Wednesday, 27 November 2013

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.     

Sunday, 24 November 2013

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. 

Tuesday, 5 November 2013

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. 

Sunday, 3 November 2013

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.

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.