Natalie Jones
1/27/14
North Jackson Elementary
Fantastic animal adaptations!
adaptations
headings
Super Sloths
2
Spectacular sea horses
2
Friendly frogs
2
Perfect parrots
3
Inside Story
Marvelous monarchs
4
5
Bad black widows
6
Imagine your on an
animal hunt and
you see zebras, tigers, lions, wolfs,
and giraffes all of
these mammals
are part of the animal kingdom. They
can be found in
very many different
places like the zoo,
wildlife, in your
home, and in your
yard! All animals in
the world have adaptations and there
adaptations are
very useful. There
adaptations help
them find food and
water also, there
adaptations help
Super Sloths!!!
You may not like sloths
but I do. The kind of
sloth I researched was
the three toed sloth.
Sloths are very interesting animals here is
why… first, sloths have
them protect themselves and help
them find or make
shelter. So, read on
to learn more
about fantastic animal adaptations!!!
We can use wildlife as an example
sharp claws. There
sharp claws help them
hang on to trees so
they don't fall. Next,
sloths only come down
to use the bathroom
every few days. Lastly,
sloths have hard lips to
bite leaves. Hope you
now think sloths are
interesting!!!
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FANTASTIC ANIMAL ADA PTATION S!
Spectacular Sea Horses
Sea horses, they can
be colorful. In all there
different colors some
of there colors can be
camouflage. So imagine your on a scuba
adventure and you
see a whole bunch of
camouflage helps the
sea horses what do
you think? Read on to
find out more details
of there adaptation of
camouflage and other
adaptations. Sea horses have gills. There
gills give them the
ability to breathe. Sea
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horses have very long
tails. There tails help
them hold on to coral
and other plants underwater so the wont
drift away. last, sea
horses have camouflage. There camouflage can be one of
there many colors.
There m hide from
predators or get
harmed by predators.
So now what do you
think about sea horses?
Friendly Frogs
Do u like frogs? Its ok if
you don't they can be
really cool and some
can be really we think
nasty. So if you are typically someone who if
you hear the word frog
and you think “NASTY”
then read on to find out
about there adaptations
and see if you change
your mind. First frogs
have webbed feet there
webbed feet help them
swim VERY fast. Sec-
Third, frogs have very
long tongues! This helps
them catch there prey.
So have you changed
your mind?
ond, frogs have big
eyes on top of there
head. This adaptation
helps them see everything around them.
Perfect Parrots
You see a color of
rainbow go from tree
to tree in the air. Is it
a bird a plane??? Yes
it is a bird but what
kind lets see if you
can guess after I tell
you the adaptations.
This kind of bird has a
curved beak to crack
open nuts and seeds.
also this kind of bird
can talk to communicate. Just like we do!!!
And lastly this kind of
bird has long legs to
put nuts and seeds in
its mouth. So did you
guess what kind of
bird it is? If u did or
you don't know at all
then take five seconds
then read what kind of
bird it is…. It is a par-
rot!
NATALIE JONES
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Crazy Chameleon
Have you seen the chameleon? Look here look
there he has got camouflage. So, you might not
be able to see him at
times . So read on to
learn more about this
adaptation and others.
The first adaptation is
there very long tongue.
This helps them catch
prey. this provides the
chameleon food. The
second adaptation is
chameleons communicate by color. This is
kind of like us…. Except
we talk! The reason why
they communicate like
this instead of using
sounds they do this
because they can not
hear very well. The
third adaptation is
chameleons have
camouflage. This
helps them hide from
predators. So, I hope
you learned more
about the chameleons
adaptation of camouflage and even some
new adaptations!!!
Marvelous Monarchs
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you see them everywhere they can be beautiful but everybody has
an opinion I think all of
them are beautiful but
some don't so take a
seat and listen to there
adaptations lets see if
you change your mind
the monarch has wings.
Its wings help it fly to
flower to flower to get
pollen. Next, the monarch has big eyes. This
helps them be able to
see the color and shape
of a flower. Also the
monarch uses its tongue
to help it suck nectar
from flower to flower. So
now what do you think
about the monarch?
Bad Black Widows
AHH! You see a
black widow your
scared and you start
wondering “ what's
it going to do to
me?” read on to se
what it can do to its
prey. Black widows
make webs this provides as there
home. They also
have fangs to bite
there prey which
puts venom in there
preys body. This can
kill or even paralyze
there prey. They also cob webs with
there legs this is
where there home is
and where they
catch there food!
Black widow
North Jackson Elementary
SOURCES Used
With Books
1. title; Animals that live in the rain forest
SLOTHS, by: Julie Guidone, copyright 2009
2. Sea Horses, by: Nicole Corse, copyright 2011
3. Tadpoles and frogs, by: Anna Melbourne, copyright 2002
4. Birds at your finger tips, by: Judy Nayer, copyright 1995
5. CHAMELION! By: Joy Cowley, copyright
2005
6. BUTTERFLIES, by; Nic Bishop, copyright
2011
7. Black Widow, by: Jason Cooper, copyright
2006
1. mammals have
fur or hair. Also
they reproduce.
2. Reptiles are cold
blooded and have
scales and dry
skin
3. Birds have feathers and build
nests
4. Amphibians don't
have fur or hair
and live in wet or
dry places
5. Insects have 6 legs
and there are over
1,000 different
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6. fishes have scales
to breath and all fish
live under water
7. arachnids have
spiders in there group