Slideshow Transcript

1. Slide 1: The Amazing Kangaroo Rat By: Joanna and Shawn
2. Slide 2: Appearance • Kangaroo rats are very small. • Their length is 30 cm including their tail. • They are the size of a guinea pig. • They are cute and fuzzy just like other cute small animals. • Kangaroo rats have a very long tail just like a horse’s tail.
3. Slide 3: Adaptations • The climate in the desert is hot outside so they burrow in the ground where the air is most humid and moist. • Kangaroo rats come out between 9pm to 3am.
4. Slide 4: Food •Grasses are an important meal in a kangaroo rat’s diet. • Dry seeds are an another example of a food kangaroo rats eat.
5. Slide 5: Habitat • They live in scrub or brush covered slopes, often with creosote bush or acacias on hard or gravelly soil. • It lives in North America and Canada. • They live in burrows, and platforms.
6. Slide 6: Defenses • They use their powerful hind legs to cover the ground in series of 2m long hops. • Kangaroo rats have big back feet to help them hop away fast.
7. Slide 7: Is It Extinct? • It is not extinct but it is endangered. • People are destroying deserts and hunting Kangaroo rats. • There are many kinds of Kangaroo rats. Most of them are endangered or even sadly extinct.
8. Slide 8: Fun Facts • Kangaroo rats are not kangaroos or rats, they are rodents. • Kangaroo rats are excellent jumpers just like kangaroos. • Kangaroo rats are very skiddish.
9. Slide 9: THE END! 