The Desert
Presenters
Ayana Ramsey
John Jones
Nicole Davis
Armon White
Cartrell Wright
Rashawn Cannon
Deserts cover 1/5
of the Earth’s
surface.
Any area that
receives less than
10 inches per year
is considered a
desert.
A desert can be
cold or hot.
Animals use many
adaptations to live
in these dry
habitats.
King Cobra Snake, Peregrine
Falcon, Fennic Fox, Dingo,
Przewalski's Horse, and the
Great Mouse-Tailed Bat
Animal
King Cobra Snake
King Cobra Snake
It is a reptile.
The King Cobra Snake lives in the desert.
It weighs up to 20 pounds.
They lay 20-40 eggs in a nest.
The father guards the nest.
Cobras eat birds, fish, frogs, toads, lizards,
eggs and chicks raided from poultry houses, in
addition to small mammals such as rabbits and
rats, and even other snakes.
Cobras typically live to 20 years old or more in
the wild.
Peregrine Falcon
Peregrine Falcons are
birds.
Peregrine falcons are
carnivores.
Their wingspan is 3.3 to
3.6 feet long.
The female lays 3 to 5
eggs.
They usually nest on cliffs.
Raccoons and greathorned owls occasionally
take eggs or chicks from
the nests.
Dingo
A dingo is a mammal.
They are pack animals.
They are found in Australia
and Southeast Asia.
They eat rabbits, rodents,
birds, and lizards. Dingoes
will will eat fruits and
plants.
Female dingoes breed
once per year and have up
to 5 puppies.
They weigh up to 33
pounds.
Dingoes are 3.5 to 4 feet
long.
Fennec Fox
The Fennec Fox is the
smallest of all the world’s
foxes.
It is an omnivore
They live in small
communities of 10
individuals.
They weigh between 2-3
pounds.
They have thickly padded
paws to protect their feet
from the hot sand.
Their ears are 6 inches
long, so they can hear very
well.
They have up to 2 pups.
Przewalski's Horse
One of the last
surviving subspecies
of wild horses.
They are 12-14 hands
tall.
They weigh 440-750
pounds
Mares give birth to
single foals.
These wild horses are
mammals and
herbivores.
Great Mouse-Tailed Bat
They are mammals
that fly.
They eat flying
insects.
They weigh 6-4
grams.
They have 1-2 young
per year.
They have a tail nearly
as long as its body.
References
www.nationalgeographic.com
http://www.zoozoom.com/Fennec%20Fox.htm
www.enchantedlearning.com
http://www.mbgnet.net/sets/desert/ani
mals/bat.htm