Mrs. Luoma’s Class

1. Mrs. Luoma’s Class 5th grade Spring 2013

2. Chimpanzee By Kaci Spring 2013

3. Description • Chimpanzees are covered with black hair on most of their body except there fingers palms armpits an their bottoms of there feet baby chimps have vary pale skin in the areas that have no hair an a white tuft of hair on the rump. They weigh 55 to 110 pounds. There 3-4/2m feet tall. life span about 50 years

4. Diet • Chimps eat fruit nuts plants flowers leaves anything • Chimpanzees are omnivores • They often eat every few seconds • Chimpanzees are diurnal but often active on moon nights and begin there active at dawn .after their nights they get hungry so they eat fruits.

5. Habitat • Chimpanzees live in the tropical forests' an wet savannas of western and central Africa there thrive in rain forests‘ woodlands an grass lands. • There land looks like the forest grassy land water ponds forest trees an lots of predators.

6. Protection • They make a screeching sound for the pretenders wont come close an when they get close the male come an does what is has to do. •There enemies are humans other chimps from different tribes an leopards cheetahs •there hearing vary simpler to ours including hearing sight smell an touch •The female an baby chimps are protected by the males •Chimpanzees are endangered million died old/young age by cheetahs and leopards

7. Babies • The female chimp has an estrus cycle of about 34 to 35 days • Infancy ends when chimps between 4 an 6 years old after that females will still sometimes accompany their mothers but males tend to shadow the males of the group • They feed their babies by milk an up to 6 to 8 months usually but sometimes 10 months. • She breast feeds for a couple of years. Spending time helping to teach to use tools to extract food protects from other chimps or predators as much as she can she lets her chimp ride on her back for safety.

8. Interesting facts. • The cool thing about chimpanzees is they come an screech an so funny dances! • They have so much in common with us!

9. Red fox By Jordan Spring 2013

10. Description • It is a washed out orange to cherry red. • It weights 6.5 to 24 lb. • Size is relative to a 2 foot tall man. • The life span for a red fox is 2-3 or in good care 10 years.

11. Diet • Red Foxes are omnivore. •The Red Fox has been known to eat: rodents, rabbits, birds, eggs, amphibians, small reptiles, fish, fawns, fruit, berries, grasses, squirrels and mice. They have been known to feed on the carcass of caribou. • They hunt by bouncing on their prey.

12. Habitat • Red foxes live In north American, Asia, Southern Australia and several population in northern Americana. •Sometimes their land is covered with snow and sometimes it is covered with grass.

13. Protection • They open their jaws wide threatening to bite their prey. • Their enemies are: wolves, coyotes, bobcats, and also humans. • They have excellent hearing they also have excellent eyesight. • They are not endangered.

14. Babies • Both of the parents take care of the young though the summer. • After 7 months, kits are ready to venture out on there own. The female usually stays close to their birth place but the males are know to go as far as 150 miles away from their birth place. • The red fox regurgitate (throw up) meat that she has eaten.  

15. Interesting facts • That foxes are part of the dog family. • Red foxes can also run up to 30 miles an hour for short distances. • The female red fox is called a vixen.

16. Zebras Bianca 5th grade Spring 2013

17. DECSCRIPION Zebras are a horse like animal that live in Africa, with three separates of zebras, found on that continent. Zebras can reach different weights depending on the breed but they can range anywhere from 600 pounds to 1,000 pounds. 45 to 55inches at the shoulders {burchell’s} 50 to 60 inches. Zebras can live up to 40years in captivity.

18. Diet • The diet of zebras mainly consists of grass. • The zebra is a herbivore a grazer and spends most of it’s day eating grass.

19. Habitat Zebras are highly social animals that roam the Savannah in herds for protection from predators. While there are a few zebras living in zoos around the world they are only found in the wild on one continent –Africa.

20. Protection • Zebras have excellent hearing and eyesight and can run at speeds of up to 35 miles per hour. • Zebras are successfully hunted by: lions, spotted hyenas, wild dogs, cheetah and leopards.

21. Babies Female zebras mature earlier then the males and a mare may have her first foal by the age of three. Males are not able to breed until the age of five or six. Mares may give birth to one foal every twelve months. She nurses the foal for up to a year. The foals walk and suckle shortly after they are born. A zebra foal is brown and white instead of black and white at birth.

22. Interesting facts • The stripes of the zebra remain a slight mystery to science even today as they were once thought to camouflage them into the natural light.

23. Giant Panda By Drew Spring 2013

24. Description • The Giant Panda looks like a bear. However, the Giant Panda is black and white. • It weighs about 200-300 lbs. • It lives up to 20-30 years. • Its length is 4.9ft to 6ft

25. Diet • The Giant Panda eats lots of bamboo . • It eats up to 19 kilograms per day. • Its is a herbivore because most of the things that they eat, is bamboo.

26. Habitat • Giant Pandas live in broad leaf forest with a dense understory of bamboo. • Giant Pandas live in Central China and Sichuan, Shaanxi , Gansu.

27. Protection • Giant Pandas use their claws for scratching. • Their enemies are humans, leopards, and birds of prey. • The Giant Panda is endangered because their is very little of them in the world.

28. Babies • At birth panda cubs weigh up to 4-8oz and measure at about 6 inches. Their cubs are born blind. They open their eyes at about 45 days. Cubs need to nurse as many as 12 times per day.

29. Interesting Facts • Giant Panda has evolved special features to help them eat their favorite food strong jaws large molars. They also have thumbs that help them get bamboo

30. Giraffe By: Dallas 5th grade Spring 2013

31. Description • The giraffe is an African even toed ungulate mammal the tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant. Its species name refers to its camel like appearance and the patches of color on its chief distinguishing characteristics are its extremely long neck and legs its horn like ossicones and its distinctive coat patterns. Its stands 16 20 ft tall and has an average weight 1,600 3,500 lb for males and 1800lb for females.

32. Diet Giraffes browse on the twigs of trees preferring trees of genera Acacia which are important sources of calcium and protein to sustain the giraffe, s growth rate. They also feed on shrubs, grass and fruit. A giraffe eats around 75lb of foliage daily. When stressed, giraffes, may chew the bark off branches. Although herbivorous, the giraffe has been known to visit carcasses and lick dried meat off bones.

33. Habitat • Giraffes usually inhabit savannas grasslands and open woodlands. They prefer Acacia, Commiphora, Combretum and open Terminalia woodlands over denser environments like Brachystegia woodlands. Angolan giraffe can be found in desert environments.

34. Protection • Giraffes have few enemies. They are hunted by poachers and are occasionally consumed by lions although this is rare as one kick with the long legs and heavy hooves can prove to be fatal. The young are eaten by leopards, hyenas and wild dogs. Giraffes have excellent eyesight.

35. Babies • Giraffe gestation lasts 400-460 days after which a single calf is normally born. Although twins occur on rare occasions. The mother gives birth standing up. The calf emerges head and front legs first, having broken through the fetal membranes, and falls to the ground, severing the umbilical cord. The mother then grooms the newborn and helps it stand up. A newborn giraffe is about 6ft tall. Within a few hours of birth, the calf can run around and is almost indistinguishable from a one week –old. However, for the first 1-3 week, it spends most of its time hiding, its coat pattern proving camouflage.

36. Fun facts -Tallest animal . • Have to spread their font leg to reach water at a water whole. • Male giraffes use their necks as a weapon in combat with another male giraffe.

37. Cougar By Kaydenn Spring 2013

38. Description Cougars weight is about 150-200lbs. The cougar has a light brown skin and a bit of dark around there eyes and a white chest and two ears that are on top of it’s head and long white whiskers. The average height to the shoulder is 26 to 31 inches. A cougar’s lifespan is typically 10 years in the wild. But they have been known to live up to 20 years in the captivity.

39. Diet Cougars eat Deer, Armadillo, Beavers, Elk, Fish, Rodents, Llamas, Goats, livestock and carrion. A cougar is a carnivore. Cougars are most active from Dusk to dawn although they sometimes travel and hunt in its range, yielding to jaguar and gray wolf.

40. Habitat Cougars may range from the Canadian Yukon in Western North America all the way to the southern and mountains in South America. The land usually has lots of trees, grass, and a lot of water for it’s food.

41. Protection Cougars don’t usually hide, because they are predators. They have sharp claws to protect themselves and since they live in mostly dusty areas, the terrains is mostly the same color as their fur, giving them camouflage. The cougar’s enemies would be those who compete for the same pray which are humans, wolves and bears.

42. Protection • Cougars have good eyesight because they are supposed to be skilled night hunters they need the good hearing and the good eyesight. Cougars are protected because they blend in with grass so that the enemies can’t find it. Cougars are becoming extinct because of lack of, food, habitat and hunters.

43. Babies Cougars raise their babies by feeding it, bathing it and teaching it to hunt. Baby cougars stay with their mom up to 1-2 years. Mother cougars take care of there babies up to 18 to 24 months.

44. Interesting facts The cougars are a member of the feline family of cats. The cougar is a creature of many names being known as Puma, Mountain lion, Catamount. Cougars can leap about 15 feet or 40 feet or more.