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Today, we will betalking about the saltwater crocodile, the largest reptile on the Earth. Thesegiant beasts are known for being aggressive, and sometimes attack people.

First, saltwatercrocodiles are very large and bulky reptiles, which is different from other,leaner crocodile species. They are the largest of the crocodilians. They havelong, wide snouts that make up most of their head. A pair of ridges, which arelike raised, hard scales, go from the eyes up to an area near the nostrils. Thescales are oval shaped, and raised, bony plates, known as scutes, can be foundon the back. However, in saltwater crocodiles, the scutes are usually verysmall or sometimes absent. Adult crocodiles are usually muddy, dark green incolor, with some lighter tan or grey areas sometimes. The color can vary, sosome adults are paler, while others are darker and almost black. The belly iswhite or yellow. There are stripes on the sides of the crocodile, but theydon’t touch the belly. The tails are grey, and have dark bands on them.

Saltwatercrocodiles have broad diets, and do not need to eat often. Hatchlings, or veryyoung crocodiles, will eat things such as small fish, frogs, insects, andaquatic invertebrates like shrimp and crayfish. Juveniles will eat the sameanimals, but they will also eat larger animals, such as larger fish, small tomedium sized mammals, birds, and cephalopods like squids and octopuses. Assaltwater crocodiles grow larger, their diets become more varied. Adults areeven capable of killing and eating deer, cattle and buffalo, kangaroos,orangutans, tigers, and humans. Crocodiles will submerge themselves into waterand swim towards their prey, before suddenly jumping out of the water andambushing prey. They can eat small prey whole, but for larger prey, they willdo something called the “death roll”. This is when the crocodile drags preyinto the water, and rolls it around while tearing off meat to eat. Crocodiles havethe strongest bite of any living animal, since they have a lot of jaw muscle.This muscle can be seen bulging on the sides of the head. However, this muscleis only good for biting down, but not for opening its mouth. This means you cantape a crocodile’s mouth shut and it will not be able to open its mouth.

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The central american squirrel monkey is a species of monkey thatcan only be found in parts of the Pacific coast in costa rica and panama. Theirhabitat is dense tropical rainforests, wetlands, marshes, and mangrove forests.This monkey eats mainly fruit but sometimes eats invertebrates. They use theirgood climbing skills to forage for food. 

Predators of the central american squirrel monkey  include birds of prey, cats, and snakes. The way these animalsprotect themselves is always being on the watch for predators.  They live in groups of 20-75 and the male of the group willusually be on the look out for predators, if there is one it will make a distinctwarning call to warn other monkeys. These monkeys have a population of 5000.Their population has gone down recently due to hunting. 

The central american squirrel monkey has a lifespan of around 15years.  An interesting fact about this animal is that they are veryintelligent. They weigh around 1 pound and are 2.2 feet in length. They havegray arms, yellow-brownish back, and white stomach and face. 

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Today, we are going to talk about the Ocelot, a medium sized catthat look like a small leopard. It lives in some parts of the United States,Central America, and South America. 

First, the ocelot has short fur that comes in a wide range ofcolors. The fur can be a creamy yellow tone, to a more tawny and grey color,and sometimes even a little red. This fur has lots of black spots and stripesthat are on its back, legs, head, and tail. The neck and undersides are acreamy white. It has round, black ears with white spots on the back. It’s darkbrown eyes appear golden in sunlight. 

The ocelot lives in the southwestern United States, all the waydown to northern Argentina. They can be found in tropical forests, thornforests, mangrove swamps, and savannas. It likes to dwell in places where ithas dense forest cover so that it can hide. It also likes places with watersources and lots of prey to eat. 

The ocelot will hunt for its prey to eat. It will follow scenttrails so that it can find prey. It will also wait in certain places until ananimal passes by that the ocelot can hunt. It likes to hunt in places where ithas somewhere to hide. Ocelots will eat rodents, rabbits, armadillos, opossums,fish, insects, reptiles, small birds, and other small animals. They hardly everhunt large animals. 

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Today, we aregoing to talk about the fennec fox, the smallest member of the canine family.

These small foxesrange from about 30 to 40 centimeters in length, with a tail that is usually nomore than 30 centimeters long. However, fennec foxes have large ears that rangefrom 10 to 15 centimeters. Their large ears are arguably what make the fennecfox so recognizable, because they look like they were borrowed from a largeranimal. These ears are used to track prey, but also help the fennec fox to cooloff. Fennec foxes have long, soft, thick coats that range from a reddish creamcolor, to more yellowy and even white. This fur helps to keep them warm during thenight and keep the sun off them during the day. They have very furry paws thatprotect their feet from the heat of the desert.

Fennec foxes livein North Africa in the Sahara Desert, as well as east of that area in placeslike Sinai and Arabia. They like to live in desert and arid regions, withlittle vegetation. Their diet consists of insects, such as locusts andgrasshoppers, rodents, lizards, and birds and their eggs. They will also eatfruits, roots, and leaves, which are a source of hydration. At night, fennecfoxes use their large ears to locate prey to eat.

Fennec foxes aremonogamous, which means that they mate for life. They will breed every year inJanuary and February, and females typically give birth in March and April.There are usually two to five pups in a litter. The mother takes care of theyoung while the father provides food for the family. The pups reach maturity ataround 10 months old.

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the echidna can be found in New Guinea, Australian, and Newzealand, and other small islands in the Area. The echidna lives in forests,woodlands, grasslands, shrubby areas, and agricultural lands. The echidna isendangered because in new guinea it is hunted for food and fires and droughts.There is an estimated three hundred thousand individuals left.

 The predators of the echidna include stray dogs, cats, dingoes,and foxes. They do have a way to protect themselves though. They have multiplespines and they’ll dig into the ground. They eat animals such as ants, worms,and termites. Echidnas are somewhat related to any eaters which is why theirsnout looks similar.

Echidnas get their spines about 8-12 weeks after they’reborn. It’s not sure how long echidnas live for in the wild but it’s around 10 years.They are small and brown, with multiple yellow spines. It has a long snout andshort stubby legs. They weigh around 8 pounds and are about a foot long.

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Today, we will betalking about the grizzly bear. Grizzly bears are large subspecies of brownbears, which might be a little difficult to understand. Grizzly bears are aspecial type of brown bear, which can only be found in North America. However,other kinds of brown bears live in Eurasia. The bear’s name could mean one oftwo things, because it could be named for the color of its fur, golden brownand gray, or for it’s personality, which is fear-inspiring or scary.

Grizzly bears arearound 2 meters from nose to tail, and stand about 1 meter tall. Grizzliesusually have dark brown fur, with darker fur on their legs but lighter fur ontheir flanks and back. However, their fur can be darker, almost black, and alsoblond. They have humped shoulders, and foreheads that are high on their heads,making them look somewhat hunched.

Grizzly bears areomnivores, meaning they will eat a variety of foods, not just meat. They willeat berries, roots, and plant shoots, but they will also hunt for fish, smallmammals, calves of hoofed animals like deer, and carrion, which is meat thatwas found by the bear.

Grizzly bears arecompetitive animals, and will compete and fight with other predators. Forexample, people have seen grizzly bears fighting with the newly introduced graywolves in Yellowstone National Park, usually over an elk killed by the wolves.They will occasionally fight with cougars, but usually cougars will try toavoid conflict. Grizzly bears will also sometimes attack American black bears.

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these birds don’t fit the typical mold for a bird but they arequite similar if you look past their visuals. 

Atlantic puffins live in Islands around the Atlantic ocean likeIceland, Norway, Greenland, Newfoundland, and other North Atlantic islands. Thepuffin lives in burrows near the shore and  lives in colony’s. They spend a lot of time in the water, and arevery good swimmers and can dive to depths of 200 feet. They spend time swimmingand also looking for food, they eat mostly fish. 

The Atlantic puffins predators include gulls, hawks, eagles, andfoxes. They like to eat the puffins eggs and young but they try to hide them byhaving the burrows three feet underground. 

The main reasons these puffins go inland is to breed. They usefeathers and grass to make their nest. Something special about these birds isthat the same puffin couples go back to the same nest every year. Scientiststhink they may use the earths magnetic field or the starts to help them findtheir way. 

Their population is estimated at 10 million and they have alifespan of around 30 years. These puffins weigh 1 pound and are 10 incheslong. They are mostly black with white stomachs. Their beaks change colordepending on the time of the year, sometimes it is a gray but turned to abright yellow orange. 

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Today, we will be talking about the carpetpython, a beautiful patterned species of snake that lives mainly in Australia.

Carpet pythons are very large snakes thatcan grow up to 4 meters in length, and can weigh up to 13 kilograms. The malesare usually smaller than the females, and sometimes female carpet pythons canbe up to 4 times larger than males. The heads are triangle-shaped, and havepits on the side of their mouth. These pits are thermoreceptive, which meansthat they are able to sense heat. This is useful for hunting prey because thepythons can sense body heat coming off of their prey, and track them.

The most distinctive part of the carpetpython is their beautiful patterns. These range from creamy white, to mutedbrowns and greys, bold yellows, darker browns and greys, subtle greens and jetblack. These colors form patterns on the carpet python’s skin that vary as muchas their coloration. They also look like patterned carpets. These colors canact as camouflage in the bush that these pythons live in.

Carpet pythons are snakes that lay eggs,unlike some species of snakes. The females usually lay 10-50 eggs, and willcoil around them to protect them. To keep the eggs warm and incubating, theywill shiver to create heat. However, once the baby carpet pythons have hatched,they must survive on their own.

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This animal that is sometimes considered a pest is moreinteresting than you would think. 

the common brush tail possum lives all around Australia and alsoTasmania. It lives in eucalyptus forests and mangroves. These possums live inhollow branches or logs. And if they live in a suburb they sometimes live inthe houses of roofs. They are nocturnal so they spend the day sleeping and thenight looking for food. It’s diet consists of leaves, fruits, and blossoms, butif it can’t find those it will usually eat whatever it finds. 

Their predators include dingoes, pythons, foxes, and cats. If theyfeel attacked they will make screeches or sounds in an attempt to scare thepredator. These animals mark their territory with scents. The possums can startbreeding when they are around the age of one. After 18 days they will be born. 

In some places these possums are considered pests. But they have apretty stable population but it is decreasing. They are 19 inches long andweigh around 5.3 pounds. Their color changes depending on what time of the yearit is, they can be light browns grey, red, dark brown, or cream colored. 

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Today, we’re going to talk about the beautiful, yetextremely deadly, blue-ringed octopus. These creatures are found on Australia'scoasts.
First, let’s talk about what these octopuseslook like. When they don’t feel threatened, they are a light beige or greyishcolor, and they have fifty to sixty light brown patches on their soft, bumpyskin. However, whenever the blue-ringed octopus feels threatened, theirappearance quickly changes, and those brown patches turn into iridescent bluerings that appear to glow. These are what the blue-ringed octopus is known for.These rings are an example of aposematism, which is a tactic used by animals toshow that they are poisonous or dangerous, in hopes of scaring away theirpredators. Other examples of aposematism would be venomous snakes, poison-dartfrogs, and many many species of insects.
Anyway, the blue-ringed octopus uses aposematismto warn its predators that it is toxic. In fact, the blue-ringed octopus is themost venomous species of octopus. The venom is injected into an animal when theblue-ringed octopus bites you with its beak. When it bites, saliva is released,and inside that saliva is a neurotoxin known as maculotoxin. This toxin waslater found to be identical to tetrodotoxin, which is the stuff that you findin pufferfish and some poisonous frogs. It’s a very dangerous substance, andit’s more than strong enough to kill a person. This toxin is produced bycolonies of bacteria that live in the blue-ringed octopus’s salivary glands.
Though the blue-ringed octopus may be beautiful,if you ever find one, you must remember to avoid it.
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