The document provides information about several different animals including hedgehogs, alligators, snowy owls, tarantulas, dragonflies, and instructions for creating an oral presentation about an animal. Specifically, it notes that hedgehogs are small mammals covered in spines found in Europe and Asia, alligators are large reptiles that live in fresh water in the USA, snowy owls are Arctic birds that lay 5-14 eggs, tarantulas are large, hairy spiders found in parts of Africa, Asia, South America, and dragonflies are insects with colorful wings that live near water and eat small insects and animals.

1. ANIMALS

2. Hedgehogs
• Hedgehogs are mammals and
viviparous.
• Hedgehogs are small animals
about 25cm long and weigh about
1kg. They are full of spines to
protect themselves.
• They live in forests and gardens
in Africa, Europe, Asia and New
Zealand .
• They eat insects, small mice,
snails, lizards, frogs and
sometimes even snakes.
• When they sleep they become a
ball of spines so that any other
animals can’t eat them.
• They normally stay on the
ground, but they can swim quite
well and can even climb trees.

3. Alligator
• They are large reptiles
and they are oviparous.
• Some of them are about
2.7 metres long.
• They are similar to
crocodiles but have
triangular heads.
• They live in fresh water in
the USA.
• They eat frogs, fish, birds
and big animals, so they
are carnivores.
• They can swim dive, walk
and run.

4. The snowy owl
• Snowy owls are birds,
vertebratews and oviparous.
They are carnivores, they eat
rodents and birds.
• They have yellow eyes and
black beaks. They have a thick
plumage and feathers on their
feet. Snowy owls lay between 5
and 14 eggs. Baby birds born
about 5 weeks later. Both
parents defend the nest and
their babies. It is the official bird
of Canada.
• They live in the Arctic.
• They can fly.

5. TARANTULA
• Tarantulas are invertebrates
so they haven’t got a
backbone. They are arachnids
and they are oviparous.
• They are big and hairy. Their
body has two big parts. They
have got 8 legs and 8 eyes but
they can’t see very well.
• They live in Africa, Asia and
Australia and there are lots in
South America.
• They can jump and they can
make their webs to catch
insects like grasshopper and
beetles so they are carnivores.
• They can lay between 50 and
2000 eggs.
• Some tarantulas can live for 25
years.

6. Dragonflies
• Dragonflies are insects,
invertebrates, oviparous.
• Dragonflies have long, thin and
colorful bodies, large eyes and two
pairs of transparent wings. They
have six legs.
• They can fly in six directions which
are upward, downward, forward,
back, and side to side but it can’t
walk.
• They live near the water.
• They are carnivorous animals and
they feed exclusively on other small
animals as mosquitoes, flies, bees
and other small invertebrates.
• They lay the eggs on or near water.

7. Choose an animal to make an
oral exposition.
• Find information about:
• 1. which kind of animals are they?
• 2. Phisical description.
• 3. What do they eat?
• 4. Where do they live?
• 5. What can they do?
• 6. Other information and PICTURES
You need white paper, coloured paper, glue, scissors, pictures.

8. • Animals sliceshare
• http://www.slideshare.net/Thankful2BCath
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• Animals in danger
• http://www.slideshare.net/jsmamolar/anim
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