Power point about animals which are scary

1. Terrifying
creatures

2. INDEX
1.Fangtooth
2.Naked Mole Rat
3.Axolotl
4.Tarsier
5.Blobfish

3. It lives in tropical oceans in small groups or alone.
It lives from2 (the youngest) to 5.000 (the oldest)metres deep
It is 18 cms long
It eatsothers fish, crustaceans and cephalopods.
It is not interestedin humans.
Fangtooth

4. Naked mole rat
It lives in East Africa
It is 8 to 10 cms long and weighs 30 to 35 grams
Society like bees: A queen, 1,2 or 3 males to reproduce with and the rest workers. Low
respirationrate.It uses oxygen minimally(5 hours with5% of oxygenin the air)
Highlyresistantto cancer (scientists are studying it)

5. Axolotl
It is an amphibianthat lives in the lakes in Mexico.
It is 23 cm long
It is an endangered animal due to water pollution, new introducedpredators
and medicine (no scientifically proved)
It eatssmall fish and in captivitymeat and worms.
It doesn’t go throughmetamorphosis.

6. Tarsier
It lives in several south-east Asian islands
It is nocturnal primate.
It weighs between 80-160 gr and it is from9 to 16 cms long.
It eatsinsects, lizards, frogs and small birds.
It is endangered becausehumansare destroying its habitat.
It has a big anklebone that enables it to jump 40 times its own body length

7. Blobfish
It lives in the deep(600-1200metres)water of Australia,NewZealandand Tasmania.
It is shorter than30 cm long
Its fleshis gelatinous, so it swims without expending energy.
It eatsanything that it can find, mainly crustaceans.
It has never been photographedin its habitat

8. Do you remember…?
• How deep can Fangtooth live?
• Why are scientist studying the Naked Mole Rat?
• What do Axolotls eat?
• Why do Tarsiers jump so far?
• Why do Blobfish swimwithout expending energy?
• Which two species are endangered? Why?

9. Answers
• Fangtooth livefrom2 (the youngest) to 5.000 (the oldest)metres deep.
• Scientists are studying the Naked Mole Rat because it is highly
resistant to cancer.
• Axolotls eat small fish and in captivity meat and worms.
• Tasiers jump so far becauseit has a big anklebone that enables it
to jump40 times its own body length
• Blobfish can swimwithout expending energybecause their flesh is
gelatinous.
• Axoltsand Tasiers are endangered animals. Axolotls becauseof water
pollution, newintroducedpredators and medicine (no scientifically proved)
and Tasiers becausehumans are destroying their habitat.