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5A Animal Adaptation
Slide Show
Mrs. Barker’s Class
5th Grade
October 2011
ALLIGATOR
By: Kaleigh Nelson
http://www.nashvillezoo.org/animals/reptiles/american-alligator
Animals Habitat And food It eats
• The alligators live in southern United
States.
• The Alligators live in Fresh water, swamps,
marshes, rivers and smaller bodies of
water.
An adaptation the has and how this
adaptation helps it
• The American Alligator lives in groups.
A second adaptation the animal
has and how this adaptation helps
it
• It keeps it’s head and eyes out of the
water.
Fun And interesting facts
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The Alligator is an endangered animal.
Some alligators live today.
The alligators were supposed to die off
years ago.
Bottlenose
Dolphin
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-dolphin.html
By Karsen Hunter
Food and Habitat
• Fish
• Squid
• Shrimp
• Crab
• Lobster
• Coastal sea
• Open
ocean
• Warm
shallow
water
Adaptations
•Can swim up to 18
mph
•Dives as deep as 46m
•Can hold breath as
long as 12 min
Adaptations
• Has a slower heart rate for
diving
• Protein molecules-stores
oxygen in body tissue
Fun Facts
• Dolphins have a bigger
brain than humans but
are not as intelligent
• A dolphin has no sense of
smell
chameleons
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/tchameleon.html
By: Jordon Mecklem
Chameleons habitat and diet
• The chameleon likes warm and humid
weather. It lives in coastal lowlands but
prefers drier forests.
• It eats primary insects, also known to eat
birds and lizards.
An adaptation
• One of the adaptations it has is color
change.
• This adaptation helps by keeping it from
getting eat by predators
A second adaptation
• Its second adaptation is being cold
blooded
• this helps it eat more.
• This helps by helping it eat more
Fun facts
• It has a long sticky tong witch helps by
caching pray
Cheetah
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/cheetah/?source=A-to-Z
Kylie Stuart
Habitat and Food
• Open savannas
• Eastern &
southwestern Africa
• Open grasslands
• Grassland
environment
• Open plains
• Antelope, mammals,
birds, etc.
Adaptation #1
After females have
cubs, they stay alone with
her cubs for awhile to teach
them how to hunt when
they’re alone.
Adaptation #2
Cheetahs use their tail
to balance themselves when
they do things. They probably
don’t want to fall when they
are doing certain things.
Fun Facts:
• “Cheetahs” come
from Indian language.
• People used to train
them to hunt.
• Lifespan :10 -12
years.
• Top speed is 70 mph.
• Their status is
endangered.
• Females usually have
3-5 cubs.
• After runs, they have
to wait 1 hour before
eating.
COBRA
Payton Oliverius
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/photos/snakes/#/mozambique-spitting-cobra_5899_600x450.jpg
The Cobras habitat and food
• Its habitats are the rainforest, plains of
India, southern China, and southeast Asia
• It can eat lizards, eggs, and small
mammals
• It can go days or months without food
An adaptation that the cobra has
• When its threatened flares out to protect
its self
• That helps it to stay out of danger
An adaptation that the cobra
• When its threatened hisses and sounds
like a growling dog
• That can help it by sounding like a dog
that's going to eat you so it can be
protected
Fun facts
• They can get to be 18.5 feet
• They are the most venomous snakes alive
• It’s the only snake that builds a nest for its
eggs
• Its biggest enemy is the mongoose
Eagles
http://whozoo.org/students/raymur/Eaglepage.htm
By: Lane Hargens
The food eagles eat
» They eat birds, and fish
• They also scavenge for food
• They eat small animals too
A eagles habitats
» They live near water
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Tall trees
Coastlines
Lakes
Rivers
swamps
Adaptations
• They use wind currents to help soar and
alof for hours.
• Their talons are very powerful and they
help catch prey and carry it.
Fun Facts
• A bald eagle can
weigh from 6.5 14 lbs
• They can live up to 28
years in the wild
• The biggest nest on
record was 9.5ft wide
and 20ft long
• Benjamin Franklin
thought the bald
eagle was a poor
choice for a national
symbol because it
sometimes steals
food from other birds
he recommended the
wild turkey.
ELEPHANT SEAL
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/elephant-seal/?source=A-to-Z
By Devin Bell
Food and habitat
• Baja
California
• California
• Fish
• squid
• Smaller
animals
Adaptation
• The elephant seals
adaptations are they stay in
groups
adaptation
• They migrate
• They hunt in groups
Int. Facts
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Can be up to twenty feet tall
Can weight up to 8,800 lbs
Can go under water for 2 hours
Can swim under water 4,921 feet
Are endangered so can not hunt
them
• Breed on land but live in water
Elk
http://www.rmef.org/AllAboutElk/
By: Ronnie DeOllos
Elk habitat and food
• Western North America
• Elk eat grass or shrubs
Adaptations
• Elk can run up to 30(mph) to out run
predators
More Adaptations
• Elk use their antlers to fight predators
Interesting facts about Elk
• Bull or Males loose their antlers each
March and grow back each May
• Calves can stand at 20 min. old
Giraffe
http://www.awf.org/content/gallery?media=image&wildlife=996
Alan Ouderkirk
GIRAFFES HABITAT,AND FOOD
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Giraffes drink water.
They eat grass and fruit.
Giraffes lives in Africa.
Giraffes live in a dense forest with open
plains.
GIRAFFES ADAPTATIONS
• The giraffes has a long neck so it can eat
fruit and grass.
MORE ADAPTATIONS
• Giraffes have a muscular tongue to grab
the fruit and grass.
FUN FACTS ABOUT GIRAFFES
• Giraffes have 7 vertebras.
• Giraffes are seen together in groups.
• Giraffes are the tallest animal around the
world.
• Giraffes have a long neck.
• Giraffes can live 25 years.
• Giraffes are 6 feet tall.
Hippopotamus
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/hippopotamus/?source=A-to-Z
By Bailee Lake
Habitat and food
• Rivers, lakes
• Grass
• Africa
• Alfalfa
• South of Sahara
• Lettuce
One of their amazing adaptation
• They have eyes and a nose on
top of their head so they can
see and breath while still
staying mostly under water, so
they can stay cool and enjoy
the view without holding their
breath.
Another adaptation
• They have a secrete oily
red liquid acts like a
sunscreen and a skin
moistener, so no more
dry burnt skin!
Awesome facts about huge hippos
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Their Greek name is river horse
They live for 40 years
They eat 80 pounds a NIGHT
Their babies weigh 100 pounds at birth
Hippos don’t swim
They weigh 5,000 to 8,000 pounds
There’re mammals
They can hold their breath for 5 minutes
HoneyBee
http://www.stumpfairies.com/photos.htm
By:Yasmin Garcia
Fun and interesting facts
• Type:BUG
• Diet :HERBIVORE
• Average of span in
the wild:up to 5 years
• Size:0.4 to 6.0 in (5 to
15mm)
• Group name:Colony
or Swarm
• Size to a paper clip
More animals habitats & food it
eats
*they get necter from
flowers
*honeybees hives
produce honey as
food for
themselves,but they
also produce honey
and beeswax as part
of a large beekeeping
industry
• They build the honey
combs
• They have a special
bees that’s are
workers
More adaptation the animals has
and how this adaptation helps it
• Its life can go up to 5
years
• Each stripe means
how old it is
• Honeybees live in
colonies with one
queen running the
whole hive
• They usaly build there
bee highs in big trees
with lots of leaves
• Even in a big roof top
A second adaptation the animal
has & how this adaptation helps it
• The honey queen bee
makes baby bees she
will kill 3 or 5 bees
• theres a bee that
makes with the queen
bee
• She will make more
honey
KOALA
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/koala/?source=A-to-Z
ADAM OUDERKIRK
HABITAT AND FOOD
• LOW WOOD LANDS
• COASTAL ISLANDS
• EUCALYPTUS
FOREST
• LEAVES
• BARK
ADAPTATION
• NOCTURNAL
• LIVES IN TREES
MORE ADAPTATIONS
• KOALAS HAVE SHARP CLAWS TO
CLIMB UP TREES
• A DIGESTIVE ALLOWS TO BREAK
DOWN TOUGH LEAVES
FUN FACTS
• KOALAS DON’T DRINK WATER THEY
GET MOISTURE FROM LEAVES
• SLEEP FOR 18 HOURS
• 100,000 KOALAS
• KOALAS SUFFERED DURNING 1920S
• 20 POUNDS
• CAN LIVE AS 17 YEARS
• 6 FEET TALL
Octopus
http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/octopus.htm
By: Dawson Kriha
Habitat and meals
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Habitat: lives in warm water
Habitat: stays along the ocean floor
Meal: it eats crabs, clams, and shellfish
Habitat: likes to stay by coral reefs
Adaptations
• Hunts at dawn
• Uses suction cups on its arms to pull in
food
• Shoots out ink if threatened
More adaptations
• Changes color to communicate
• Can change color for camouflage
• It uses its arms to move through the water
Fun facts about octopuses
• They are considered “monsters of the
deep”
• Octopuses are mollusks
• They are invertebrates
• They don’t have any bones
Opossum
By Tanner Henkel
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/opossum/?source=A-to-Z
Life of a opossum
Habitat and food
Were they live .They live in U.S and Canada.
What they eat .
They eat grass, nuts, fruit, mice, birds, insects,
worms, snakes, chickens.
Adaptations
• Threatened by predators they play dead.
• Resistant to snake venom
more adaptations
• Strong swimmers
• Opposable thumb on hind feet allowing the
opossum to grasp
• Prehensile tail, which it wraps around
objects to carry material or secure itself
while climbing
Fun facts
• crawl in mothers poach
• Gives birth up to many as 20 babies
• Few as half live as babies
Platypus
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/platypus/?source=A-to-Z
By: Tegan Cottrell
Habitat and Food
Habitat:
• Eastern part of
Australia
• Swamps, lakes,
rivers, etc.
Food:
• Insects, Larvae, etc.
Adaptation
• Nocturnal
• Stingers on Males feet
• Female burrows with eggs for few weeks maybe
even a month
More Adaptations
•Use bill to locate food
•Spend MOST time alone
•Sleep to 17 hours a day
Fun Facts
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Family name~ Monotremes
Scientific name~ Ornithorhynchus
Infant is a size of a Lima Bean
Platypuses lay eggs- Mammals
Porcupine
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/porcupine/?q=ze
Dorry Cooper
Habitat & Food
Did you know porcupines live in: Forest, Mountains,
Deserts, and open Prairie. They usually eat: bark &
stems, but sometimes they eat leaves, fruit, and bugs.
Adaptation 1
They spend most of their time
in trees, because they have
plenty of food up there,
and they’re safe from
people that kill them.
Adaptation 2
They also have quills to
protect them on the
ground from predators, and
no they can’t shoot the
quills.
FUN FACTS
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Porcupine is a Latin name for quill pig
One animal can have 30,000 quills
They usually weigh 44lb and are 30” long
Indians thought quills were good luck
charms
Rhinoceros
http://whozoo.org/students/cjames/asianrhi.htm
By: Alexis LeeAnn Pacifico
Rhinos are vegetarians
• They eat fruit
• They also eat branches and farm crops.
Habitats
• They stay in adjacent forests
• Also flood plain grassland
• And swamps
Adaptations
• They stay in wallowing mud for hours to
keep flies off them
• Females travel with their young to teach
them how to protect them selves
Fun and interesting facts
• The interesting name for Rhinos came
from Greek words for “Nose Horn”.
• Rhinoceros are the only ones with a horn
on their big heads.
Sources of Information
1. Http:/woozoo.org/students/cjams/asian
rhin htm
2. Http:/nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/Asia
Trail/fact-one horn rhino.cfm
Spotted Hyena
http://www.nature.ca/notebooks/english/hyena_p9.htm
By Ari Chiniquy
Food’s
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Rabbits
Mice
Zebras
Bird’s
Scrapes left over from
other animals
• Like bones
• And Fish
• Mostly any thing that
is meat that they can
fined
• And that’s because
they are omnivore's
habitat
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Tall grass
By tree’s
By boshes
The habitat of a spotted hyena is mostly in
Africa and Europe
Adaptations
• If one of the pup’s is being attack or trying
to be eaten they will kill who is attacking
even if it’s in there in it’s own pack or not
• The pup’s must stay with there mothers un
till they are 18 week’s old then they can
leave the pack or stay