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The Secata Tortoise is a land tortoise. It is from the islands of Aldabra.
It is one of the largest tortoises. It
weighs over 793 pounds and is 47 inches. It eats grasses, leaves, wood, and
plant stems. The Secata is a reptile and it lays eggs. They are cold blooded
and they have dry, scaly skin.
By Arielle and Kendra
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The California chocolate king snake lives in the coastal scrub lands and
the high deserts. The adult King Snake can weigh up to 3-4 pounds. The
King Snake eats mice and rats. They are reptiles, a vertebrate. The King
snakes can live well over 20 years of age. It gets as long as 4-5 feet.
They spend most of their day hiding in refuse piles or in abandoned rodent
burrows, emerging at dusk to hunt.
By Ashley and Jeremy
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The
Hedgehog can grow from 6’’ to 15’’. It lives in Europe, Africa, and Asia. It
has sharp claws and its back is sharp. It eats insects, snails, frogs,
toads, bird eggs, carrion, mushrooms, grassroots, berries, melons, and
watermelons. I think that it is cool how it has five toes on its front paws
and has only four toes on its back feet. All hedgehogs are primarily
nocturnal.
By Christopher and Stephanie
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The California Ground Squirrel
lives in Northern California, Oregon, California, and Washington. He
eats a variety of seeds and insects. It can grow to be 16 to 19 inches long.
It can live for 6 to 10 years. The fur around its eyes is whitish. Around
its ears the color is black .The California Ground Squirrel is frequently
preyed upon by Rattlesnakes, Eagles, Raccoons, Red Foxes, Badgers, and
Weasels. California Ground Squirrels hibernate for several months, but where
winters are mild some squirrels are active year round.
By Nathaniel and Abigail
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The Dumeril boa lives in Madagascar in the rain forest .The average size of a
Dumeril boa is 4-6 feet, 7 feet max. The Dumeril Boa is nocturnal which
means it sleeps during the day and it hunts at night. They like to eat mice,
rats, and rabbits. They are a reptile. They can lay between 1 to 21 eggs
.They are cold-blooded animals. They will shed their skin. Their eggs are
tough and leathery. They will be mean if you get too close to them. They can
live to be 7 years old.
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Chris and Brandon
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A
Chinchilla is a very interesting animal. A Chinchilla is from South America.
It is a mammal. The Chinchilla can be born with different colors like white,
beige, black, gray, black velvet, mosaic, and many more. The Chinchilla can
live up to 20 years. Timothy hay and water is their natural diet. A
Chinchilla is warm- blooded. A chinchilla gives birth to live young. When a
Chinchilla is a baby to get its mothers attention it makes a squealing
noise. A Chinchilla is an intelligent and curious animal.
By Shianne and Brodey
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I am holding an albino python. The albino python is a colorless white snake.
It lacks the usual coloring of a python that helps it camouflage itself in
the wild Because of this, they are very seldom in the wild. They are easy
prey. They live in tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Australia. They eat
rats and mice. They can grow to be 14 feet long.
By Decembrist
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Blue tongued
skinks live in Texas. Skinks can grow up to 1
foot. They can live up to 5 or 6 years. Skinks eat carrion. Skinks are
reptiles. Reptiles are vertebrates. Skinks are covered with a variety of
dry, scaly skin. Skinks are cold-blooded animals. They lay tough leathery
eggs. They breathe with lungs.
By Katie and Tyler
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Guinea Pigs are very fascinating creatures. Guinea Pigs were discovered in
the 17th century, but some scientists say they have lived since
5000 BC. They are bigger than hamsters and more rugged. They live in homes
with people. They love to eat veggies and fruits. They also have to eat
pellet food you find in stores. Pellet food contains vitamins that they have
to have to keep them alive. If you treat them correctly they will most
likely live 6 to 8 years. If they are treated incorrectly they live about 3
years. At times they make weird noises. They are nocturnal. This means they
sleep during the day and are awake at night. Guinea Pigs make great
classroom pets.
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This is the tarantula’s scientific name -
Brachypelma Smithi , also known as the wooly tarantula. The size of the
Brachypelma Smithi tarantulas legs gets up to 5-5.5 inches. The life span
is 3-10 years for the female, however the male’s life span is smaller than
the female’s life span. The tarantula eats crickets and other large insects.
The biggest tarantula can kill animals as large as lizards, mice, or birds.
Females can deposit 50 to 2,000 eggs, depending on their species, in a
silken egg sac and they guard it for 6 to 7 weeks.
By Kurtis and Nina
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Mrs. Ranieri
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This is what we
learned about the Sulcata Tortoises .The Sulcata Tortoises is from Africa. A
Sulcata is like many other tortoises. It can weight up to 90 lbs. They like
to move around and they are very strong when they are young. When the
temperatures exceeds 104f they will begin to salivate heavily smearing the
saliva on their fore arm to help them cool themselves down. They call the
Sulcata an “eating machine”. They say they are also climbers. Eggs
incubate in the ground for eight months. Animals such as raccoons, opossums,
dogs, and cats like to sneak up on sleeping tortoises
By Paige and James
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