Animals

**Great Plains Animals**  Black Mamba- Auston Howard
 * Black Mamba**

(//Dendroaspis polylepis//) Black mambas belong to the genus, //Dendroaspis,// which translated means "tree snake". They are strong but slender in body with the average size being between 8 to 10 feet. According to some reports they may grow to 15 feet! Black mambas that reach this size are obviously rare and hard to track down. Black mambas are actually brown in color. They get their name from the dark grey of the inside of their mouths, which they display when threatened. It eats almost anything you put in front of it. It is also one of the fastest snakes in the world, moving up to 13 mph. This snake will usually back own but when threatened it will strike. Black mambas are located in the southern part of African. It is one of the most venomous snakes in the world it’s bite can give up to 400 mg of venom, 13 mg of venom is deadly to a human and can kill you in 20 minutes. Therefore the mortality rate is 100%.

Alaskan Wolf- Mariah Hartzell  · Alaskan wolves are NOT endangered. Some parts are close to endangerment. · 7,500 to 10,000 wolves populate Alaska. · 2 Subspecies: Southeast-darker and smaller/Northern- lighter and bigger · Weigh from 85 pounds to 115- can reach 145 pounds · 6-7 wolves per pack/sometimes 20-30 per pack · 300-1,000 square feet per pack · Breed in February and March · 5 pups born in May or Early June · Travel 100-700 miles away from original den · Moose, caribou, goats, sheep, beaver, black-tail deer are easy targets for wolves · No real predators · Come from the dog family · Adaptations can be made from warm weather to cooler weather

Elephant- Courtney Harris



o They live seventy years or more o They don’t drink out of their trunks they fill them with water and use them like a hose and spray it in their mouths o They can provide water for other animals by digging holes in dry riverbeds o They have over 100,000 muscle units in their trunks o Elephants trunks get heavy so they rest them on their tusks o They eat grass, leaves, twigs, bark, fruit, and seed pods o When elephants meet at watering holes and feeding places they greet each other affectionately o Sound like deep growling or rumbling noises is the principle means of communication o Their habitats consists of plentiful grass and browse o Their tusks erupt at 16 months but don’t show externally until 30 months o Smell is their most highly developed sense o The reason elephants are endangered because people are poaching them o The number of elephants left are 600,00

Snow Leopard - Dylan Moshier  Snow Leopards-Panthera Uncial · Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Carnivora · Family: Felidae · Genus: Panthera · Fast Facts · Two feet at shoulders · 6 to 7.5 feet long · 77-120 lbs. · Females are about 30% smaller than males · Diet · Wild sheep and goats · Are also known to eat rodents, hares, and game birds · Population · Very rare in most ranges · 3,500-7,000 wild · 600-700 in zoos · Range · Altitudes between 9,800 and 17,000 feet · Central Asia, Afghanistan to Kazakhstan, Russia, and China · Behavior · Prefer to inhabit steep cliff areas, rocky outcrops, and ravines · Hunt from 20 to 50 feet away · Can leap up to 30 feet, six times their body length · Cannot roar · Rarely seen · Only pair during breeding season · Reproduction · Mating Season: January-mid March · Gestation: 3-3.5 months · Litter Size: 2-3 cubs · Reasons to Have Hope · Placed on the endangered species list in 1972

Meadow Vole-Kortney Regis



 · Size- 5 to 7 inches long · Food-Black cherry, Sweet gum, Willow oak, River birch, American holly, Red clover and switch grass · Predators-Red fox, Eastern Chipmunk, Virginia Opossum, Bull frog, and the Bald Eagle · Shelter- Poison Ivy, Wild Grape, Red Clover, Smooth Sumac, and Common Reed · Color- yellowish-brown, reddish-brown, or blackish-Brown and usually a gray underbody · They play around with other voles. · They have hind feet which help them in the tall grass plains · They are scientifically called Microtus Pennsylvanicus · They female voles are very territorial · They are about one or two ounces · They build homes called runways

Baboon - Joshua Tennies

 · Baboons are omnivores who eat grass, roots, insects, and small animals in their diet. · These animals are endangered from loss of habitat · Baboons are the largest type of monkey and live in groups called troops. · Baboons are loud, ground-dwelling, and ferocious. · Predators of baboons are cheetahs, leopards, wild dogs, and hunters. · When threatened by a predator baboons run away or bark loudly. · Baboons live in savannas, open woods, grasslands, etc. · There are many species of baboons such as Class Mammalia (mammals), Order Primates, Family Cecropithecidae (Old World monkeys), and many more. · The two most common types of baboons are the olive baboon and the yellow baboon. · Baboons use very many vocalizations to communicate with one another. · The baboon has a life span of 20 to 30 years. · Baboons weigh 50 to 100 pounds. · The Swahili name for baboons is Nyani. · Baboons size from 14 to 30 inches at the shoulders. · Baboons have a gestation, or the time the baby baboon is carried in the mother’s uterus of six months. Kingdom: Animilia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Genus: Panthera The lion a part of the Panthera family its scientific name is Panthera Leo. Plants
 * Lion- Dylan Blackman**
 * A lion can be anywhere from 330 –500lbs., and 10’ long.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Lions live in prides.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Lions are carnivores that eat just about every animal it can get it’s paws on.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">An average lion can live from 10 to 15 yrs.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">A lion live in a Pride of 10 to 15 lions.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">2 or three males may join a pride for an uncertain amount of time.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Females do most of the hunting.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt;">Lions can be found in the Sahara Desert & in Southeastern Africa.


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