Dolphins

Dolphins are mammals that means their babies drink milk from their mothers,they don't lay eggs and they breathe oxygen. Dolphins and whales have breathing holes at the top of their head. When they go under the they hold their breath( like we do) for as long as they can then when they come up water sprays out of their breathing hole. Dolphins eat fish, shrimp and squid.  

Anteater

Anteaters live in South America they can lick a hole ant colany anteaters are also known as ant bears anteaters are found on grassland and rain forests. They mostly eat ants and termites. Anteaters have about one baby at a time. Anteaters and sloths are cousins. Anteaters can be white, blond, grey, brown and black. They can also be multiple colours. ( That means they can have more than one color). Anteaters enemies are men, pumas and jaguar. 

African wild dogs

African wild dogs weigh 55 to 70 pounds. They live 10 to 12 years. African wild dogs eat gazelles and impalas. They live in savannas and woodlands in Africa. African wild dogs sometimes hunt in day light and the evening but mostly in the moonlight. African wild dog spit up because they can get more catches like that. They can reach 60 kilometers per hour during the chase. As soon as a they catch up to their prey it will pull it down if its small enough. If they prey is bigger it will slash its rump to slow it down until more dogs catch up.     

Ring tailed lemurs

Ringed tailed lemurs live in the forests of Madagascar. Each troop keeps to it's own part of the forest. If you ever see a gathering of lemurs some standing with tails upright and others sitting down to watching it is probably a peaceable border dispute between the two troops from neighbouring territories. 

Monkeys

Monkeys keep them selves clean by grooming each other. Monkeys live in trees, grasslands, high plains, forests and mountains. Monkeys could be extinct in the next 60 years because of habitat loss, especially the ones that live in tropical forests. Monkeys eat fruit, plants animals and some eat dirt. Howler monkeys spend 80% of their time resting. Howler monkeys are the loudest monkeys their howl can be heard 2 miles in the forest and 3 miles in the open. There are about 260 species of monkeys in the world. The pigmy marmoset has a body thats only 100 cm long making it the smallest monkey in the world. Monkeys can curl their tail around a branch to help them balance while hunting for insects and nuts. 

Parrots

Parrots can live  20-30 years old. All parrots eyes are dark brown and a beak that is an extremely pale shad of yellow. Young parrots look exactly the same. A parrots main color is green and they sometimes have grey markings on the forehead and cheeks that extend to the chest. These birds live in South America also parts of Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay and Paraguay. A parrot is approximately 11inches tall and weighs an average of 90-120 grams. Parrots can lay there eggs when they're only 2 years old.

Poison dart frogs

Did you know that a poison dart frog killed 600 people in one minute. Poison dart frogs got their name because their so poisonous. Poison dart frogs live in south America. Many species poison dart frogs  are threatened. These amphibians are often called dart frogs. Most species of poison dart frogs small sometimes less than 1.5 cm in adult length although some grow to 6 cm in length. They weigh about 2 grams depending on the size of the frog. Poison dart frogs have bright colors to warn people and other animals to stay away.   

Snakes

Did You know snakes have no bones. Snakes are found on every continent except Antarctica in the pacific and Indian ocean. There are about 3,400 species of snakes in the world. In Australia there's nine of the most ten deadly Snakes in the world and they all come out at night. (That's freaky). Snakes can live up to five to twenty five years old (but it depends on the species of snakes). The fastest snake in the world is the  black mamba it moves five meters per second.
I think snakes are amazing do you now you've red all this information.

Foxes

The red fox is the largest fox there body is 60-90cm long. They weigh 3-11kg and their tail is 30-40cm long. A female fox is called vixen a male fox is called a dog and a baby fox is called a kit.
Fox's live together but they hunt lone and spend alot of time alone. A group foxes is called a skulk. Their gestation period is 49-55 days. the averege litter size is1-8 kits but sometimes they can have 12 kits (that's a lot). Red foxes are very agile they can jump fences 3 meters high and are very good swimmers. Do you think fox's are incredible now that you've read all this imformation.

Lions

Male lions are the only ones with manes female lions don't have manes. There is such thing as a white lions but their really really rare.A male lions roar can be heard from 5 miles away!! A group of lions is called a pride. A female lion is called a lioness. The largest lion that ever lived was 11 feet and 700 pounds. A lions average life span is 13 years. Females will often stay with the pride but male lions get driven out. After eating a lion may have a drink for 20 miutes.      

Snow Leopard

There are  two types of leopards one is the snow leopard and one is the normal leopard if you look up leopard on safari or firefox and click images at the top you'll see a normal leopard. Let us get into 

 facts. Snow leopards are really rare there is only 3,000-10,000 that's not that much more in the wild.Head and body length is 47-59 inches. The tail is is 31-39 inches long. Snow leopards have lived up to 21 years in captivity. They might be extinct in the next 5-8 years.Snow leopards are endangered. Snow leopards do not roar. Snow leopards eat wild sheep, wild boar, gazelles, hares, markhor, tahr, marmots, mice and deer. Snow leopards live in the  mountains of Asia. Snow leopards are able to jump 50 feet. They 60 to 120lbs (27 to 54kg). Their eyes are pale green or gray. The female snow leopard is about 30% smaller male snow leopard.The snow leopards scientific name is panthera uncia.   

Otters

Sea otters spend eight hours eating. Brown otters look different then sea otters because sea otters face is white and the brown otters face is brown (brown otters are actually just called otters).  They take five to six hours grooming and eleven hours just sleeping and resting. Sea otters can dive up to  fifty meters. Sea otters can grow up to five meters long and they can weigh up to seventy pounds. Sea otters are known to eat fifty different types of food.  

Giraffe

Giraffes can grow up to 18 feet in height with a neck length of up to 6 feet. This makes them the
tallest land mammals. To help prevent attacks from predators giraffes usually sleep while standing up. Most of their time is spent eating. They consume a whopping 75lbs of food per day. 

Barn owls

Like most other owls I am mostly nocturnal. I can fly without making a sound. I like to eat rodents I can eat 1000 a year. Due to my excellent hearing I can catch my prey in complete darkness. I usually eat my food hole then regurgitate the leftovers. I don't like to hoot like other owls do but I do have a shrill scream. I like to live in open areas. I come in 40-50 different species. I usually live 1-2 years.

Elephants

Elephants give themselves baths with their trunks. Elephants wiegh six to four tons. Elephants have 40,000 muscles in their trunk. Elephants are the only animal that can't jump. The Asian elephant is smaller then the African elephant.The African elephant's ears are shaped as Africa. Elephants can grow to be 13 feet tall. The elephant's life span is 60 to 70 years. Elephant's ears are very big but their hearing is very poor. Elephants like to cool off in muddy water (they are drinking it). Elephants are the largest land animal. Elephants consume as much as 495 pounds of food a day.

Kangaroos

Did you know that the kangaroos tail helps it jump. Kangaroos can jump up to nine to ten feet high! The longest recorded distance hopped is forty feet with twenty five to thirty feet being average. Kangaroos can hop at a rate of twenty to thirty mph!

Polar bears

Polar bears fur is white but their skin is black and they can run up to 25mph (that's pretty fast). Polar bears are the largest carnivore found on land.  The male polar bears are about twice the size of the females. Polar bears eat seals.The arctic sea is melting so polar bears might be extinct in the next century. Many people think that polar bears are left handed but there is no scientific evidence about this. Baby polar bears are much whiter than the adults. Polar bears swim twice the speed as they walk.

Toucans

Toucans are native to southern Mexico, central America and the Northern part of South America and the Caribbean region. They generally live in tropical and sub tropical regions they make their nests in tree hollows and holes by other animals such as woodpeckers.  

Bald eagle

Bald eagles can have their baby when they are 9 years old. Both parents incubate the egg. Bald eagles can live to be 20 years in the wild. The female bald eagle is bigger than the male bald eagle.

Biggest big cat

Did you know that a liger is a tiger and lion mixed and it is the biggest big cat. The males grow up to 3 to 3.5m.

Piwakawaka (common fantail!)

Some species of fantails their tail is bigger than their body. In most species their tail is longer than their wings. They got their name because their tail looks like a fan.    

BANANA SLUGS

Banana slugs are often bright yellow but they can also be green, brown or white. Some slugs have black spots which may be so big that the slug looks like it's black. 

Coconut octopus

The octopus can camouflage it's self. The octopi's cousin is the squid and it can squirt out ink. 

Deer

Deers antlers fall of in winter and grow back in spring. Deers shed their winter coat and get a thicker winter coat. Deers are the only animal that have antlers.

Funny talking animals

                                                          Hope you liked the video.
                                                          It's really funny. Look out for the otter she's funny.

Inside four predators of the world

                                            It's quite disgusting but watch it if you dare.

Mixed up animals

                                                                   Hope you enjoy this video.    

Hippos

Hippos can close their nostrils while swimming under water and they can hold their breathe for five minutes.

Rhino horns

Rhinos horns are made out of little hairs. the black rhino is bigger then the white rhinos. Rhinos make their own sun block by swallowing mud and letting it dry. The mud also protects it from blood sucking insects.

Pandas

Pandas eat bamboo and humans can't drink the juice out of it and pandas can.

Meerkats

Did you know that Meerkats stand up and look for predators. This baby looks about two months old.

 

Orcas

Did you know that the orca's fin is six feet tall and that it's the biggest DOLPHIN it's not a whale, orca whale is just it's nickname.

Cheetahs

Cheetahs can run up to 100 km per hour that's fast. Cheetahs that have spots joining up together to make some stripes are called the king of the hill.