Savanna Biome
Climate:
The average temperature of the Savanna is about 68º F (20º C). It is usually a warm
season in the Savanna. There is rainfall sometimes and the average rainfall is 20-60
inches. The wet season usually can last anywhere from 6-8 months.
Location of Biome:
This biome can be found in Florida, Brazil, African Planes, Australia and India. It is
like a prairie land and a forest.
Threats Facing The Biome
Threats are no cash crops and there is no fiber, food, and wood production. Also the
savannas are being used for mining and national parks. Another main threat is fire.
Nepenthes Plant/Pitcher Plant
Scientific Name: Nepenthes ventricosa
About:
There are two types of Nepenthes plants a Low Land and a High Land. Once this
plants starts to get low that means that it is starting to die.
Life Cycle/Reproductive Cycle
http://www.mun.ca/biology/scarr/Angiospermae.html
What It Eats:
They survive from the nutrients from the ground through their roots. They also get
photosynthesis from the sun. They need nitrogen and phospor to grow. This plant
eats bugs for breakfast.
Facts:
You can plant this plant in your back yard or garden
The name came from the Greeks and it means “soothing Grief”
This plant can eat bugs for breakfast
Cheetah
Scientific Name: Acinonyx Jubatus
Life Cycle
Cheetahs at 2 months old it is able to open its eyes and see the wild. They can start
to walk at around 4 months old. When it turns 6 months old it can stop drinking
milk from its mother. After it becomes a little then a year old it can start to hunt for
its self. It may have 2-4 baby cubs. In the wild the cheetah can live up to 12 years.
When it is in captivity it can live to 17 years old. They usually live by themselves.
The females always stay by themselves unless she is with her cubs.
Reproductive Cycle
Cheetahs tend to breed in the dry season.
They can stay pregnant from 90-95 days and can have from 1-8 cubs
They discovered that male stutter-bark calls triggered increase in the reproductive
hormones estrogen and progesterone in the females’ feces. “We never expected to
see such a tight link between the vocalisation and the hormone levels,”
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Survival
Cheetah’s prey is birds, warthogs, deer, antelope, gazelle and impalas. Cheetahs
don’t need much water to survive.
Three Facts
Cheetahs cannot roar like other animals.
Cheetahs can sprint from 0-45 miles per hour in 2.5 seconds
A Cheetahs top speed can reach 70 MPH
EarthWorm
lumbricus terrestris
(aka nightcrawlers)
Life Cycle
They have both the organs that they need to reproduce the term for this is called
hermaphrodite. The cocoon is buried underground so it gets protected and hardned.
Diet
EarthWorms eat dirt and compost
Reproductive Cycle
It takes a male and a female worm to mate a cocoon devolpes to protect the mothers
eggs. They have both the organs that they need to reproduce the term for this is
called hermaphrodite. The cocoon is buried underground so it gets protected and
hardned.
3 Facts
There are blue earthworms in the Philippines
There are green earthworms in the United Kingdom
The earthworms can grow up to 13 feet long
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/cheetah-facts.html
http://www.gadgetscience.com/earthworm-lifecycle/
http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/cheetah.htm
http://www.gotpetsonline.com/cheetah/cheetah-photo/cheetah-life-cycle.html
http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/cheetah.php
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/earthworm/Earthwor
mcoloring.shtml
http://www.squidoo.com/nepenthes
http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq1240.html
http://www.exoticrainforest.com/Nepenthes%20ventricosai%20pc.html
http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/units/sbi507/module2/threats.html
http://www.blossomingdesign.com/port/biomes/images/grassland/savanna.jpg