Animal Facts

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Animal Facts
Research and Program by the 4th Graders
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We students selected an animal of our choice to
research. Next we found and read several sources
of information (books, magazine articles,
electronic encyclopedia articles, and the
Internet). Then we took notes on research webs,
wrote paragraph drafts, and typed our reports.
Finally, we created PowerPoint slides and
practiced reading our facts. Whew!!! It was a
lot of hard work, but we think it was well worth
the effort. We hope you will enjoy our program.
The Fourth Graders in 4-SY
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THE BALD EAGLE
Jalisha Riniker
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When the eagle spots its food, it will swoop down
and catch it with its sharp talons.
Once a year the bald eagle lays two eggs in its
huge nest.
About 160 million bald eagles have been shot and
killed.
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The bald eagles skeleton weighs half a
pound.
When the eagle is an adult, it has about 7,000
feathers.

The bald eagle will only live in North
America.
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By
Amber
The Hummingbird
McDonough
The hummingbird
The hummingbird
The hummingbird
The hummingbird
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The hummingbird is the smallest bird in the U.S.
It likes to live around brightly colored flowers.
The hummingbird never leaves its nest unless it
is going to get food.
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The hummingbird eats nectar and insects.
The hummingbirds enemies are snakes, some
mammals, hawks and other birds.
The hummingbird has a long beak to help it suck
up the nectar from deep inside plants.
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coyote
By Jasmin Porcic
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Five to seven pups are born in the spring.
The coyotes enemies are humans, cougars,
bobcats, wolves, and bears.
The coyote can be found in cities, on farms, in
prairies, in woodlands, on mountains and in
deserts.
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The coyote is a mammal with pointy ears and a
tail that is over 5 feet long.
To catch its prey, the coyote pounces on it and
bites into it with its sharp canine teeth.
The coyotes legs and toes are really strong, so
they can jump 12 feet and run really fast.
Coyote Skull
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The Muskrat
by Logan Bristow
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The muskrat builds a lodge that looks like a
haystack on the pond.
The muskrat eats mussels, clams, crayfish,
snails, cattails, bushes, and roots.
It has big, yellow, omnivore teeth.
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It steers with its tail.
Muskrat skull
The muskrat weighs about 2 pounds and has black
and brown on its face.
The muskrat babies weigh as much as an egg and
are as long as a crayon.
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THE WOLF
BY GABBY BARRETT
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A wolf has a strong jaw with sharp, carnivore
teeth for killing prey.
Wolves try to avoid people as much as possible.
Almost all male wolves weigh more than 100
pounds, and females weigh less than 92 pounds.
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Wolf pups are born only in March or April.
Two mother wolves can live in one den.
Wolves live in the northern parts of North
America.
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Chipmunk
By Samuel Spahn
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Chipmunks can be found in most areas of North
America.
The chipmunks front teeth are sharp and flat.
The chipmunk will scurry away when in danger.
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Chipmunks eat up on a tree stump so they can
watch for enemies.
The chipmunk has black and white stripes on its
back.
The babies get milk from their mother for 10
weeks.
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MALLARD DUCK




By
La rissa Roth
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The mallard ducks have 2 layers of feathers and
oil under the bottom layer.
Storms, wind, and rain can be harmful to the
mallard duck.
Every year they go south for the winter and come
back in the spring.
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Mallard ducks are omnivores.
Mallard skull
Ducks eat weeds, tadpoles, snails, insects, and
seeds.
Female ducks lay 6 to 15 eggs once a year.
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TIMBER RATTLESNAKE
BY ALEX STUMPF
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The rattlesnake hibernates in the winter.
The rattlesnake does not have any arms or legs,
but it does have lots of backbones.
The rattlesnakes back is tan with black stripes.

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People are the worst enemies of the rattlesnake.
The babies can give painful bites.
The rattlesnakes fangs are full of venom.
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The Dolphin
By Jacob Ness
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Dolphins eat fish, shrimp, and octopus with their
sharp teeth.
A dolphin is a torpedo-shaped mammal.
Dolphins live in big groups in warm ocean water.
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Baby dolphins are born alive and get milk from
their mother.
Dolphin enemies are sharks, killer whales and
fishing nets.
There are finger bones in the skeleton of the
dolphins flippers.
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The Rabbit
By Nicole Frommelt
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Rabbits can live almost anywhere on land.
They can eat over a pound of plants a day.
The female makes her nest out of grass, leaves,
and fur from her body.
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Rabbits have short, white, fluffy tails and long
ears.
Rabbits escape their enemies by running fast and
zigzagging.
Rabbits have strong back legs to help them run
and jump.
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By Kristle Erickson
The Red Fox
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The enemies of the fox are bears, humans,
coyotes, wolves and hawks.
The red fox has rust colored fur with white
patches.
Four to nine fox cubs are born at a time.
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The red fox will live in hollow trees, in caves,
and in the dens of other animals.
Its teeth have rings that tell its age, just
like rings on a tree.
The red fox is a carnivore that eats mice,
rabbits, eggs, lizards, insects, and birds.
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Mountain Lion
By Darryl Wiggins
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Baby mountain lions get milk from their mothers,
and after a month they start eating meat.
People are the main enemies of the mountain lion.
Mountain lions are hard to see because they hide
behind trees, rocks, brush and tall grass.
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The mountain lion is a carnivore that eats deer,
elk, rabbits, raccoons, porcupines and skunks.
Skull of Mountain Lion
This cat can jump as far as 30 feet and as high
as15 feet.
Its tail is about 3 feet long and is used to help
the mountain lion balance.
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By Joey Ruff
The Badger
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The badger has hinged jaws that lock tight and
teeth that are self-sharpening.
Badgers have a white stripe on their dark fur.
Badger babies are born in the spring in a hole
dug by the mother.
Baby badger and baby red fox
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The badger digs for its favorite food - burrowing
rodents.
The badger, called a digging machine because it
is the fastest digger of all mammals, lives in a
burrow.

It can fight off almost any attacker with its
powerful jaws and strong claws.
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The Great White Shark
By Zack Puckett
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The great white shark, the third largest shark,
has a torpedo-shaped body and 3,000 teeth.
This shark is found near most coastlines around
the world.
Great white sharks eat fish, rays, other sharks,
sea lions, seals, small-toothed whales, otters,
and sea turtles.
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Their enemies are people, killer whales and
larger sharks.
Worn out teeth are replaced by new ones
immediately.
The babies hatch inside the mother and swim away
from her as soon as they are born.
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The Snapping Turtle
By Sherron Shumaker
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The female turtle lays up to 50 leathery-skinned
eggs and buries them in the sand, soil or leaves.
Snapping turtles live in rivers, lakes or ponds
only in North America.
Snapping turtles can pull their legs and heads
into their shells.
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The turtle is the only reptile with a shell.
The snapping turtle pulls its prey underwater,
tears it apart and eats it.
People kill snapping turtles for their meat and
shells.
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The Deer
By Jay Sawvel
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People and wolves are the deers main enemies.
Deer are the only animals with bones, called
antlers, on their heads.
The mother deer gives birth to her fawns in
hidden spots to protect them.
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White tailed deer eat plants, leaves, grass, and
small branches.
Deer have herbivore teeth and strong legs for
running and jumping.
This deer lives in the woods.
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The Polar Bear
The Polar Bear
By Jasmine Bolds
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The polar bear lives on snow and ice near the
North Pole.
The female polar bear digs a den in the snow
where one or two cubs will be born.
The polar bear can weigh about 1,800 pounds and
be about 9 feet tall.
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Killer whales, walruses, and musk-oxen kill baby
polar bears.
Polar bears have sharp claws on their feet to
help them move on the snow and ice.
This bear is an omnivore, but its main meal is
seal.
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The Skunk
By Ashley Kohl
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Skunks live all throughout North America in
underground burrows.
Young skunks have 34 razor-sharp teeth.
Skunks are omnivores that mostly eat insects and
small animals.
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Skunks have two white stripes that form a large
v down their backs. k
In the spring, mother skunks give birth to
between 4 and 6 babies.
Because skunks move slowly and cant climb trees,
they shoot a bad smelling liquid to defend
themselves.
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