Wednesday, December 31, 2008

My Favorite South American Animals:

Scarlet macaws eat apples,nuts,bananas,seeds and fruit. The American macaws live in Mexico, Guatemala and Belize.

The jaguars are one of the big cats. Leopards, tigers, and lions are also big cats, but just forget about them for now. Jaguars live in Paraguay and Argentina. In many Central and South American countries they are called “El Tigre".

Click here to hear a jaguar roar

The Jaguars have a very powerful bite. So watch out! Don’t sneak up on them.

Tapirs are nocturnal. Their lifespan is between twenty-five and thirty years. Most of their habitat has been lost. They are endangered and they need conservation and zoo support.

They have very poor eyesight. Their predators are anacondas, jaguars, and humans.

Howler monkeys eat nuts, fruit, leaves, buds, and flowers. A Howler monkey’s call can be heard 5 miles away .

Humans are the primary predators of the Howler monkey.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

My Favorite African Animals:

The rhinoceros eats up to 200 types of plants. The also eat roots and bark off of trees. Their predators are humans. They live between 35-40 years.

The Gerenuk does not have to drink water because he gets water from the flowers and plants that he eats.

The gerenuks predators are cheetahs, wild dogs, jackals, and humans. Gerenuks eat climbing plants, flowers, leaves, tall bushes, and short trees.

This is a Thomson’s Gazelle. There are several types of gazelles. Gazelles used to be in Europe, but when the ice age came most of them died.

Gazelles like to eat flowers, leaves, and fruit. Their predators are wild dogs, cheetahs, jackals, and humans.

Giraffes have purple tongues and very long necks. They are the tallest land animal. They have little horns. They can go a week without water. They sleep about two hours a day.

Their predators are lions, leopards, and humans. They eat Acacia tree leaves, fruit trees,

I like zebras because the are related to horses, and I like horses.

They are both hoofed animals. They have black and white stripes, and they have little tails.

Zebras eat grass, shrubs, twigs, leaves, and bark.

Predators of zebras are lions, cheetahs, leopards, hyenas, wild dogs, and humans.

by Stuart Carruthers

I am six years old, and I am a First grader at the Montessori Learning Center in Salinas, California. I started studying Geography in my 2nd year of preschool. I have made maps and have studied the flags of each country. I am very interested in the variety of animals found around the world.

I am a vegetarian because I love animals. I want to work with conservation groups to save endangered animals species.