Animal Encyclopedia

1. Animal Encyclopedia Giselle 6A October 17, 2011

2. Mexican Axolotl Zebra Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Gentoo Penguin Gibbon Black – Footed Ferret Quetzal Meerkat Cretoxyrhina Mantelli Albatross Narwhal Wallaby Ladybug Box Jellyfish Credits Table of Contents

3. Mexican Axolotl • Amphibian • Carnivore • Lives up to 10-15 years • Endangered • Able to re-generate lost body parts • Size of a tea cup ~ Weighs up to 8 oz. ~ 12 inches long • Usually described as ‘the always young’ amphibian Table of Contents

4. Zebra • Mammal • Herbivore • Lives up to 25 years • No two zebra patterns are alike; like snowflakes • Group name is called a herd • Usually 6 feet tall and 440-900 lbs. Table of Contents

5. Olive Ridley Sea Turtle • Reptile • Omnivore • Lives up to 50 years in wild • Grows up to 2.5 feet ~ weighs up to 100lbs. • Can be distinguished [gender] by their tails Table of Contents

6. Gentoo Penguin • Bird • Carnivore • 30 inches ~ 12 lbs. • Lives 15-20 years • Adult Gentoo makes about 450 dives for food a day Table of Contents

7. Gibbon • Mammal • Omnivore • Up to 25 years • 25 inches ~ 30 pounds • Most threatened primates on Earth ~ all but one species of Gibbon are endangered Table of Contents

8. Black – Footed Ferret • Mammal • Carnivore • Live about 12 years • Nocturnal – They sleep up to 21 hours a day ~ They spend the night hunting prairie dogs Table of Contents

9. Quetzal • Bird • Omnivore • Body : 15-16 inches Tail : 24 inches ~ Weighs 7-8 lbs. • Threatened • Can fly when 3 weeks old Table of Contents

10. Meerkat • Mammal • Omnivore • Weighs less than 2.2lbs. • 54cm long (head, body, tail) • All adult meerkats—male and female—pitch in to help educate the young in hunting and survival techniques Table of Contents

11. Cretoxyrhina Mantelli • Prehistoric • Carnivore • Up to 24ft long • A keen sense of smell and quick speed helped Cretoxyrhina track and catch prey. Table of Contents

12. Albatross • Bird • Carnivore • Lives up to 50 years • Wingspan is about 6.5-11ft • Weighs up to 22lbs • Wide-winged and long-lived, albatrosses are rarely seen on land, preferring to stay out on the ocean except to mate and raise their young Table of Contents

13. Narwhal • Mammal • Carnivore • 13-20 feet long • Weighs 3,500 lbs. • Found in Arctic coastal waters and rivers • Narwhals are ‘the unicorns of the sea’ Table of Contents

14. Wallaby • Mammal; kangaroo family • Omnivores • 12-41 inches tall and their tails are 10-19 inches long. • Weigh 4-51lbs. • Most live in Austrailia Table of Contents

15. Ladybug • Bug • Omnivore • Lives 2-3 years • Only 0.3 – 0.4 centimeters • Ladybugs are favored by farmers as voracious pest eaters. Table of Contents

16. Box Jellyfish • Invertebrate • Carnivore • Lives less than 1 year • 10 feet long, 10 inches across • Weighs up to 4.4 lbs. • Sea turtles are unaffected by the sting of the box jellyfish and usually eat them Table of Contents

17. Credits • Pictures and information : • http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/facts/ • By : Giselle Halliday 6A #9 Table of Contents