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• Mexican Axolotl• Zebra• Olive Ridley Sea T
urtle• Gentoo Penguin• Gibbon• Black – Footed Fer
ret• Quetzal
• Meerkat• Cretoxyrhina
Mantelli• Albatross• Narwhal• Wallaby• Ladybug• Box Jellyfish• Credits
Mexican AxolotlMexican Axolotl
• Amphibian• Carnivore• Lives up to 10-15 years• Endangered• Able to re-generate lost body parts• Size of a tea cup ~ Weighs up to 8 oz. ~ 12 inches long• Usually described as ‘the always young’ amphibian
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ZebraZebra
• Mammal
• Herbivore
• Lives up to 25 years
• No two zebra patterns are alike; like snowflakes
• Group name is called a herd
• Usually 6 feet tall and 440-900 lbs.
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Olive Ridley Sea TurtleOlive Ridley Sea Turtle
• Reptile
• Omnivore
• Lives up to 50 years in wild
• Grows up to 2.5 feet ~ weighs up to 100lbs.
• Can be distinguished [gender] by their tails
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Gentoo PenguinGentoo Penguin
• Bird• Carnivore• 30 inches ~ 12 lbs.• Lives 15-20 years• Adult Gentoo makes about 450 dives for food a day
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Gibbon
• Mammal• Omnivore• Up to 25 years• 25 inches ~ 30 pounds• Most threatened primates on Earth ~ all but one species of Gibbon
are endangered
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Black – Footed Ferret
• Mammal• Carnivore• Live about 12 years• Nocturnal – They sleep up to 21 hours a day ~ They spend the night
hunting prairie dogs
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Quetzal
• Bird• Omnivore• Body : 15-16 inches Tail : 24 inches ~ Weighs 7-8 lbs.• Threatened • Can fly when 3 weeks old
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Meerkat
• Mammal• Omnivore• Weighs less than 2.2lbs.• 54cm long (head, body, tail)• All adult meerkats—male and female—pitch in to help educate the
young in hunting and survival techniques
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Cretoxyrhina Mantelli
• Prehistoric• Carnivore• Up to 24ft long• A keen sense of smell and quick speed helped Cretoxyrhina track
and catch prey.
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Albatross
• Bird• Carnivore • Lives up to 50 years• Wingspan is about 6.5-11ft• Weighs up to 22lbs• Wide-winged and long-lived, albatrosses are rarely seen on land,
preferring to stay out on the ocean except to mate and raise their young
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Narwhal
• Mammal• Carnivore• 13-20 feet long• Weighs 3,500 lbs.• Found in Arctic coastal waters and rivers• Narwhals are ‘the unicorns of the sea’
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Wallaby
• Mammal; kangaroo family• Omnivores• 12-41 inches tall and their tails are 10-19 inches long.• Weigh 4-51lbs.• Most live in Austrailia
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Ladybug
• Bug• Omnivore• Lives 2-3 years• Only 0.3 – 0.4 centimeters• Ladybugs are favored by farmers as voracious pest eaters.
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Box Jellyfish
• Invertebrate• Carnivore• Lives less than 1 year• 10 feet long, 10 inches across• Weighs up to 4.4 lbs.• Sea turtles are unaffected by the sting of the box jellyfish and usually
eat them
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