This document provides information about the life cycle and characteristics of snow leopards by comparing them to frogs and horses. It begins with an introduction to snow leopards and then covers topics like their habitat in the Himalayan mountains, their diet of local mammals, their physical traits including grayish-brown fur and distinctive spot patterns. Sections also describe the snow leopard's life cycle from birth to maturity and leaving its mother, how this compares to frogs undergoing metamorphosis and horses being foaled and trained. Key differences identified are snow leopards' lack of tails or eggs and longer time with their mothers.

1. Snow Leopards
BY:
MIKAYLA

2. Table of contents
1 introduction
2 interesting facts
3 habitat
4 food
5 physical characteristics
6 life cycle of a snow leopard
7 life cycle of a frog
8 snow leopard vs. frog
9 life cycle of a horse
10 snow leopard vs. horse
11 words to know
12 bibliography

3. Introduction
You better pack your bags because
you are about to travel through and
learn about the life of a snow
leopard. But don’t get to close you
might get in a fight with it. So follow
me but don’t get lost. You are about
to have the time of your life!

4. Interesting Facts
1.A snow leopard is a type of cat.
2.The snow leopard only likes cold and dry weather.
3.The snow leopard is an endangered specie.
4.The scientific name for the snow leopard is unica
unica.
5.A female is called a leopardess
6.Snow leopards are mammals
7.Snow leopards are carnivores
8.Snow leopards can jump 50 ft. in the air
9.Snow leopards like to live alone
10.Humans are the worst enemy to a snow leopard
11.A snow leopard has sensitive lungs

5. Habitat
1.The snow leopards live in the Himalayan
mountains of Tibet,Nepal,Indiana,and burton.
Pakistans,Karakorum, and Hindu Kush. The
high mountain ranges of Afghanistan
Mongolia, the people of China,Rusia,and the
former soviet republics of Kazakhstan.
2.Snow leopards live in the alpine zone in the
warmer summer months of the year. They
come down into the sub plane zone in the
colder winter months following the animals
they hunt for food. The Baharal or the ibex
that come down to lower elevations in search
of winter grazing
3.Tere climate is cold and dry only some
grasses and small shrubs grow there.
All the red is
Were they
Live.

6. food
1.A snow leopard eats
marmots,pika,hares,birds,woolyhares,
blue sheep, ibex, and domestic
sheep.
2.A snow leopard eats slowly, taking
three to four days to consume a prey
animal. During that time the cat
remains near the kill site to defend
the meal from scavengers like
vultures and ravens eating every few
hours till the careass is bare.
3.A snow leopard hunts alone.
wow that ibex
Shure looks
yummy
I'm in
big
trouble

7. Physical
characteristics
1.The snow leopards fur is a grayish
brownish color.
2.The snow leopard has its pattern to blend
in with rocks to protect its self from
predators.
3.The snow leopard can weigh 77-121
pounds. Its length can be 40 inches in
length.
4.The pattern on its skin is a unique feature
it has.
5.It blends into rocks with the pattern on its
skin for protection.
6.A snow leopard can live up to 21 years
old.

8. Life cycle of a snow leopard
A baby snow leopard is small and
helpless when it is born. A baby
snow leopard is called a cub.
When a snow leopard
is 2 months old it is
ready to start eating
solid foods.
At 3 months old a
snow leopard starts
to learn important
behaviors like
hunting
When a snow leopard is 18-22
months old it leaves its mother to
have cubs and mate.it goes of
one day after it has ben thought
to live on its own
When it is 2-4 years old
It is ready to have cubs on its own
The last stage of a snow leopard is when it dies.
After a snow leopard leaves
its mother it is time for it to
mate. During Jan.-mar. a
male and female travel
together to mate.
After they mate they can have
two –three cubs.
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9. Life cycle of a frog
The mother lays
thousands of jelly
covered eggs in
water.it takes about
ten days to hatch.
Once the eggs are
layed the mother
leaves.
1
The egg hatches
into a tadpole
they swim eat
and grow. The
tadpole uses its
tail to swim.
2
As the tadpole grows it sprouts
legs. The froglet as it is now called
it grows as its tail begins to shrink.
3
The froglet begins to grow its front legs.
The lungs begin to develop. Its eyes and mouth begin to get
bigger and the tails keep shrinking.
4
6
5
When the tail finally disappears
The froglet becomes a frog.it can
Now jump out of the water and
Live on land.
Then last it dies.

10. snow leopard vs.
same
frogSnow leopard
The frog hatches from an egg in the water so they
Are amphibians.
1 1
Frog
Snow leopards are mammal so they don’t
Hatch out of an egg.
2
A snow leopards tail doesn’t shrink
As they get older. 2 A frogs tail shrinks as it gets older.
3 3 A frog leaves its mother when its bornA snow leopard leaves its mother
At the age of 2-4 years old.
none

11. Life cycle of a horse
A foal[fool]
Stays in its
Moms belly
For 11 months.
A baby horse is
Called a foal. The foal
Stays by its mothers
Side for several months.
At the age of one to two most male horses
Will be gelded or castrated. The horse
Will learn to stand and groom.
At the age of three to four basic training starts
For the horses.
Last it
dies
At the age
Of 5 a horse
Starts its career
Of racing or what ever
The owner wants it to do.
When a horse is
20 years old it is
Called a senior citizen.
They have less energy
As they get to this age.

12. Snow leopard vs. horse
Snow leopard
same
horse
Both mammals
Knows how to stand when born Doesn't know how to stand when born
Both born on landMostly lives in the wild
Mostly a pet

13. Words to know
Gelding: Is a male horse that cant have baby's.
Castrated: The surgery a male has when the people don’t want it to have baby’s.
Mammal: A animal that has no pouch and doesn't hatch from an egg.
Tadpole: A tadpole is a baby frog.
Mate: When an animal has baby's with another animal
Predator: An animal that is a threat to another animal
Carnivore: An animal that only eats meat.
Specie: What type of animal it is.

14. bibliography
1.http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/wild-kingdom/about-animals/snow-leopard-facts/
2.http://snowleopardsconservancy.org/kids/text/leopardlive.htm
3.http://www.snowleopards.org/learn/cat-facts/habitat
4.http://snow leopardconservang.org/kids/text/leopardfood.htm
5.http://snowleopard.org/learn/cat-facts/prey
6.http://snowleopard.org/learn/cat-facts