FROM RYAN AND EMANUEL
EXTRAORDINARY ANIMALS
TABLE OF CONTENT
WHAT ARE
"MIRACULOUS ANIMALS
AND
POISONOUS ANIMALS"
TABLE OF CONTENT
WHAT ARE
"MIRACULOUS ANIMALS
AND
POISONOUS ANIMALS"
TABLE OF CONTENT
WHAT ARE
"MIRACULOUS ANIMALS
AND
POISONOUS ANIMALS"
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TABLE OF CONTENT
WHAT ARE
"MIRACULOUS ANIMALS
AND
POISONOUS ANIMALS"
MIRACULOUS ANIMALS
THORNY DEVIL
Size: Up to 21 cm long
Appearance: Covered in protective spines
Habitat: Deserts and arid regions in Australia
Diet: Mainly ants
Water Collection: Uses ridged scales to
gather water
Special Feature: Has a "false head" to trick
predators
The thorny devil is UNIQUE because of its protective spines,
"false head" to trick predators, ability to collect water
through its skin, and its diet of thousands of ants daily. These
unique adaptations help it thrive in harsh desert
environments.
SHOEBILL
Size: 3.5 to 5 feet tall
Appearance: Large, with a shoe-shaped
bill
Habitat: Swamps and marshlands in
East Africa
Diet: Mainly fish, occasionally frogs,
snakes, and rodents
Special Feature: Has a slow wing flap
rate and a prehistoric appearance.
The shoebill is unique because of its prehistoric
appearance, slow wing flap rate, large shoe-shaped bill,
and its hunting method of decapitating prey. These
distinctive features help it thrive in the swamps and
marshlands of East Africa.
TASMANIAN DEVIL
Size: Up to 65 cm long (excluding the
tail)
Appearance: Stocky build with black fur
and a white chest marking
Habitat: Coastal woodlands and dry
forests in Tasmania
Diet: Omnivorous, mainly carrion, but
also small mammals, birds, and insects
Special Feature: Powerful jaws and a
blood-curdling screech
The Tasmanian devil is unique because of its stocky
build, powerful jaws, blood-curdling screech, and its
omnivorous diet that includes carrion. These distinctive
features help it thrive in the coastal woodlands and dry
forests of Tasmania.
PINK FAIRY ARMADILLO
Size: 3.5 to 4.5 inches long
Appearance: Pink bony armor shell with
silky yellowish-white fur
Habitat: Sandy plains, scrubby
grasslands, and dunes in central
Argentina
Diet: Mainly insects, worms, and snails
Special Feature: Ability to bury itself in
seconds using specialized claws
The pink fairy armadillo is unique because of its pink
bony armor shell, ability to bury itself in seconds using
specialized claws, silky yellowish-white fur, and its diet
of insects, worms, and snails. These distinctive features
help it thrive in the sandy plains and scrubby grasslands
of central Argentina
WHAT
ARE
UNIQUE,
MIRACULO
US AND
EXTRAORD
INRY
A.Unique physical
adaptations
B.Unusual behaviors
C.Both A and B
POISONOUS ANIMALS
AND VENOMOUS
HOW
DO ANIMALS
GET
THEIR POISON?
BLUE-RINGED OCTOPUS
The blue-ringed octopus gets its poison from bacteria in its salivary glands. These bacteria produce a
powerful neurotoxin called tetrodotoxin, which the octopus uses for defense and to immobilize its
prey. The toxin is delivered through the octopus's bite, making it one of the most venomous marine
animals
HOODED PITOHUI
The hooded pitohui gets its poison from its diet. These birds consume small melyrid beetles that
contain batrachotoxins, which are powerful neurotoxic compounds. The toxins are stored in the
pitohui's skin and feathers.
ASIAN TIGER SNAKE
The Asian tiger snake gets its poison from its diet. These snakes consume toxic toads that contain
cardiotonic steroids called bufadienolides. The toxins are stored in specialized glands on the back of
the snake's neck, making it both venomous and poisonous
GOLDEN DART FROG
Golden dart frogs get their poison from eating toxic insects. In captivity, without these insects, they
aren't poisonous.
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NOTES…
WE want to check if you paid
attention…
(Surprise at the end for the
winner/s)
QUESTION 1
WHERE DO THORNY
DEVILS LIVE?
(1 POINT)
QUESTION 2
SHOEBILLS EAT „FISH,
FROGS, RODETS AND
_____.“
(1 POINT)
QUESTION 3
WHATS THE SPECIAL
FEATURE OF AN
TASMANIAN DEVIL?
(1 POINT)
QUESTION 4
How does the Pink Fairy
Armadillo's ability to bury
itself in seconds benefit its
survival?
(1 POINT)
QUESTION 5
HOW ARE
MIRACULOUS/UNIQUE
ANIMALS MADE?
(2 POINT)
QUESTION 6
HOW DO BLUE-RINGED
OCTOPUSES GET THEIR
POISON?
(1 POINT)
SPECIAL POINT
CAN YOU NAME THE
TOXIN FROM BLUE-RINGED
OCTOPUSES?
(3 POINT)
QUESTION 7
CAN YOU NAME THE FUN
FACT FROM THE HOODED
PITOHUI?
(1 POINT)
QUESTION 8
WHAT´S THE DIFFERENCE
between VENOM AND
POISON?
(1 POINT)
QUESTION 9
HOW MANY MEN CAN AN
GOLDEN DART FROG´S
VENOM KILL?
(1 POINT)
SPECIAL POINT
HOW MANY SPECIES OF
DART FROG´S DO YOU
THINK THERE ARE?
(2 POINT)
QUESTION 10
HOW CAN ANIMAL´S GET
THEIR POISON?
(NAME FOUR)
(2 POINT)
INFO:
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GOODLEFACT ANIMAL
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