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Survival is the Name of the Game

Animal Defenses. Survival is the Name of the Game. ECE 8814 Dr. Warner Summer Cohort 2005 Kimberlee Collins. Table of Contents. Special Weapons Protective Body Parts Chemical Defenses Camouflage Camouflage Chart Mimicry Playing Dead Group Defense Assessment Tool. Special Weapons:.

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Survival is the Name of the Game

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  1. Animal Defenses Survival is the Name of the Game ECE 8814Dr. WarnerSummer Cohort 2005Kimberlee Collins

  2. Table of Contents • Special Weapons • Protective Body Parts • Chemical Defenses • Camouflage • Camouflage Chart • Mimicry • Playing Dead • Group Defense • Assessment Tool

  3. Special Weapons: How many of you remember what the Big Bad Wolf said to Little Red Riding Hood?

  4. Protective Body Parts Have you ever gone “into your shell” when confronted by someone? Some animals have protective body parts that keep them safe from their enemies. KNOCK. KNOCK. IS ANYONE HOME? OUCH! OUCH! OUCH!

  5. Chemical Defenses Some animals repel chemicals to scare predators away. Why couldn’t the skunk use her phone? It was out of odor.

  6. CamouflageHide in Plain Sight 7 – 8 – 9 – 10 Ready or not here I come. Can you find the katydid in the picture below?

  7. Camouflage Toothpick ActivityTeacher Example Go to the teacher station and pick up 20 toothpicks: 5 red, 5 green, 5 blue, and 5 yellow. Go with a partner outside and make a two feet by two feet square with a string on the grass. One of the partners turn their back while the other one drops the toothpicks in the square. Then, the partner turns around and picks up as many toothpicks as he or she can in a five second period. Graph your findings. What colors were picked up the most? Why?

  8. Trickery Mimicry a.k.a. CauseEffect Camouflage Mimicry Below are two butterflies. One is a Viceroy – yummy tasting, and the other is a monarch butterfly – yucky tasting. You never really know when you look at a diamond ring. Is it real or not? This moth caterpillar defends itself by mimicing a snake. NOT! Can you tell the difference? If you were an animal would you want to take a chance?

  9. Playing Dead Many weak animals in the wild defend themselves by playing dead.

  10. Group Defense The more eyes, ears, and noses in a group, the harder it will be for the predator. Watch out! Would you want to meet up with this group of buffalo?

  11. Assessment Tool What’s Their Defense? Fill in the blank with the correct animal defense. Camouflage Chemical defense Group Defense Playing Dead Protective Body Parts Special Weapons 1. A skunk squirts a smelly liquid on its attacker. ________________ 2. A porcupine rolls up into a ball. It’s sharp spines cover the softer part of its body. ________________ 3. A North American opossum closes its eyes and becomes absolutely limp in the presence of an enemy. _________________ 4. A leaf insect looks almost exactly like a leaf. ________________ 5.Buffalo defend themselves by standing together. _______________ 6.An bear uses its own body parts to protect itself from enemies. ___________

  12. The End

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