Transcript 4 Isabella Carson

by Isabella Carson
 There
are five different groups of animals
with vertebrates. These classifications are:
 Mammals
 Fish
 Reptiles
 Birds
 Amphibians
The jaguar has certain characteristics that
make it a mammal.
Here are some of its attributes.
They are warm–blooded.
They breath through lungs.
Jaguar’s nurse their babies with milk.
They have hair or fur.
They give birth to live young.
 The
jaguar is the largest cat in South and North
America. The jaguar grows to be about 4 to 6 feet
long. The jaguar’s tail grows 2 to
 3 feet long. This tail helps the jaguar keep its
balance. Their body covering of yellowish/brown
fur with black doughnut looking dots. This fur
helps them hide or camouflage themselves until
they can pounce on or attack their prey.
Camouflage is a way to disguise itself.
 These
large cats are meat eaters. An animal
that only eats meat is called a carnivore.
Jaguars hunt for mammals, reptiles, birds,
and eggs. They also hunt for capybaras,
tapirs, turtles, and alligators. Jaguars often
bury their prey after killing it so they can eat
it later. Jaguars mostly hunt at night if
they’re near people.
 The
jaguar’s mother gives birth to a live cub.
Jaguars are excellent climbers and usually
drops on its prey. Jaguars are known as very
rare cats. Also the jaguar weighs up to 350
pounds.
Jaguars are wild cats that live in rain
forests, swamps, deserts, and grassland
areas from South America and Central.
And live close to water. They live close
to water because they like to eat
mammals, reptiles, fish, birds, turtles
and eggs.
A jaguars prey takes a single pounce . It only
takes 1 pounce because its long retractible
claws digs into the skin and stops the animal
and then their teeth dig into the prey to make
them die. Then they have a feast.
Man has caused , troubles for jaguars because
they hunt them for sport and now they are
endangered because of it.
In conclusion, the jaguar has adapted to live
successfully in their environment. This animal
is currently on the endangered species list. We
need to help them by not hunting them for
sport.
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