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Black Widow Spiders (1024475)
Black Widow Spiders
What arachnid is black and red? It is a Black Widow spider. A Black Widow spider is cold blooded. Cold blooded means its temperature changes reacting to weather. Black Widow spiders have 2 body parts called cephalothorax and abdomen. A Black Widow spider is an invertebrate. Now that you learned that the Black Widow is an arachnid. Next I will tell you what it looks like. to weather. Black Widow spiders have 2 body parts called cephalothorax and abdomen. A Black Widow spider is an invertebrate. Now that you learned that the Black Widow is an arachnid. Next I will tell you what it looks like.
What is special about a Black Widow Spiders appearance? A Black Widow female is 4 cm long including its legs. It has two body parts a cephalothorax and an abdomen. On the abdomen is where you’ll see an red hour glass shape. A black widow weighs 1gram. The Male Black Widow doesn’t have the red hour glass shape. Now I tolled you what it looks like next I will tell you it’s habitat.
In this paragraph I will where it live. The Black Widow lives in North America. It doesn’t migrate. The places it lives in is garages, sheds and basements. The places are cold. Its habitat is wet and damp. Now you know its habitat. Next I will tell you what it eats.
This is how the Black Widow eats and gets its prey. The Black Widow is a predator with means it hunts. It’s an insectivore that means it eats insects. It eats fly, ladybugs, ants, and walking sticks. It gets food by weds. Now you know eating habits next is behaviors.
Have you wanted to know its behaviors? Its enemies are humans and Mud Dauber wasps. It’s defenses are its venom, webs and things. It is diurnal that means it is active during the day. It is not nocturnal which means active at night. It doesn’t hibernate that means go to a deep sleep. If you like its behaviors and the paragraph go to your local library to learn more about the black widow spider.
Black Widow spiders by Eric Ethan
Black Widow spiders world book live Encyclopedia
Comment Posted on November 20, 2009 at 01:02 PM
Grizzly Bears (1024609)
Grizzly bears
Who is very big, has sharp claws, and climbs trees? It is a bear. A grizzly bear is warm blooded. That means its body temperature stay s the same. The grizzly bear has long fur. A grizzly bear is born alive. Grizzly bears feed milk to their young. The grizzly bear breathes with lungs. Read more to find out what they look like.
Who is very strong has thick brown fur it is a bear? The grizzly bear is very strong and has sharp teeth. A lot of grizzly bears have thick brown fur. Grizzly bears are very brown. Girl and boy grizzly bears are 9 feet long. Boy grizzly bears are 1,200 pounds and sows girl grizzly are 550 pounds. When grizzly bears stand up they are 5feet tall. Read more if you want to know where grizzly bears live.
Who lives in North America in a cold or hot climate? The grizzly bear. The climate that most grizzly bears live in is cold but also hot. Many grizzly bears live in North America. Grizzly bears are not migratory. Their home is very rocky. Grizzly bears like to live in grassy places. Now you know where a grizzly bear lives. Read more to find out what they eat.
Who eats trash, nuts and is a predator? It is a bear. A grizzly bear eats nuts, fish and trash. A bear is a predator. That means it hunts other animals. Grizzly bears get their food with their sharp claws and sharp teeth. The grizzly bears are omnivores. Omnivores eat meat and plants. Read more to find out what this animal’s behaviors are.
Who has people for an enemy and defends itself with claws? It’s a bear. Grizzly bears defend itself with claws. The grizzly bears worst enemy is people. We hunt them and have taken away some of their homes. Grizzly bears are diurnal. That means they are out in the day. In the winter they hibernate because it is too cold and they can’t find much food. Now you have learned about the grizzly bears. Go visit the library if you want to learn more about grizzly bears.
Sources
Grizzly Bears by John Woodward
Brown Grizzly Bear – World Book Online Encyclopedia
Comment Posted on November 20, 2009 at 01:41 PM
Bearded Dragon (1024640)
Bearded Dragon
What dragon is safe to have as a pet? It is a bearded dragon. Bearded dragons are cold blooded. Cold blooded means your body temperature changes with the outside temperature. They have scales and sharp claws. The bearded dragon breathes with lungs. They hatch from leathery eggs. Now you have learned about a bearded dragon. Read more to find out what bearded dragons look like.
Do you know what a bearded dragon looks like? The bearded dragon is 13-24 in. from its head to the tip of its tail. Bearded dragons have spiky scales. It has gray, brown and white scales that can change colors. It has a spiky throat pouch. It has sharp claws. Now you learned what bearded dragons look like. Read more to find out where bearded dragons live.
What reptile lives in Australia? Bearded dragons live in the rugged outback of Australia. Their habitat is arid land to forest. They climb and perch on trunks, trees, or on top of rocky outcroppings. Bearded dragons are not migratory. Since you learned a bearded dragon lives in the rugged outback of Australia, next you can find out what bearded dragons eat.
What creatures eat crickets and kale? Bearded dragons are omnivores. This means they eat plants and meat. They eat crickets and mealworms. They also eat kale, fruits, squash, yams, and carrots. Bearded dragons are predators. They use their pinchers to grab their prey. Besides knowing that bearded dragons eat crickets and mealworms, you need to know about their behaviors.
What reptile goes into brumation? A bearded dragon does this. Bearded Dragons go into a semi-hibernation called brumation. The bearded dragon’s enemies are goannas, dingoes, birds of prey, and other bearded dragons that are bigger. Bearded dragons are active during the day. To defend itself it runs fast with its strong legs and puffs up its body to make itself bigger. If you found it interesting to learn the bearded dragon goes into brumation, visit the public library to find more about bearded dragons.
Sources:
EXTREME PETS! by Jane Harrington
Endangered Reptiles by Brenda Ralph Lewis
Bearded Dragon in the Wild by World Book Online Encyclopedia
Comment Posted on November 20, 2009 at 01:48 PM
Gorillas (1024523)
Gorillas
Do you know that gorilla's breath with lungs? Gorillas are big furry apes. The gorilla is a vertebrate. Vertebrate means that it has a backbone. Gorillas are one of the biggest mammals. Their babies are born alive and get milk from their mothers. Now that you have learned that gorillas are mammal, next you will learn what they look like.
Do you know that gorillas weight 3 times as much as humans? Gorillas are one of the biggest apes in the world. A male gorilla weights 400 pounds and can be 6 feet tall. Gorillas can live to be 35 years old in the wild and 50 years old if they live in the zoo Gorillas are furry animals. A gorilla is has no fur on its face, hands or feet. You have learned not to mess around with gorillas because they are bigger then you. Read more to find out where they live.
What animal lives in the forest? You guessed it’s a gorilla. Gorillas live in the African forest. They live in central Africa. The climate for a gorilla is warm weather. Gorillas stay in groups with their family.
Do you know what they eat? Gorillas eat plants and berries. If they live in the zoo they may eat chocolate eggs once in a while. They will find food on vines and eat it. The gorilla is an herbivore they only eat plants. I’m done telling you about their eating habits. Next you will learn about their behaviors.
Gorillas are calm animals. Gorillas are in danger from humans. They do not hibernate at all because they live in a warm climate. Gorillas are active during the day which means they are diurnal. Black leopards prey on gorillas. To scare other animal they show their teeth and roar loudly. Gorillas stand up and beat their chest when they’re mad. I hope you liked learning about gorillas in this report. Go to the library to read more interesting facts about gorillas.
Sources
Gorillas by Jenny Johnson
Gorilla - World Book Online Encyclopedia
Comment Posted on November 20, 2009 at 01:15 PM
sea lions (1024476)
Sea Lions
Sea lions are marine mammals. Sea lions are warm blooded which means its temperature stays the same all the time. They’re born alive. They have lungs. Sea lions drink their mother’s milk. They have short fur. Besides knowing that sea lions are marine mammals, you need to know what they look like.
What marine mammal has blubber and flippers? It’s a sea lion. Male sea lions weigh 880 pounds and are 7 feet long. Female sea lions weigh 500 pounds and are 51/2feet long. Their colors are brown and gray. Sea lions have blubber to keep them warm. They have short fur and whiskers. Sea lions use their flippers as feet when they walk on land. Since you’ve learned that a sea lion is a mammal, next I’ll tell you what it looks like.
Sea lions live on snowy lands. Sea lions live in Antarctica. They live on land and go in water. Their homes are in the snow. Their habitat is ice and snow. If you found it interesting to learn where sea lions live, continue reading to find out about their eating habits.
What animal eats octopus? It’s a sea lion. Sea lions eat squid, octopus, penguins, and small fish. They are predators that eat other animals. They’re good at catching food. Sea lions are omnivores. This means they eat meat. Now you have learned the sea lion’s eating habits. Next you’ll find out about their behaviors.
This is about the sea lion’s behaviors. The sea lion’s enemies are leopard seals, large sharks, and killer whales. It defends itself by roaring and packing together and using its flippers to swim away from enemies. It is active during the day and not at night. Sea lions do not hibernate. Now that you have learned all about sea lions, visit your library to find more.
Sources:
Seals Sea lions and Walruses by John Bonnett Wexo
New Zealand Sea lions by World Book Online Encyclopedia
Comment Posted on November 20, 2009 at 01:02 PM
cheetahs (1024463)
Cheetahs
The cheetahs are the fastest mammals on earth. Cheetahs are warm-blooded mammals. Warm blooded means their temperature stays the same. The young are born alive. Cheetahs well developed brains. You’ve now learned that cheetahs are mammals. Now I will tell you what they look like.
Have you ever seen a cheetah? Cheetahs are long animals they can grow to be six feet long. They are not too heavy up to 100 or 200. Cheetahs are kind of short 31 inches tall. They have fur covering themselves. They are tan with black spots. Now you’ve learned what cheetahs look like I will tell you where they live.
Cheetahs try to blend in. Cheetahs live in the East African Plains. It is a hot climate there. Cheetahs live in a den or just on the ground. It is still probably be safe on the ground they run so fast now I will tell you what they eat. Cheetahs are fast runners they chase their food. They eat hares, birds, young zebras, and gazelles. They are champions at catching gazelles. Cheetahs are predators. Predator means that they hunt their food. They are carnivores. Carnivore means that they eat meat. I could never chase my food but I can tell you about the cheetah’s behaviors. Cheetahs have many enemies. Some of them are people, hyenas, lions, and more. The cheetahs defend themselves they have paws, claws, long legs, and tight bones. They are diurnal. Diurnal means they are active at night. I’m glad I don’t have a lot of enemies if you want to learn more at your local library.
Sources
Cheetahs by Don Middleton
Cheetahs by Victor Gentle
Cheetahs World Book Online Encyclopedia
Comment Posted on November 20, 2009 at 12:59 PM
Box Turtle (1024455)
Box turtle
The box turtle is one of the biggest turtles in the world. A box turtle is cold blooded which means your body temperature changes with the surroundings. All box turtles breathe with lungs. Box turtles are born from leathery eggs. They have a hard black and brown plate. Box turtles have 4 feet with 5 claws on each foot. Now you’ve learned that the box turtles are one of the biggest turtles in the world. Next you’ll learn what they look like.
What can close its shell into a box? You got it a box turtle. A box turtle is 4 to 8 inches long. All box turtles have hard covering. Box turtles are black and brown. It has a hard brown plate. Box turtles have wet scaly skin. All box turtles have 5 claws. Now you’ve learned that the box turtle can close its shell. Next you’ll learn where their habitat is.
A box turtle can live for 4 years. The box turtle lives in many places in North America.
Box turtles live in cold water. A box turtle lives in a lot of coral in the water. The continent that the box turtle lives on is North America. All box turtles do not migrate. Now you’ve learned where their habitat is. Next you’ll learn what they eat.
A box turtle can eat up to about 40 pounds a day. Box turtles get their food by smelling it first then goes to get it. Box turtles are prey and it means that other animals eat it. The box turtle eats worms, slugs, snails, berries, and mushrooms. A box turtle is an omnivore, which means it eats plants and meat. Now you’ve learned that box turtles can eat about 40 pounds a day. Next you’ll learn what their behaviors are.
What turtle can close its shell to protect it from enemies? Box turtles enemies are opossums, raccoons, snakes, and people. All box turtles defend their self by playing dead. They are diurnal which means active have during the day. Box turtles hibernate which means goes to sleep during winter. A box turtle is not nocturnal which means active at night. Go to your local library to find out more about box turtles.
Sources
Box turtles by Christopher blomquist
Box turtle by world book online encyclopedia.
Comment Posted on November 20, 2009 at 12:57 PM
lynxes (1024429)
Lynxes
What animal that looks like a large house cat? Mammals are born alive. Lynxes are warm-blooded which means their body temperature always stays the same. Young lynxes get milk from their mothers. All mammals breathe with their lungs. All female lynxes give birth to young are born alive. Now you’ve learned that a lynx is a mammal next you will learn what lynx look like.
What animal is brown and has black spots all over it? Lynx can weight between 11 and 64 pounds. They’re between 2and 3 1/2feet. They are about as big as a house cat but much bigger. Lynxes have short thick fur and a bushy white short tail.
Have you ever wanted to know where lynxes live? Read on to find out more. Lynxes live on both snow and grass. They live all over North America, Europe and Asia. It makes its home in a den. Lynx are not migratory animals. Now you’ve learned what the habitat is next you’ll learn what their eating habitat is.
Did you know that lynx are scared of people? Lynx enemies are people, bears, and bobcats. Lynx are prey for these enemies, that means these animals want to eat them. How my animal defends itself is it bites and scratches hard. It’s ruff make it looks much bigger so some animals will leave it alone.
Sources
Lynx by Victor Gentle and Janet Perry
Lynx World Book Online Encyclopedia
Comment Posted on November 20, 2009 at 12:50 PM
chimpanzees (1024419)
Chimpanzees
Have you ever wondered what animal has hands on its feet? It’s a chimpanzee. Chimpanzees have black fur. They are warm-blooded which means your body temperature stays the same. The chimpanzee is born alive. Mother chimpanzees feed their babies milk. Now that you know that chimpanzees are warm blooded, read more to find out what they look like.
What animal can walk on its knuckles? A chimpanzee! Adult female chimpanzees weigh 57 to110 pounds and are 2 to 3.5 feet tall. Adult male chimpanzees weigh 90 to 115 pounds and are 3 to 4 feet tall. The chimpanzee has black fur and a short body. Its arms are longer than its legs. Their hands look like a human’s hand. They usually walk on their knuckles. Besides knowing what chimpanzees look like, you need to know where they live.
Do you want to find out where chimpanzees live? Chimpanzees live in tropical, humid rain forests. You can find them in about 21 African countries. They make nests in the trees. Their habitat is warm, grassy and wet. Chimpanzees don’t travel from their homes. Now you know where to find chimpanzees. Next you’ll learn what they eat.
In this paragraph you will learn about the chimpanzee’s eating habits. Chimpanzees are omnivores. This means they eat meat, plants and fruit. They also eat ants and other insects. Chimpanzees use tools like sticks, stones and wood blocks to help them get their food. Now you know the eating habits of the chimpanzee. Next you’ll learn about their behaviors.
Chimpanzees are diurnal which means they are active during the day so they can watch out for enemies. The chimpanzees’ enemies are other chimpanzees from different groups, leopards, and humans. Their main defense is to stay in trees. Male chimpanzees tend to be violent. They will attract intruders. To learn more about their enemies and other interesting facts about chimpanzees visit your library.
Sources:
The Chimpanzee by Stephen Feinstein
Chimpanzee World Book Online Encyclopedia
Comment Posted on November 20, 2009 at 12:48 PM
Giant Panda (1024414)
Giant Pandas
A giant panda is the most rare mammal out of them all. Giant pandas have black and white fur. A giant Panda is warm blooded. A giant panda breathes with lungs. A female giant Panda gives birth to live young. A giant panda baby stays with its mother for 6 or 7 years. Next I will tell you what it looks like.
What bear has black fur and white fur? You guessed it, a panda. A Panda has black and white fur. A male panda weighs 175 pounds to 275 pounds. A female weighs 150 pounds to 250 pounds. A panda is six inches long and 5 meters tall. They have masked faces. Now you know what a panda looks like. Next I will tell you what a panda’s habitat is.
What mammal lives in China and migrates? You guessed it, a panda. A panda lives in the mountaintops in China. A panda also lives near lots of bamboo. A panda travels to find more food. A panda migrates with the Golden Monkey. You have found out where a panda lives. I will now tell you about the panda’s eating habits.
What eats bamboo, meat you guessed it a panda. A panda eats bamboo and meat it is a prey to jaguars and migrates to find more bamboo to eat it a panda grabs bamboo and stuffs it in its mouth. Now you have known what a panda eats now I will tell you what a pandas behaviors.
What animal hates leopards and humans you got it a panda. A panda is a friend to the Golden Monkey and a foe to the jaguar and some humans it will try to injure or kill you so don’t make a panda mad or tease it or injure it or it will injure you to. So now I have shown you about a giant panda.
Sources:
Giant Pandas World Book Online Encyclopedia
Giant Pandas by Lynn M. Stone
Comment Posted on November 20, 2009 at 12:46 PM
Ring-tailed Lemur (1024391)
Ring-tailed lemur
Have you ever wondered what mammal is afraid of humans? It’s a ring-tailed lemur. A ring-tailed lemur is a vertebrate. Vertebrate means that you have a backbone. This animal is also a mammal. It’s also warm-blooded. Warm-blooded means that their body temperature stays the same. The ring-tailed lemur babies are born alive and are fed milk from their mothers. Now that you’ve read about the ring-tailed lemur, lets go learn what they look like.
What looks like a mix between a raccoon and a monkey? Yes it’s a ring-tailed lemur. A ring-tailed lemur has a striped tail with brown, white, and black fur. The ring-tailed lemur’s tail is two feet long while their body is only one and a half feet long. It weighs up to five to eight pounds. A baby lemur weighs up to two point five ounces. Now that you’ve learned what it looks like, lets go learn where they live.
Have you ever wondered where a ring-tailed lemur lives? Read more to find out. A ring-tailed lemur lives in dry humid areas. This animal lives in the continent of Africa. They would usually stay in trees or near spiny plants. A ring-tailed lemur lives in the rainforest of Madagascar. Here you’ve learned what a ring-tailed lemur looks like, if you keep reading you’ll learn what they eat.
Have you ever wondered what a ring-tailed lemur eats? A ring-tailed lemur is a herbivore, which means it eats only leaves. There for it eats wild figs, herbs, bark, leaves, flowers, and bananas. They use their hands and very long fingers o grasp their food. It is prey because animals hunt it and it doesn’t hunt them. Here you’ve learned the ring-tailed lemurs habit so lets go learn its behaviors.
Have you ever wondered how ring-tailed lemurs defend their self? Read more to find out. A ring-tailed lemur makes loud noises to warn other lemurs of danger so they can move to safer places. The ring-tailed lemurs enemies are people, eagles, fossas, and snakes. The ring-tailed lemur is diurnal which means its active during the day. I hope you learned enough about the ring-tailed lemur. To learn more about the ring-tailed lemur visit your local library.
Sources:
Ring-Tailed Lemurs -Tree Dwellers by
Erika L. Shores
Ring-Tailed Lemurs World Book Online Encyclopedia
Comment Posted on November 20, 2009 at 12:39 PM
EXPLORE 11/19/09 (1024297)
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Comment Posted on November 20, 2009 at 11:45 AM
A book where imagination comes to life (1021146)
A suspected boy, A panther, A fire, An oil company, A missing teacher how do these connect, you say they don't, but do they? Let me half answer that question, I will tell you that they DO connect but however, I will only give you snippets of how. Let's start with the teacher, Mrs. Bunny Starch, she is the most hated teacher in the Trubman school. She teaches biology at the private school to in- eager students. There is one odd boy in Mrs. Starch's class. He is the suspected boy, Smoke. How is he suspected, that will come later. One day in Mrs. Starch's class a the boy named Smoke is not paying attention to Mrs. Starch's class. Mrs. Starch doesn't like that, so they get in a fight. Mrs. Starch is about to poke him with a pencil when Smoke eats it! There are two other students in Mrs. Starch's class, Nick and Marta. Their names will pop up later on. The day after the pencil eating situation there is a field trip to a place called Black Vine Swamp. The field trip DOES NOT go well. First of all, there is a fire (the fire I told you about earlier.) Well, at the field trip Mrs. Starch has to go back into the fire while the students are boarding back on the bus, to get a girl named Libby her asthma inhaler. The kids and teachers get worried when Mrs. Starch doesn't come back to the school after the field trip. She drove her own car out to Black Vine Swamp so when a fire started up, the bus drove out without Mrs. Starch onboard, everyone thought that she would drive herself out or there once she found Libby's asthma inhaler, they were wrong. Now, let's tell you about Nick and Marta. They are getting worried about Mrs. Starch themselves. They are going overboard! They sneak into Mrs. Starch's HOUSE! They look for any helpful signs that might lead to where Mrs. Starch is hiding. They don't find anything until a man named Twilly finds them he gives them some clues. Now the oil company, their name is the Red Diamond Oil Company. They are making slow progress. When they finally buy a section that they can drill in they find out that it has NO OIL! They are desperate so they drill in a section that belongs to the state of Florida so it is really illegal. All of this ties together, Somehow...
This Book is Called... Scat.
Comment Posted on November 18, 2009 at 10:00 AM
What A Life To Be In (1022564)
Dennie is about a girl who wants to hang out with her friends on Saturday, have a boyfriend, and be on the cheerleading squad. Instead, she had to spend her weekends at modeling agencies, because her mom thinks that she should be on magazines and even in movies. How does Dennie live? Now her life is getting worse with a crooked spine and a Milwaukee brace.
Dennie is such a good book, because Dennie is different from kids and is scared to show her own personality, because her mom makes her life choices. Never in my life have I read such an undertaking story, because when Dennie starts her story she makes all of the emotions go in you while they are in her. If Iwere rating this book, it would be a ten, because once I started reading it was like the book was glued to my hands.
Comment Posted on November 19, 2009 at 09:57 AM
Mysteries (1024013)
Mysteries are fun. They gives you a little bit of a spook. I like mysteries because they are good solving books. Mysteries make me think about being a detective. It feels like I am in the story with the solver. And I help them solve the case. I like Cam Janson books. Mysteries are the best books to read.
Comment Posted on November 20, 2009 at 09:32 AM
mysteries are exciting (1024012)
Mysteries make me think. Mysteries are cool because they have problems that you need to solve. The best mysteries I ever read was A to Z mysteries. Do you like A to Z mysteries books? When you are reading mysteries do you think? Mysteries are the best!
Comment Posted on November 20, 2009 at 09:32 AM
Mysteries are awsome!!!!! (1024003)
Mysteries are all about the main problem and the solution. I like A to Z mysteries and the Boxcar Children. Some times they are boring and some are really fun. Some are SCARY. And some are CREEPY. It is sometimes about a bandit or a bird catcher, or maybe even an ALIEN LIFE FORM OR A GHOST OOOOOOOO!!!! BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT A MYSTERIES IS YOU READ THEM. Hate or love them but don't give out the mystery. Don't you dare do that or the GHOST of MYSTERIES will get YOU!
Comment Posted on November 20, 2009 at 09:30 AM
I Love Mysteries (1023909)
I love mysteries because its fun to solve it before they do. It's also fun to read mysteries because you can see how other people can figure out the problem. Maybe even you can solve something.
Comment Posted on November 20, 2009 at 09:08 AM
Mysteries are AWESOME!!!!!!! (1023901)
I like when they try to solve the mysteries.
Comment Posted on November 20, 2009 at 09:06 AM
thailand (1023721)
Comment Posted on November 19, 2009 at 11:04 PM
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