Animals Around the World By: Mrs. Brown’s Bunch

Spider Monkey *Monkeys have a sense of fairness. *They are highly social animals.

Bearded Dragons  Did you know Bearded Dragons can grow 13 to 24 inches long?  Their diet is mostly plant matter.

Seals When water is especially dark or murky, seals use whiskers called “vibrissae” that are thought to detect vibrations caused by moving prey. Seals have been known to dive as deep as 4,100 meters and can remain submerged for up to an hour.

Killer Whales Killer Whales may live up to 35 years. A ten meter long whale weighs 8 tons.

Lemon Shark Did you know sharks have umbilical cords just like humans? Lemon sharks leave their mom at the ages of 12to15.

Toucan A Toucan can be as short as 7 inches and as big as 2 feet! One of the ways Toucans sleep is by snapping their tail forward till it touches their head.

Javelina The Javelina is also called a Musk Hog, a Tayaussa, and a Collared Peccary. They give birth about once a year.

Bark Scorpion Bark Scorpions glow when exposed to black light. The Bark Scorpion form groups of about 30 in the winter.

Orca Whale Orca whales were never extensively hunted by humans. Orca whales are around 23 to 32 feet.

Platypus People sometimes joke that the Platypus is proof of God’s sense of humor! The platypus needs to eat about 20% of its own weight every day.

Seahorses Seahorses are threatened due to their use in Chinese medicine There are 120 names for seahorses

Spider Monkey  Did you know that Spider Monkeys live in rainforests of central and South America that spread out to as far as Mexico.  Spider Monkeys live in large groups, but during the night they split up in smaller groups of a dozen less.

Dolphin The dolphin families can only have up to two hundred and fifty dolphins. If it gets too high they will have to get rid of some. Dolphins are considered to be amongst the most intelligent of animals and their often friendly.

Dolphin Did you know that Dolphins have been bonding with humans for as long as we have know dolphins. A dolphin go to a deep sleep because it would suffocate they let half of the brain sleep and other half not.

 Death stalker is the most dangerous scorpion  Scorpions have 24 to 35 babies at one time

Dolphin Did you know that a dolphin can sat in the water for 8or 15 minutes. Did you all so know there are 41 species of dolphins.

White-eared Marmot A white-eared marmot weights up to grams The White-eared marmot sleeps in groups of 2-13 in a tree

Orca Whales Orca whales aren’t whales, they’re dolphins. Orca whales teeth can grow up to 4 inches long.

Turtle The Turtle is the longest living reptile group. The Sea Turtle has flippers instead of claws.

Poison Dart Frog Natives use the frog’s poison on their spear tips. They use their bright colors to warn enemies away because their skin is poisonous