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Animals

Animals. American Bald Eagle. The name might seem a little strange but at one time , the word ‘bald’ meant ‘white’ not ‘hairless’. The Bald Eagle is a bird of prey . A favourite food of the bald eagle is salmon. Most of these birds lives in Alaska. Birds of prey have a hooked

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Animals

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  1. Animals

  2. American Bald Eagle The name might seem a little strange but at one time , the word ‘bald’ meant ‘white’ not ‘hairless’. The Bald Eagle is a bird of prey. A favourite food of the bald eagle is salmon. Most of these birds lives in Alaska. Birds of prey have a hooked beak, sharp talons and excellent vision to spot the prey from afar. Microsoft clipart The Bald Eagle mates for life.

  3. A lion’s roar can be heard up to 5 km away. African Lion Lions like to live together in groups of up to 30 animals, with one or more dominant males. A group of lions is called a pride. A female lion is called a lioness and she may have a litter of 2 to 5 cubs. Microsoft clipart Lions may live until about 15 years in the wild. Most of the hunting is done in the evenings by the females. Lions are carnivores which means they eat meat. Wildebeest, zebra and antelope make up the usual diet of a lion in the wild.

  4. Zebra The zebra is related to the horse. It lives on the plains of Africa. They have a black nose and black and white stripes. The stripes are different on every zebra, a bit like a zebra fingerprint! Zebra usually live in family groups with a stallion and several mares. They often graze and mingle amongst large herds of wildebeest or antelope for protection. Microsoft clipart

  5. Kindly reproduced by permission of www.washington.edu Sockeye-Salmon This is a sockeye-salmon. Salmon lays eggs in fresh water. The eggs develop and when the young hatch out from the egg, they are known as alevins. At the next stage they need to find their own food and are called fry. At the stage where the young fish, develop camouflage, they are called parr. They continue to live in fresh water for up to three years and at this point they are called smolt. The smolt then migrate to the salt water ocean where they live until they grow into mature salmon. In spring, the mature salmon migrate back to the fresh water to breed and die. You can see images of the life cycle of a salmon by following the link www.goldseal.ca/wildsalmon/life_cycle.asp

  6. Brown Capuchin Monkey The Brown Capuchin monkey lives among the rainforests of Northern and Central America. They are mammals , usually having 1 baby at a time. Young Capuchins stay with their group for the first four years of life. They live together in groups of 14. Their diet consists of fruit, seeds, reptiles, birds and small mammals. Reproduced by kind permission of Tom Davis Capuchins may live for about 15-20 years. Capuchin monkeys are very intelligent and are often trained by humans to work with disabled people.

  7. Blue Whale The blue whale is the heaviest and longest animal on Earth. Microsoft clipart Check here to find the average body length and weight of an adult male. Blue whales emit very loud sounds that can travel for many miles underwater. These sounds can be louder than a jet engine. You can watch the video of a whale swimming out to sea. This link will take you to the Internet. Whale sound http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/ Balaenoptera_musculus/Balaenoptera_musculus_01.html? movietype=qtSmall

  8. Koala Bear The Koala is often referred to as a Koala Bear. The Koala is not related to bears at all, but it does look a little like a teddy bear. The Koala is a marsupial. The Koala is a native of Australia. Microsoft clipart A baby Koala cub is known as a Joey and is only 2cm long when it is born. Koalas are usually nocturnal. Koala can live for 20 years or more. The Koala is a herbivore and likes to eat the leaves of the Eucalyptus tree. Listen to the sound a koala can make.

  9. Blue Whale facts- Average length of a male 25m = Average length of a female 26.2m Body weight 90-120 = X 30 tonnes Heart weight 450kg = Whales eat krill up to 4 tonnes = everyday

  10. Mammals- a group of animals that give birth o live young and feed first on milk from the mother.

  11. Dominant- chief, the most important.

  12. Talons are sharp, pointed claws for gripping the prey.

  13. Bird of prey:- a bird which will attack other animals for food.

  14. Alevin- is the stage just after egg stage. The alevins have yolk sac attached and they live off this for a short while until it has been absorbed.

  15. Migrate- to take a long journey to another place.

  16. Stallion – a male member of the horse family. Mare – a female member of the horse family.

  17. Marsupial – a special group of mammals which carry their young around in a pouch. Kangaroo, wombat, possums and bandicoots are marsupials too.

  18. Nocturnal-a nocturnal animal usually sleeps during the day and moves around at night.

  19. Acknowledgements: “Canadian Fishing Company” ( www.goldseal.ca ) Tom Davis-photographer ( www.geometer.org ) UK Motion Gallery ( www.bbc.co.uk )

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