Identifying Animals: Vertebrates

1. Identifying Animals: Vertebrates Why we emphasize the traits we do.

2. The Rules • In the following slides we will identify a series of animals. However, the twist, we will not be discussing the following: • Warm/Cold Blooded • Fur/Scales/Feathers

3. Easy Mode • I produce milk • I stand on four legs • I eat grass • You make burgers out of me • I weigh more than a sheep and a goat combined

4. I’m a Cow!

5. Easy Mode • I stand on two legs • I have a tail for balance • I’ve been known to box • I have a pouch

6. I’m a Kangaroo

7. Normal Mode • I have a beak • I live up to 200 years • I eat mostly fish • I have a shell • I’ve been know to bite off fingers and toes

8. I’m an Alligator Snapping Turtle!

9. Normal Mode • I live in the Nile River • I cause more deaths every year than any other vertebrate in Africa • I’m vegan • I have huge teeth and a bad attitude

10. I’m Mr. Rose’s favorite animal:The Hippopotamus!

11. Hard Mode • I drink blood • I can fly

12. I’m the Sharp Beaked Ground Finchaka: Vampire Finch! Never said I was a mammal!

13. Hard Mode • I have 3.5 inch fangs • I live in the forests of China and Russia • I’m solitary

14. I’m a Siberian Musk Deer! What? Did you expect a tiger?

15. Sandbox ModeThere are no rules!Vertebrate or Invertebrate • I have a beak • I eat fish • I lay eggs • What am I?

16. I’m a Squid!

17. What am I?(A) • I have long ivory tusks • I am large and fat • I have thick skin • You may ask one for one more piece of information: _____________________________

18. What am I?(B) • I eat what most would consider poison • I live in trees • I have a foul temperament • I’m Nocturnal • You may ask one for one more piece of information: _____________________________

19. What am I?(C) • I’m poisonous • I spend most of my time in the water • I lay eggs • I can sense electrical fields • You may ask one for one more piece of information: _____________________________

20. What am I?(D) • I am aquatic • I have a tail • I have external gills • I have 4 legs and a tail – which I can regenerate, perhaps better than any other animal! • You may ask one for one more piece of information: _____________________________

21. What am I?(E) • I am a skilled swimmer • I eat fish • I breath air • I have a beak • You may ask one for one more piece of information: _____________________________

22. What am I?(F) • I run very fast • I walk/run on two legs • My main means of defense is a powerful kick and camouflage • I live in herds • You may ask one for one more piece of information: _____________________________

23. What am I?(G) • I am aquatic • I have a tail • I have a pouch • Males give birth to live young • You may ask one for one more piece of information: _____________________________

24. End of Part I

25. The Rules • In the following slides we will identify a series of invertebrate animals. Due to the difficulty of invertebrates and lack of familiarity, there are no limitations.

26. Invertebrate Mode • I’m aquatic • I have no mouth or anus – I filter feed • I can’t move • Some people use me in the bathtub

27. I’m a Sponge!

28. Invertebrate Mode • We are Aquatic and so are most of our relatives • We have antenna • We have 5 pairs (10) legs • We are often called ‘cockroach of the sea’

29. Crustacean: Shrimp!

30. I can poison you with my feet • I have many feet, two per body segment • I live under leaves and am pretty creepy

31. I’m a Centipede!

32. Invertebrate Mode • I am aquatic • I have a big muscular foot • I filter water for food • I have a two part shell and starfish eat me

33. I’m a Clam!Mollusk

34. Invertebrate Mode • Unlike you, who has a mere ~50% water, I am 95% percent water! • We all have a painful sting and some of us can kill • We have long draping tentacles • We eat fish

35. I’m a Jellyfish!Cnidarian Note: Sea Turtles don’t much care about my sting