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Ponds
www.uksafari.com/pondskaters.htm
www.naturegrid.org.uk/pondexplorer/pondexplorer.html
www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/pond/pondlife.shtml
Sea
www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/oceanlife.shtml
www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/habitats/oceans_coasts.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/11922/habitats/oceans.htm
Desert
www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/desert/desert.shtml
http://library.thinkquest.org/11922/habitats/desert.htm
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/habitats.html
Town
www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/city/
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www.nationalgeographic.com/geographyaction/habitats/cities_suburbs.html
www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/wildbritain/habitats/urban/
Forest
www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/habitats.html
www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/tempdecid/tempdecid.shtml
http://library.thinkquest.org/11922/habitats/forest.htm
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African plains
(Central and southern Africa)
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cheetah is the fastest land mammal.
giraffe is the tallest land mammal.
elephant is the largest land mammal and is endangered. It has a tusk and a trunk.
elephant, the hippopotamus (hippo) and the rhinoceros (rhino) are endangered.
flamingo and the ostrich have a beak.
Tropical Rainforests
(Amazonia and South East Asia)
Orangutang means “old man of the forest”. It is the largest tree mammal in the
world.
The tiger is the largest cat.
The rafflesia plant produces the biggest flower in the world (1 meter across).
Bamboo is part of the grass family. Some species grow more than 40 meters.
The jaguar is a good swimmer.
This frog can kill 50 people.
The piranha feeds of animals and sometimes PEOPLE!
The tarantula is the largest spider in the world.
Toucan and parrots have feathers.
Orangutang, tiger, jaguar,... are endangered.
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Polar Regions
(Arctic Circle in the north / Antarctic Circle in the south)
All the animals can swim.
An iceberg is a huge chunk of ice floating on the ocean.
The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on the Earth. It is endangered.
The husky is a very strong dog used in America to pull sledges.
The reindeer is used in Europe to pull sleds.
The arctic fox is white only in winter.
Penguins live only in the South Pole.
Inuit live in Arctic Circle in the north of America. Lapps live in Europe.
There are no native peoples in Antarctica. There are only scientists and tourists.
Australian Outback
Kangaroos, koalas and wombats are marsupials. They have a pouch
Kangaroos can hop very far.
The koala lives in gum trees, feeds on eucalyptus leaves and sleeps 18 hours a day.
A dingo is a wild dog.
The platypus is a mammal, but it lay eggs. It is poisonous!
The emu is a bird but he can not fly.
A didgeridoo is a trumpet made of bamboo.
Desert
(Sahara in Africa, Great Basin, Mojave, Sonora and Chihuahua in North America)
Rattlesnakes and lizards have scales.
The vulture, eagle, bat and scorpion have claws.
A gazelle can survive without ever having to drink water.
The rattlesnake rattles its tail to warn larger animals it is there.
The tail of a scorpion has a sting at the end.