Sunday, 20 October 2013

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.   

Sunday, 13 October 2013

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.