The animal that i picked was the Sea Turtle.
A Sea Turtle is sometimes called superfamily Chelonioidea or marine turtles.
There are 7 different types of Sea Turtle species called flatback sea turtle, green sea turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, Kemp's ridley sea turtle, leatherback sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle and olive ridley sea turtle.
Sea turtles are generally found in waters over continental shelves.
They eat a wide range of animals and plants.
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Minnie
3/5/2013 11:33:08 pm
Interesting!!
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champion
3/6/2013 08:52:53 am
Good facts but i think you should have listed some things the eat.
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champion
3/6/2013 08:53:23 am
i mean they eat
Beatrice
3/6/2013 02:24:20 pm
Very interesting and I really like the facts you found about the sea turtles.
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officer delinko
3/7/2013 03:10:29 pm
Thank you.
Garrett
3/11/2013 01:12:38 am
Thats good research!
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champion
3/6/2013 08:45:43 am
i chose the porcupine
porcupines are also called heghhogs and quillers
they hve 30,000 quils that are up to 5 inches long
porcupines are the thrid largest rodents in the world
they live in north america, south america, asia and africa.
porcupines sleep during the day and look for food during the night
The babies of porcupines are called porcupettes
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Beatrice
3/6/2013 02:25:10 pm
I chose the porcupine too. I really like your facts and i also like that you included more then 4 facts
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officer delinko
3/7/2013 03:10:03 pm
Wow. i never knew that about porcupines, i found your ideas/facts very interesting.
Molly
3/6/2013 10:27:38 am
Porcupines:
- they are also called quill pigs, heghhogs and quillers
- there are about 30,000 spiny quills in a porcupine's body
- they live in the deciduous and coniferous forests of North America and Canada, but are commonly in the North. Porcupines often live in trees (arboreal)
- they are herbivores, so they only eat plants
- the name porcupine means “one who rises up in anger!”
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beezus
3/6/2013 12:19:51 pm
BLACK BEAR
-4 to 7 feet from nose to tail
-small eyes
-rounded ears
-a long snout
-large non retractable claws
-large body
-short tail
-shaggy hair
-femals weigh between 90 to 250 pounds
-males weigh about 520 pounds
SPRING FOODS
-grass
-insects
-skunk cabbage
-squaw root
SUMMER/FALL FOOD
-berries
-acorns
-autumn olive
-wild grapes
-mountain ash
-hawthorn
-chokecherry
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Beatrice
3/6/2013 02:25:57 pm
I like how you gave different cat. for the black bear
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Gandalf
3/6/2013 12:33:29 pm
-baby turtle are called sparkies
-once a turtle taste human flesh it cannot eat again
-they can live up to 200 years
-if you compliment a turtle it will blush
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Molly
3/10/2013 09:01:15 am
I really liked your facts, because there are very interesting. For example, I didn't know that baby turtles are called Sparkies!
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Gandalf
3/6/2013 12:34:07 pm
Oops i was telling u about turtles
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Beatrice
3/6/2013 02:23:20 pm
Here are 4 "Prickly" facts about Porcupins! <-- see what i did there :P
1) They are also called Quill Pigs along with being Africas largest rodents.
2) Porcupines are covered with over 30,000 needles, this can help protect themselves when under attack
3) Porcupines are located in Western U.S.A., Europe and Africa
4)their eye sight is fairly poor but their scence of smell is fantastic
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Hagrid
3/6/2013 10:01:15 pm
You are very "sharp" Beatrice.
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Garrett
3/11/2013 01:14:05 am
hahaha I like your puns Beatrice! and its nice that you included where they're located!
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Bella Swan
4/1/2013 09:13:29 am
You're facts are interesting, though I loved the puns even more.
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Captain America
3/7/2013 12:25:28 am
Black bears are North America's most familiar and common bears. They typically live in forests and are excellent tree climbers, but are also found in mountains and swamps. Despite their name, black bears can be blue-gray or blue-black, brown, cinnamon, or even (very rarely) white.
Black bears are very opportunistic eaters. Most of their diet consists of grasses, roots, berries, and insects. They will also eat fish and mammals—including carrion—and easily develop a taste for human foods and garbage. Bears who become habituated to human food at campsites, cabins, or rural homes can become dangerous and are often killed—thus the frequent reminder: Please don't feed the bears!
Solitary animals, black bears roam large territories, though they do not protect them from other bears. Males might wander a 15- to 80-square-mile (39- to 207-square-kilometer) home range.
When winter arrives, black bears spend the season dormant in their dens, feeding on body fat they have built up by eating ravenously all summer and fall. They make their dens in caves, burrows, brush piles, or other sheltered spots—sometimes even in tree holes high above the ground. Black bears den for various lengths of time governed by the diverse climates in which they live, from Canada to northern Mexico.
Female black bears give birth to two or three blind, helpless cubs in mid-winter and nurse them in the den until spring, when all emerge in search of food. The cubs will stay with their very protective mother for about two years.
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~hello kitty~
3/9/2013 07:23:14 am
BEARS
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Bears are mammals of the family Ursidae. Bears are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans, with the pinnipeds being their closest living relatives.As long as people and bears have occupied the same areas, there have likely been at least occasional conflicts between the two.
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officer delinko
3/9/2013 08:38:12 am
i like your facts about Bears, they are also very detailed.
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Katniss
3/9/2013 11:52:12 am
Black bears
- not all black bears are actually black, they can be brown, blue-black, and a cinnamon colour
-black bears are known for there swimming they can swim
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Katniss
3/9/2013 12:01:25 pm
- black bears are known for there swimming they can swim about 1 and a half km
- black bears have poor eye sight, but have good sense of hearing and smell
-black bears eat about 15 000 calories per a day
( sorry my iPhone submitted my comment above even though I wasn't done just add on this to above ^)
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Me
3/10/2013 12:13:36 pm
Sea Turtle
1) Their flippers lets them swim excellently but make then move poorly on land.
2) There are 7 species of sea turtles.
3) Sea turtles mature at the age of 30 and can live until they are over 100 years old.
4) Sea turtles eat sea grass and algae.
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dumbledore
3/10/2013 01:37:41 pm
Did you Know? List of Facts about the Porcupine
Facts are statements which are held to be true and often contrasted with opinions and beliefs. Our unusual and interesting facts about the Porcupine, trivia and information, including some useful statistics about animals will fascinate everyone from kids and children to adults. Interesting Facts about the Porcupine are as follows:
■Fact 1 - Definition: A porcupine is a large rodent with a coat of sharp spines or quills which are mingled with fur and stand straight up when it is attacked, like a Hedgehog. The common species of Europe and Asia (Hystrix cristata) is the best known and their spines, or quills, can grow to a foot long. The American species (Erethizon) and the Canada porcupine (Erethizon dorsatus) have shorter spines, and are arboreal in their habits
■Fact 2 - The porcupine raises its sharp quills when threatened
■Fact 3 - The word 'porcupine' means 'one who rises up in anger'.
■Fact 4 - The quills of baby porcupines are soft at birth but harden within an hour
■Fact 5 - The North American porcupines have long, shaggy, brown or black-haired coat, with short spines
■Fact 6 - The porcupine' spines or quills have tiny overlapping barbs, which are difficult to remove when embedded
■Fact 7 - The porcupine lives in burrows
■Fact 8 - Porcupine stats and facts■Weight: 2.2 to 40 lbs
■Length: 25-36 inches
■Tail Length: 6-12 inches
■Habitat: Forests or brush-lands
■Lifespan: 18 years
■Diet: the Porcupine are herbivores eating mainly salt rich plants, tree leaves, grass and ferns.
■Fact 9 - The porcupine has the ability to swim as its quills are hollow and buoyant
■Fact 10 - The porcupine is also called the “quill pig”
■Fact 11 - Contrary to popular legend, the porcupine cannot shoot its quills
■Fact 12 - The male porcupine also helps the female in taking care of the young
■Fact 13 - Porcupines are covered with as many as 30,000 spiny quills
■Fact 14 - Porcupine quills are hollow and have spines on the end that make them hard to pull out
■Fact 15 - The collective name for a group is an Array
■Fact 16 - Males are called Boar
■Fact 17 - Females are called Sow
■Fact 18 - The names given to babies are Pup or piglet
■Fact 19 - Conservation Status - for more info click Endangered Species:■The Thin-spined and the Phillipine Porcupine is listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as 'vulnerable'■Vulnerable - VU (Status: Threatened) - At risk because of their natural declining numbers are facing high-risk in their natural surroundings
■Other Porcupines have been evaluated and are listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as 'Least Concern' and as such they do not qualify as Endangered, Threatened or Near Threatened species'■Least Concern - LC (Status: At Lower Risk) - No immediate threat to the survival of the species.
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nemo
3/13/2013 02:00:47 pm
Black Bears <3
1) It is estimated that there are at least 600,000 black bears in North America.
2) they are omnivores
3) they eat mostly eat mostly berries, nuts, grasses, carrion, and insect larvae
4) can weigh an average of 125 to 600 pounds
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Bella Swan
4/1/2013 09:11:10 am
BLACK BEARS
-Not all black bears are actually black as some of them are blue-black, brown, cinnamon, dark brown or even white.
-Black bears use different sounds to express a variety of emotions.
-Black bears are known for their swimming capabilities, they can swim for about 1- ½ miles in fresh water.
-Although many consider them to be a real threat, black bears are actually tolerant and gentle animals that can be very playful, empathetic, fearful, social and quite joyful.
-Black bears enjoy large forests since they have a variety of foods.
-Black bears have the ability to survive without food for up to seven months during the hibernation period.