Mammals
By: Gabriela
Tiger
Facts
• Easily recognized by its coat of reddish-orange
with dark stripes, the tiger is the largest wild
cat in the world.
• The big cat weighs up to 720 pounds (363
kilograms), stretches 6 feet (2 meters) long,
and has a 3-foot- (1-meter-) long tail.
• The powerful predator generally hunts alone,
able to bring down prey such as deer and
antelope.
Rresources
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animal
s/creaturefeature/tiger/
http://enviro.gbiportal.net/2012/01/18/lionfishtiger-shrimp-grizzlar-bears-oh-my/
PANDAS
FACTS ABOUT PANDAS
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High in dense bamboo forests in the misty, rainy mountains of southwestern
China lives one of the world's rarest mammals: the giant panda, also called the
panda.
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Only about 1,000 of these black-and-white relatives of bears survive in the wild.
Pandas eat almost nothing but bamboo shoots and leaves.
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They eat other vegetation, fish, or small animals, but bamboo accounts for 99
percent of their diets.
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Pandas eat fast, they eat a lot, and they spend about 12 hours a day doing it.
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To stay healthy, they have to eat a lot—up to 15 percent of their body weight in 12
hour
REFERENCE PAGE
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefe
ature/panda/
Mammals
Julian
Spotted hyenas
Facts
 but it can also attract other animals, such as lions, to the
feast.
 This can spark a game of tug-of-war.
 They can cut through meat easily, and their stomachs digest
all parts of an animal, even skin and bones.
Resoures
 http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeatu
re/spotted-hyenas/
 http://www.arkive.org/spotted-hyaena/crocuta-crocuta/
MONKEY
FACTS ABOUT MONKEYS
•
Howler monkeys are the loudest of all monkeys. They call to let others know
where their territory is, alerting them to stay away. The calls sound like a loud
whooping bark or roar. After one group of howlers call, another group answers.
•
Howler monkeys get almost all the water they need from the food they eat. One of
the few times they can be spotted on the ground, however, is during very dry
spells when they need to find extra water.
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Howler monkeys have prehensile tails, or tails that can grip. The monkeys use
their tails as a fifthSeveral howler monkey females often help a mother take care
of her baby.
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The scientific name of howler monkeys is Alouatta. limb to grip branches.
REFERENCE PAGE
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ani
mals/creaturefeature/howler-monkey/
Mammals
By: Matthew
Tiger
Facts
• Easily recognized by its coat of reddish-orange
with dark stripes, the tiger is the largest wild
cat in the world.
• The big cat weighs up to 720 pounds (363
kilograms), stretches 6 feet (2 meters) long,
and has a 3-foot- (1-meter-) long tail.
• The powerful predator generally hunts alone,
able to bring down prey such as deer and
antelope.
Rresources
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animal
s/creaturefeature/tiger/
http://enviro.gbiportal.net/2012/01/18/lionfishtiger-shrimp-grizzlar-bears-oh-my/
Mammals
Mercedes
Bottlenose dolphin
Facts
 Nasal sacs inside the dolphin's head are what make it
possible for the dolphins to vocalize.
 Beaks are usually 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) long.
 These aquatic acrobats are called bottlenose dolphins
because their beaks are shaped like bottles.
Resoures
 http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creat
urefeature/bottlenose-dolphin/
 http://www.follybeach.com/dolphins.php
Tomas
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If you were to check in one morning on a group
of ring-tailed lemurs, you'd likely see them
sitting on the ground,
In a troop, or group, of ring-tailed lemurs,
which typically numbers between 15 and 20
individuals, females rule. If a squabble breaks
out between a male and a female,
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http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/ani
mals/creaturefeature/ring-tailed-lemur/
http://www.ringtailedlemurssp.org/rtsspwhy
.htm
MAMMALS
By: Tony
HARP SEAL
FACTS
• Harp seal mothers are able to identify
their babies by their smell.
• Baby seals are born on pack ice floating
in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.
• The pups go without food for about six
weeks and can lose about half their
body weight until they dive in and begin
to hunt for themselves.
RESOURES
• http://www.lasplash.com/publish/cat_in
dex_Style_and_Fashion/Canadian_Seal_
Clubbing_Protest-And-An-Ill-ConceivedSolution.php
• http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids
/animals/creaturefeature/harp-seals/