Transcript My Animal Report on the Ring Tailed Lemur

My Animal Report on the Ring
Tailed Lemur
By: Madison Wessler
Screech, Screech, Screech. You hear a noise that
sounds like a key scratching on a car. Then a face pops out
at you. Then a black and white ringed tail. Then the whole
body. You notice that it’s very monkey looking.
The monkey looking mammal with a black and white
ringed tail happens to be the ring tailed Lemur! Did you
know that Lemur means spirit of the evil dead? Well if you
want to know if this mammal from the Madagascar which
is in the Indian Ocean and east of Africa is evil or not read
on!
The life Cycle
Everything has a cycle of life.
Would you like to know a ring
tailed Lemurs? Well first a ring
tailed Lemur female has live birth
to 1-2 babies in August or
October. Then when it starts to
rain newborns ride on their
mothers belly for their firs two
weeks. Then later transfer to their
mothers back. It takes two years
for a ring tailed Lemur to become
an adult. They will live up to 35
years.
It will take 2 years for
It to become an
adult
First a ring tailed
Lemur female gives
birth to 1-2 babies.
When it rains the
Babies will ride on
Their mothers belly.
Later they will ride on
Their mothers back.
Adaptations
What keeps an animal alive? Read on
and I’ll tell you! Its adaptations! Here are
some of the ring tailed Lemurs. One
adaptation of it is it uses its great jumping
ability to jump over plants. Another
adaptation is they will talk to each other
when danger is close in distance. Finally
the last adaptation is it marks its territory
with its odor. Read more to know more
amazing facts!
Diet
Now come and listen to what even
keeps us alive. Its food! Ring tailed
Lemurs love fruit and eat it if it’s available.
It also eats flowers, seeds, plants and
leaves. Leaves are last on the list though.
Now lets sneak to the next slide without
running into the ring tailed Lemur!
I hope you learned a lot about the Ring
Tailed Lemur. Did you remember the
question, evil or not? Use all these facts
and YOU tell ME! Whenever you see a
devious looking face with a tail that’s
black and white and ringed. You’re
looking at the Ring Tailed Lemur!
Resources
http://www.wikianswers.com/
Lemurs on location by Kathy Darling pages
8, 14, 24, 30.