 mm) • Group name: Colony or Swarm • Size to a paper clip

More animals habitats & food it eats *they get necter from flowers *honeybees hives produce honey as food for themselves, but they also produce honey and beeswax as part of a large beekeeping industry • They build the honey combs • They have a special bees that’s are workers

More adaptation the animals has and how this adaptation helps it • Its life can go up to 5 years • Each stripe means how old it is • Honeybees live in colonies with one queen running the whole hive • They usaly build there bee highs in big trees with lots of leaves • Even in a big roof top

A second adaptation the animal has & how this adaptation helps it • The honey queen bee makes baby bees she will kill 3 or 5 bees • theres a bee that makes with the queen bee • She will make more honey

KOALA http: //animals. nationalgeographic. com/animals/mammals/koala/? source=A-to-Z ADAM OUDERKIRK

HABITAT AND FOOD • LOW WOOD LANDS • COASTAL ISLANDS • EUCALYPTUS FOREST • LEAVES • BARK

ADAPTATION • NOCTURNAL • LIVES IN TREES

MORE ADAPTATIONS • KOALAS HAVE SHARP CLAWS TO CLIMB UP TREES • A DIGESTIVE ALLOWS TO BREAK DOWN TOUGH LEAVES

FUN FACTS • KOALAS DON’T DRINK WATER THEY GET MOISTURE FROM LEAVES • SLEEP FOR 18 HOURS • 100, 000 KOALAS • KOALAS SUFFERED DURNING 1920 S • 20 POUNDS • CAN LIVE AS 17 YEARS • 6 FEET TALL

Octopus http: //www. nature. ca/notebooks/english/octopus. htm By: Dawson Kriha

Habitat and meals • • Habitat: lives in warm water Habitat: stays along the ocean floor Meal: it eats crabs, clams, and shellfish Habitat: likes to stay by coral reefs

Adaptations • Hunts at dawn • Uses suction cups on its arms to pull in food • Shoots out ink if threatened

More adaptations • Changes color to communicate • Can change color for camouflage • It uses its arms to move through the water

Fun facts about octopuses • They are considered “monsters of the deep” • Octopuses are mollusks • They are invertebrates • They don’t have any bones

Opossum By Tanner Henkel http: //animals. nationalgeographic. com/animals/mammals/opossum/? source=A-to-Z

Life of a opossum Habitat and food Were they live. They live in U. S and Canada. What they eat. They eat grass, nuts, fruit, mice, birds, insects, worms, snakes, chickens.

Adaptations • Threatened by predators they play dead. • Resistant to snake venom

more adaptations • Strong swimmers • Opposable thumb on hind feet allowing the opossum to grasp • Prehensile tail, which it wraps around objects to carry material or secure itself while climbing

Fun facts • crawl in mothers poach • Gives birth up to many as 20 babies • Few as half live as babies

Platypus http: //animals. nationalgeographic. com/animals/mammals/platypus/? source=A-to-Z By: Tegan Cottrell

Habitat and Food Habitat: • Eastern part of Australia • Swamps, lakes, rivers, etc. Food: • Insects, Larvae, etc.

Adaptation • Nocturnal • Stingers on Males feet • Female burrows with eggs for few weeks maybe even a month

More Adaptations • Use bill to locate food • Spend MOST time alone • Sleep to 17 hours a day

Fun Facts • • Family name~ Monotremes Scientific name~ Ornithorhynchus Infant is a size of a Lima Bean Platypuses lay eggs- Mammals

Porcupine http: //animals. nationalgeographic. com/animals/mammals/porcupine/? q=ze Dorry Cooper

Habitat & Food Did you know porcupines live in: Forest, Mountains, Deserts, and open Prairie. They usually eat: bark & stems, but sometimes they eat leaves, fruit, and bugs.

Adaptation 1 They spend most of their time in trees, because they have plenty of food up there, and they’re safe from people that kill them.

Adaptation 2 They also have quills to protect them on the ground from predators, and no they can’t shoot the quills.

FUN FACTS • • Porcupine is a Latin name for quill pig One animal can have 30, 000 quills They usually weigh 44 lb and are 30” long Indians thought quills were good luck charms

Rhinoceros http: //whozoo. org/students/cjames/asianrhi. htm By: Alexis Lee. Ann Pacifico

Rhinos are vegetarians • They eat fruit • They also eat branches and farm crops.

Habitats • They stay in adjacent forests • Also flood plain grassland • And swamps

Adaptations • They stay in wallowing mud for hours to keep flies off them • Females travel with their young to teach them how to protect them selves

Fun and interesting facts • The interesting name for Rhinos came from Greek words for “Nose Horn”. • Rhinoceros are the only ones with a horn on their big heads.

Sources of Information 1. Http: /woozoo. org/students/cjams/asian rhin htm 2. Http: /nationalzoo. si. edu/animals/Asia Trail/fact-one horn rhino. cfm

Spotted Hyena http: //www. nature. ca/notebooks/english/hyena_p 9. htm By Ari Chiniquy

Food’s • • • Rabbits Mice Zebras Bird’s Scrapes left over from other animals • Like bones • And Fish • Mostly any thing that is meat they can fined • And that’s because they are omnivore's

habitat • • Tall grass By tree’s By boshes The habitat of a spotted hyena is mostly in Africa and Europe

Adaptations • If one of the pup’s is being attack or trying to be eaten they will kill who is attacking even if it’s in there in it’s own pack or not • The pup’s must stay with there mothers un till they are 18 week’s old then they can leave the pack or stay