The document discusses various desert animals and interesting facts about them, including that tarantulas can eat other animals, camels can drink 27 gallons of water quickly, javelinas' favorite food is prickly pear cactus, and coyotes have a great sense of smell. Rattlesnakes rattle to warn enemies before attacking with venom, while horned lizards can shoot blood from their eyes and scorpions grab victims and sting them with their tails.

1. Desert Animals… Cool Facts Every First Grader Should Know

2. Tarantula World’s largest spider Some are so big they can eat lizards, bugs, and mice. Hairs vibrate to inform them of nearby animals.

3. Dromedary Camel This animal can drink 27 gallons of water in a few minutes!

4. Javelina Favorite food  Prickly Pear Cactus Mostly active at night and early morning

5. Coyote Has a great nose that can smell very far away and even underground!

6. Gecko At night their narrow eyes open to help them catch flies!

7. Grasshopper Mouse Tiny whiskers help them smell grasshoppers from far away and also warn them about nearby coyotes.

8. Rattlesnake Rattle at the end of their body warns off enemies before they attack with their poisonous venom.

9. Jackrabbit Blood vessels in their large ears give off heat and keep their body cool.

10. Roadrunner Can run 15 miles an hour. Two toes point forward and two point back which allows it to run fast and catch lizards.

11. Gila Monster One of 2 poisonous lizards in the world. Can go a year or more without eating (it lives off the fat in its tail!)

12. Kangaroo Rat Strong legs make it an excellent burrower. This animal never needs to drink water.

13. Horned Lizard Can shoot blood from its lower eyelid as far as 4 feet!

14. Gila Woodpecker Chisels out nests in a Saguaro cactus and feeds plant’s food to its babies.

15. Elf Owl This nocturnal bird feeds on insects it finds near around the Saguaro.

16. Scorpion Grabs victims with its pinchers and stings them with the poison in its tail.

17. Sidewinder Moves along the desert by throwing its body into two loops and pushes against the ground to create parallel marks.

18. Sandfish This creature burrows into the sand and wiggles along so fast that it seems like it is swimming under the sand!