Emus

An emu is a large flightless bird that is native to Australia. Emu legs can rip apart metal, which gives emus the reputation for strongest bird. The emu is relatives to the cassowary and the ostrich, two other big flightless birds. The emu sprints at 50 km/h or 31 mph. When running, the emu takes strides of 275 cm. The emu is 2 meters or 6.6 feet tall. Emus have good eyesight and hearing, which is great for carnivores(meat eaters). Emus are NOT meat eaters! They are omnivores with a steady diet of plants, insects, wheat, and fruit. Papa emu will build a nest for Mom emu when it is mating season. Mom then lays the eggs. Normally, Mom emus lay 11 eggs, but sometimes she lays 20. Now Papa does the rest. Papa sits on the nest and hardly moves until the eggs hatch. Papa won't eat for the 2 month wait. He keeps turning the eggs carefully to keep them completely warm. After the eggs hatch, Papa will have to stay with them for six more months. Papa teaches them to find food and keeps them from predators like foxes, dingos, and eagles. I hope you now know plenty about emus!!! Sources of information and pictures. Wikipedia Encyclopedia Ranger Rick magazine

The Emperor Penguin

The emperor penguin is a big penguin, the biggest there is! It is 122 cm. (48 in.) tall and weighs 22.7 to 45.4 kg. (50 to 100 lb.). They live in Antarctica and dive in the water to hunt for fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods. Winter is breeding season, and after mom lays her only egg, she leaves dad to get food to eat, but in this case, she takes a while. while Mom is gone, father keeps the egg warm. Unlike chickens and other Mommy birds, Dad keeps the egg warm with his down (belly) feathers. He stays with the other penguins and their eggs. For 4 months, Papa eats nothing but snow. until the egg hatches, Dad can't let the egg touch the ground, or it will freeze. When the egg finally hatches, Dad keeps the chick under his feathers and feeds it nothing but a milky liquid from his throat. Sooner or later during the day, Mom will come with fish to feed the chick, and Dad gets to hunt himself a fish meal. sources Wikipedia Ranger Rick magazine

Cougars are terrors of the mountain. They live in the mountains


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Cougars eat deer. They need to eat 1,000 pounds or more of meat per day.
The babies are spotted with a bobbed, small tail. Soon, they develop teeth, start to turn the same color as the parents and grow lllllooooonnnnnggggg tails.
Cougars can't roar.

I sniff around in my jungle habitat. Food is coming. I can smell it. A small squirrel, too small. A grizzly bear, too fierce. A deer, just right. Ssshhh! here comes one now!!! I will get him!!! EEEKKK! my breakfast screamed, but it was all worth it! SSSLLLUUURRRPPP.

Alley cats

These are cat pictures, but these pictures are of alley cats. Here is a story. ENJOY!
As the city streets are loud as a rocket, I rome around, banned from my owner months ago, my hunger drafts. It is almost as if I could eat anything, like a fish bowl. All the neighbors see me they think "poor cat" and speed away. The drips of rain slowly come down, my body, almost hallow, and my habitat-the city streets....
As you can see, alley cats are banned and left from their house. This is the reason why ASPCA's everywhere are helping strays each year.

You probably don't know what this animal is. This bird on your left is called a kiwi
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I have heard this question before. A kiwi bird lives on New Zealand and eats berries and nuts. They are not endangered! Their eggs are one times the size of a kiwi. They may be small, but the eggs are HUGE!!! Kiwis are cool!

Jaguar story

The ferocious Jaguar stretches from his lazy nap, creeping on the jungle floor, Approaching it's Sunday breakfast, a fuzzy bunny rabbit. the rabbit stands ever so still, as if it was waiting for a carrot to fall on his head. the jaguar runs as zippy as it can go. The jaguar cannot catch his prey though, this rabbit was way too fast. Too,too fast. Instead, he digs up some dead dear. And he eats ever so silently....And some hunters have came for the jaguar, bad news for the jaguar, They got the wild animal vaccine. These suspicious men wanted to kill the jaguar and sell fur coats. The jaguar makes a run for the den. The men giggle from the jungle's bratty trees. The Jaguar acts tricky and kills the men After his loud, mighty ROAR! The jaguar goes for a nightly swim and goes to the den to sleep.



Jaguars are cool!!!