Transcript Taylor S. and Devin

Taylor S. and Devin
There are five different
groups of animals with
vertebrates.
Mammals
Reptiles
Fish
Amphibians
Birds
The Sloth and the Giraffe are
both mammals.
Most mammals...
are warm-blooded
have hair or fur
give birth to live young
feed their babies with mother's milk
breathe through lungs
Sloths have adapted to living in the
Rain Forest and live in the tops of trees.
They have sharp claws that help it hold
onto the trees and hang upside down.
They can live in the trees without ever
touching the ground. They can sleep
without moving a muscle.
The Sloth has sharp claws that it used
to defend itself against predators.
The sloth’s main defense is to claw and
nip at an attacker. His teeth are flat
because he likes to eat leaves, plants,
and fruit.
The Sloth’s fur is grayish to brownish to help it
blend in the trees. That color makes it hard to
see the Sloth when it’s hanging from the tree.
Their fur is a greenish color because it has
algae in it. The green color helps camouflage it
so that jaguars, harpy eagles, and other
predators can’t see it.
The sloth is a slow moving nocturnal
animal. The slow movement make sloths
hard to see among the leaves.
The giraffe is the tallest animal on land. Its neck
has the same number of bones as a human being,
but each vertebrate is much larger. There are only
seven bones in a giraffe’s neck.
Giraffes have adapted to living in the desert.
They can go for days without water.
The giraffe is a herbivore, or a plant
eater, and likes to eat leaves off of trees.
Its tongue is about 15 inches long and
can pull leaves off of the branches.
Giraffes live in African grasslands because
they eat lots of grass. Their favorite food is the
thorny acacia plant. The giraffes eat around
the thorns, and their tough lips and thick saliva
protect them somewhat from the thorns.
A giraffe is the world’s tallest land
animal. He has a long neck so he can
eat leaves from trees, tree leaves,
and grasslands. He has the same
number of bones in his neck as
humans do. (Seven bones)
We hope you’ve learned about the sloth
and the giraffe.