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Wild ANIMALS

Wild Animals

Contents

South America map -

Africa map -

poem (Jungle animals) -

The Jungle Story -

Animal wordsearch -

Zebras -

Giraffes -

Monkeys -

Gorillas -

Lions -

Tigers -

Snakes -

crocodiles -

Elephants -

pandas -

South America.

BRAZIL

The rain forest is here!

Africa

1 2 3 4 5 6

1.Crocodile

2. cheetah

3. chimpanzee

4. Lion

5. Elephant

3. chimpanzee

7. ring-tailed lemur

Jungle animals

The tiger has stripes all over his coat.

The leopard has spots here and there.

The poor hippopotamus has a probics.

The Gorilla is covered with hair.

The giraffe has, by heck a very long neck.

The Elephant has a large trunk.

The lion is King of the jungle,

but they all run away from the skunk.

Story.

The African Jungle

One Sunny morning leo the lion was thinking. He was thinking of the jungle to make it nicer. Hello leo! replied Hisser, what are you doing today"? Well I want to change the jungle, to make it nicer. I don't want you to" said Hisser, I like it as it is she said. I am the King said leo angrily. Nila, leo's wife came back from the jungles in north Africa. The pack of monkeys up a tree from leo, were very very glad to see Nila. Hi said Fred, one two three said Nila happily. Boo! Said Nila. You are back Said leo "I am really glad to see you"! Fred was one of the monkeys. He had 4 babymonkeys Which were called flopsey, mopsey, Dopey and laura. Oh no! Said leo the jaguars are coming go! Fred and his wife Started to hear a thump, Thump, thump. What on earth is that said lasher, fred's wife. fred said, I hate to tell you this but it's the jaguars coming. All of the animals got into their homes so they would not get killed. After the jaguars had gone the animals came out. Croco the crocodile just had a bath in the pond nearby. He lived in a hole by the pond with Snaper and his children. After two years Leo had a baby boy. He never knew what to call him. The Snakes and the monkeys decided to call him bill, but Leo, Nila, crocodiles and the tigers wanted to call him Simba. So Simba it was and the snakes and monkeys thought it is a lovely name for a lion. Simba was going to be king one day. Simba went out for a walk and he saw lots of monkeys he had never seen before. He heard a noise coming from behind him and scared him. It was a howler monkey. Hello said the

howler monkey, would you like to be my friend? Yes I would because I have not got any friends replied Simba. At night time Simba asked his dad howler the howler monkey could come round Leo said yes. But he wondered who howler was going to be big or small. Howler was Simba's age. But Simba could not marry howler because howler was a monkey and Simba wasn't. Shellare was going to be Simba's wife but they are not married. Howler came round for tea and they had dead Zebras and hippos. After tea Simba said to howler, can I marry you? well howler said, I would love to. Simba told his mum and dad about howler and him, if they could get married. Leo said no and so did Nila. The monkeys have to marry each other and so do the lions said Leo. You are going to marry a lion called Shellare. I think you have to go howler, said Simba. will I see you again? cried Howler. As Simba walked away he was crying. Simba was going to meet Shellare today. So he went to meet her at Shellare's house. When they both met Simba thought Shellare was beautiful. Simba had to tell howler about him and Shellare getting married. Then after a few days they got married. And went to find a new home a Simba became King. Simba and Shellare had two babies. Hisser got married too.

Hisser

Wordsearch

's word time

CAN YOU FIND THESE WORDS?

Monkeys

Gorillas

Crocodiles

Lions

tigers

Snakes

Elephant

Cheetah

ZEBRAS

zebras

The most obvious difference between zebras, horses and asses lies in the zebra's striped coat. Zebra live as long as horses, the record being 29 years. The zebra's chief predator is the lion.

Mountain Zebra, the smallest of the Species, live to the South and South-west of the range of Burchell's Zebra.

Grevy's Zebra, in Somalia, eastern Ethiopia and northern Kenya, is the tallest zebra, standing 135cm at the shoulder.

Burchell's Zebra, are the most common. They range between Zululand and Namibia in the South to Somalia and Sudan in the north.

Zebra's

Zebras rely on keen eyesight, a good sense of smell and fleetness of foot to escape from danger. Though they are often referred to as horses with stripes, Zebras, with their long ears and short stiff manes, are more like asses. Normally they are peaceful animals, but they do have a vicious kick.

GIRAFFES

Giraffes

The giraffe is the world's tallest animal. An bull may measure 5.5 metres to the top of its head, although females are smaller. Giraffes live in the Savannah of Africa South of the Sahara, but populations have been greatly reduced and the animal was once much more widespread. The long neck allows the animals to browse on high foliage and to watch out for enemies.

Giraffes have the same number of bones in their necks as humans, but they are more spread out. The giraffe's height enables it to watch for predators many kilometres away and several animals browsing together will usually face in different directions to keep a thorough lookout.

Giraffes are often seen with large crowds of antelopes and zebras, especially at water holes, for the greater the number of animals gathering together, the better their chances are of sensing danger. The giraffe's neck can reach 2m (6 ft) into the tree by standing on its hind legs, balancing against a branch with its front hooves and reaching up to the leaves with its long neck.

Giraffes are very tall and big. They are 4 times as big as humans. Giraffes can be 6 metres long and 2 metres wide, but they are 5 metres long most of the time. Adult giraffes do not sleep much and some zoologists say that they do not sleep at all. The giraffe has large eyes and a head which tapers to mobile, hairy lips. On the head, there are two to five bony knobs, covered with skin Giraffes have a few enemies. Giraffes live mainly in herds, moving around Slowly, unless alarmed

Order: Artiodactyla

family: Giraffidae

Species : Giraffa Campelopardalis

MONKEYS

Living in groups.

Monkeys

Animals live together in groups. The groups can be large or small. The groups all have different names.

CHIMPANZEE groups are called clans. They live in trees and on the ground. The males sometimes move to live with other clans.

MANDRILLS live in a group called a troop. The males have bright red and blue faces. They live together in the Jungles and forest.

Squirrel MONKEYS live IN THE JUNGLE

Mountain Gorilla

The funny thing about Gorillas they don't drink Females and young gorillas climb trees in search of food. The males can't climb of their great size.

Monkeys

Moustached Monkey is a member of the numerous tribe of cercopithecidae which are widespread throughout the forests of tropical Africa. The moustached monkey is mostly Vegetarian and feeds on buds and Shoots, tender leaves and above all fruit and various seeds.

Golden Monkey

One of the world's most beautiful and endangered Monkeys, golden monkeys live in high mountains forest areas of china in Sichuan Gansa and Shaanxi. They spend hours hugging each other.

Spider monkey

proboscis monkey

Mountain gorilla

Woolly spider monkey

They live in high tree tops of Brazilian coastal rainforests. They eat fruit, leaves, seeds and nectar.

proboscis monkey

They live in swamps and rainforests. And they live in big groups too. They like to eat, mangrove leaves and shoots.

They are good swimmers.

Mountain Gorilla

They like to live in mountains and forests. And they eat Leaves, roots, bark of trees, insects, slugs and snails.

GORILLAS

Mountain Gorilla

The funny thing about Gorillas is, they don't drink!

They get the water they need from their Juicy diet of leaves, berries, Stalks and ferns. females and young gorillas climb trees in search of food. The males can't climb because of their great size. They watch out for any signs of danger below.

Mandrill

If you should ever meet this eye-catching baboon, don't stand about admiring his colours. Their colour is a beautiful brown. The wonderful colours in its hair get brighter when he he meets an enemy!

He roams through the rocks and rough grasslands of west Africa with the other members of his large family group. They live in grassy lands and they live in, jungles

LIONS

Lions

Lazy lions

A male lion seems to have a lazy life. He hardly ever joins in killing of his prey, but always has first pick of his meal. But even if he is the leader he too has to make some sacrifices. He must fight other males who want to take over his pride.

This gets more difficult as he gets older. Eventually he may be chased away or killed by a younger, strong lion.

The lion is the largest carnivore of the African Savannah, feeding mainly on Zebra, Wildebeest, antelope and buffalo. A male can weigh 227 Kg (500 lb) and stand 1m (3 ft) at the shoulder. Lions live in groups, greeting one another by rubbing faces or licking one another's head and sleeping close together.

Lions

food and hunting

The lion usually hunts at dusk, resting and sleeping during the day. It has excellent eyesight and sees well in the dark. lioness usually hunt for the pride, although the male always takes precedence at the kill, dragging the prey to the shade, then gorging himself before the females and the cubs begin to eat.

The lion's preferred prey are wildebeest and Zebra. which are slower and easier to catch than antelopes and gazelles. It drags its prey to the ground and bites into its neck to kill it. When water is scarce, the lion often lies in wait close to a waterhole, knowing that its prey will eventually come there to drink. The lions are dangerous. The males have hair round their face what you call a mane. The females don't.

Did you know?

A lion's territory is related to the size of the pride and the availability of prey Species and water.

Lioness are ferocious when defending their cubs. Several will act together to chase off predator or an aggressive male lion.

The lion kills only when it's hungry. prey can usually sense when lions are hunting and grazing animals may ignore lions at other times, even when close by.

Lions live in the wild with no bushes to hide in.

The male always follows the female around.

Africa

lions are big hunters of the african Jungles.

TIGERS

Tigers

The tiger is the largest member of the cat family. A tiger will prey on deer, antelopes, wild pig and smaller beasts like porcupines and monkeys.

Old or injured tigers seek easy prey, including humans. Male and female tigers meet only to mate. At seven months young tigers can hunt for themselves, but they stay with their mother. When they are two they can go and hunt. They are fully grown at three years old and humans are the tiger's main enemy.

Order: carnivora

family: felidae

Species: panthera tigris

Tigers have orange skin and black stripes because they can protect themselves from any enemies.

TIGERS

It is a poor climber built for stalking prey rather than chasing it at speed, So the tiger has to work hard for its food: perhaps only one attack in twenty results in a kill. They spend more than three quarters of a day resting till any other animal comes.

Tigers are like lions but they don't have manes. During the heat of the day, tigers will lie in deep shade, or immerse themselves in shallow water.

Do you know?

A tiger's stripes help it to hide by blending it into the shadows and long grasses.

SNAKES

Gulp!

Snakes Swallow their food whole.

The meal gradually goes down the Snake until it is completely gone - including the bones!

The Snake Swallows the thing in one Swallow.

Some Snakes can kill humans by spitting. The snakes think the humans are going to hurt them.

There are lots of snakes in Africa.

python

The king cobra

ARE ALL SNAKES POISONOUS?

few Snakes are poisonous. Some snakes kill animals of food by crushing them in their jaws. Others coil their long bodies around their Victims and squeeze them to death. Out of nearly 2400 different species, only 300 or so use the needle-sharp fangs in their jaws to inject a deadly poison.

HOW DO SNAKES MOVE?

Even though they don't have legs, some snakes can move quicker than you can walk.

Snakes have very strong muscles which they can tighten and relax to ripple or throw their bodies along. Some also dig the broad scales beneath their bodies into the ground, and then push against these 'anchors'.

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Do you Know?

1. Snakes are expert hunters, even though they don't see or hear well.

2. They can hunt mainly by smell, and they can even use their tongues to taste the air and ground while tracking a victim by its scent.

3. Some snakes also have special heat-sensors and can sense the exact position of an animals by the body heat it gives off.

Snake facts

Snakes can swallow animals wider than themselves.

They open their mouths really wide by un-hinging their jaws.

CROCODILES

Crocodiles

The female Nile crocodile digs a flask shaped hole in the ground, carefully lays her eggs in it, then covers them with sand. She guards the eggs for three months till the babies hatch.

The female hears them and digs out the young crocodiles. Baby crocodiles make a tasty meal for lizards, birds and foxes, so their mother's care helps the survive. The male crocodiles takes no care for the young crocodiles.

NAME: Nile crocodile

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Crocodylus niloticus

WHERE IT LIVES: Africa

HABITATS: Near ponds, rivers and lakes

SIZE: Grows between 4m-5m long

feeding HABITATS: carnivore - feeds on any form meat

Crocodiles

A Crocodile will often lie in wait for animals that come to drink at the river's edge. It floats like a log, showing only its eyes and nostrils above water. If an animals Strays too close, the crocodile grabs it and drags it under water until it drowns.

Crocodiles have narrower jaws than alligators, and the fourth tooth in a crocodile's lower jaw sticks out.

Crocodiles can live for a hundred years. They can grow as long as five metres. Baby crocodiles eat insects, worms and small creatures.

ELEPHANTS

ELEPHANTS

Elephants

The elephant, the giant of the grasslands, needs 150 Kg (330lb) of food a day and has to spend up to sixteen hours out of twenty-four collecting enough to survive. The trunk can suck up 9 l (2.5 gallons) of water at a time, either for drinking or for spraying as a shower bath. An elephant is normally right-or left-tusked, just as humans are right or left handed, so one tusk wears down more quickly than the other. Elephants have a dust bath, to protect the animal from sunburn.

Do you know?

The African elephant is bigger than a Asian elephant. Its ears are larger too. Its trunk ends in two lobes, not one.

has two lobes

has one lobe

African

Asian

large ears

small ears

The elephant

The African elephant has a very long trunk. The trunk is long enough to tear branches off trees of pull a small tree up by its roots. Baby elephants are always protected by their mothers. The huge Size and powerful tusks of a mother elephant is enough to frighten off any attacker, even a lion.

Why do elephants have trunks?

As well as a nose to breathe through, an elephant's trunk is a hand for picking things up. It is long enough to reach top of trees. An elephant can use its trunk like a hose to spray itself with water. An African elephant is bigger than a Asian elephant.

PANDAS

panda

The panda is a bear-like animal found only in the damp, cold bamboo forests on the hillsides of eastern Tibet and Szechuan in South-West china.

Giant panda

Habitat: cold, wet, mountainous bamboo forests.

Size: 1.5m tall, Up to 120kg.

food : Mainly bamboo. A few berries, fruit, flowers, eggs.

Predators : Bears, leopards, poachers, and dogs.

Numbers: Less than 1,000.

Young : One cub every 2-3 years.

Adaptations : Excellent hearing.

The giant panda.

Red panda

HABITAT: Mountain forest.

SIZE: 60cm from head to tail; 4-6kg.

food: Bamboo, berries, blossom and birds.

predators: Once hunted for fur.

Young : 1-4 cubs a year.