The Animals

Slide 1: ElEphant Ele phants are mammals , and the large s t land animals alive today. The e le phant's ge s tation pe riod is 22 months , the longe s t of any land animal. At birth it is common for an e le phant calf to we igh 120 kilograms (265 lb). An e le phant may live as long as 70 ye ars , s ome time s longe r. The large s t e le phant e ve r re corde d was s hot in Angola in 1956. This male we ighe d about 12,000 kg (26,400 lb), with a s houlde r he ight of 4.2 m (13.8 ft), a me tre (3 ft 4 in) talle r than the ave rage male African e le phant.

Slide 2: lion The lion (Panthe ra le o ) is a mammal o f the family Fe lidae and o ne o f fo ur "big cats " in the ge nus Panthe ra. The lio n is the s e c o nd larg e s t fe line s pe c ie s , afte r the tige r. The male lion, e as ily re cognize d by his mane , we ighs be twe e n 150–250 kg (330– 500 lb). Fe male s range 120–150 kg (260–330 lb). In the wild, lions live for around 10–14 ye ars , while in captivity the y can live ove r 20 ye ars . Though the y we re once found throughout much of Africa, As ia and Europe , lions curre ntly e xis t in the wild only in Africa and India. The y e njoy hot climate s , and hunt in groups .

Slide 3: tigEr Tige rs are the he avie s t cats found in the wild. Although diffe re nt s ubs pe cie s of tige r have diffe re nt characte ris tics , in ge ne ral male tige rs we igh be twe e n 200 and 320 kilograms (440 and 700 lb) and fe male s be twe e n 120 and 181 kg (265 and 400 lb). On ave rage , male s are be twe e n 2.6 and 3.3 me tre s (8 ft 6 in to 10 ft 8 in) in total le ngth, and fe male s are from nos e to tip of tail be twe e n 2.3 and 2.75 me tre s (7 ft 6 in and 9 ft) in le ngth. Of the living s ubs pe cie s , S umatran tige rs are the s malle s t, and Amur (or S ibe rian) tige rs are the large s t.

Slide 4: WhitE tigEr White tige rs are individual s pe cime ns of the ordinary orange tige r (Panthe ra tigris), with a ge ne tic condition that caus e s pale r colouration of the normally orange fur (the y s till have black s tripe s ). The condition is we ll-docume nte d in the Be ngal tige r s ubs pe cie s (Panthe ra tigris tigris o r P. t. be ngale nsis), may als o have o c c urre d in captive S ibe rian tige rs (Panthe ra tigris altaica), and has be e n re po rte d his to ric ally in s e ve ral othe r s ubs pe cie s

Slide 5: lEopard This s potte d cat mos t clos e ly re s e mble s the jaguar phys ically, although it is of lighte r build. Male s can grow to we igh 91 kg (200 lbs ) and the fe male s can we igh 60 kg (132 lbs ). Large ly nocturnal and arbore al pre dators , the y are opportunis tic and ve rs atile hunte rs

Slide 6: Jaguar The jaguar is a compact and we ll-mus cle d animal. The re are s ignificant variations in s ize : we ights are normally in the range of 56–96 kilograms (124–211 lb). Large r animals have be e n re corde d as we ighing 131–151 kilograms (288–333 lb) (matching the we ight of the s malle s ts lions and tige r fe male s ), and s malle r one s have e xtre me ly low we ights of 36 kilograms (80 lb). Fe male s are typically 10–20% s malle r than male s . The le ngth of the cat varie s from 1.62–1.83 me te rs (5.3–6 fe e t), and its tail may add a furthe r 75 ce ntime te rs (30 in). It s tands about 67–76 ce ntime te rs (27–30 in) tall at the s houlde rs .[

Slide 7: CamEl The y are native to the dry and de s e rt are as of we s te rn As ia and Eas t Africa, and ce ntral and e as t As ia, re s pe ctive ly. The ave rage life e xpe ctancy of a came l is 50 to 60 ye ars . A fully-grown adult came l s tands 1.85m/6 fe e t at the s houlde r and 2.15m/7 fe e t at the hump. The hump ris e s about 30 inche s out of its body. Came ls can run up to 40mph in s hort burs ts , and s us tain s pe e ds of up to 25mph.

Slide 8: WhalE Whale s bre athe through blowhole s , locate d on the top of the he ad s o the animal can re main s ubme rge d. The s hape s of whale s ' s pouts whe n e xhaling afte r a dive , whe n s e e n from the right angle . Whale s have a unique re s piratory s ys te m that le ts the m s tay unde rwate r for long pe riods of time without taking in oxyge n. S ome whale s , s uch as the S pe rm Whale , can s tay unde rwate r for up to two hours holding a s ingle bre ath. The Blue Whale is the large s t known mammal that has e ve r live d, and the large s t living animal, at up to 35 m (105ft) long and 150 tons . Whale s ge ne rally live for 40-200 ye ars , but it is rare to find one that live s ove r a ce ntury.

Slide 9: An ave rage Ame rican alligator's we ight and le ngth is 800 lbs . and 13 fe e t long. The large s t alligator e ve r re corde d me as ure d 19 fe e t 2 inche s (5.8 me te rs ) and was found on Mars h Is land, Louis iana. Fe w of the giant s pe cime ns we re we ighe d, but the large r one s could have e xce e de d a ton in we ight. The Chine s e Alligator is s malle r, rare ly e xce e ding 7 fe e t (2 me te rs ) in le ngth. An alligator's life s pan is us ually e s timate d in the range of 50 ye ars or more . A s pe cime n name d Muja has re s ide d in the Be lgrade Zoo in S e rbia s ince 1937, making it at le as t 70 ye ars old. And in Riga Zoo, Latvia an alligator has be e n living s ince 1935. alligato

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Slide 11: Frog The dis tribution of frogs range s from tropic to s ubarctic re gions , but mos t s pe cie s are found in tropical rainfore s ts . Cons is ting of more than 5,000 s pe cie s de s cribe d, the y are among the mos t dive rs e groups of ve rte brate s . Howe ve r, populations of ce rtain frog s pe cie s are s ignificantly de clining.