NC Zoo Animal Facts
By Mrs. Avent’s ClassSpring 2011
Description-length 10 ½ feet
Diet-eats mammals
Home-Africa South Sahara
Eats in the night
Created by: Devindra Balmick
African lion
Facts researched on Grolier Online
Height-10 feet Weight-up to1 ton
Diet-grasses
United States & Canada
Endangered
American bison
Created by: Gracie Resources from: Grolier Online
Description – up to 20 to 24 inches
Diet – green plants, small animals, and honey
Home – the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula
Interesting fact – it eats honey like we do!
Created by: Bridgette Ervin
Hamadryas Baboon
Facts researched on Grolier Online
Description -8 feet tall and weighs 150 to 250 pounds
Diet –plant shoots, leaves, flowers, seeds and some small animals
Home –Africa south of the Sahara
Tiny wings can’t fly
Created by: Sarah Walker
Ostrich
Facts researched on Grolier Online
Description-3 to 4 ¼ feet, 100 to175 pounds
Diet-insects, fruit, leaves and seeds, but some meat
Home-West central Africa
Closest mammal to humans
Created by: Whit Miller
Chimpanzee
Facts researched on Grolier Online
Description - 6 ½ feet long
Diet – deer, sheep, antelope, rodents, rabbits, hares
Home – North and south America
When babies are born they are 100 pounds.
Created by: Claire Fowler
Puma
Facts researched on Grolier Online
Description-twelve inches long
Diet-grass occasionally cacti and berries
Home-southwestern United States and northern Mexico
The eggs are up to 12.WOW!
Created by: Bailey Anderson
Desert tortoise
Facts researched on Grolier Online
Description-13 to 15 feet
Diet-leaves branches and trees
Home-Savannas of Africa
Weight to 1,200 to 4,300
Created by: Téa Waldt
Giraffe
Facts researched on Grolier Online
Height:6 feet-Weight:175 to 200 (female) 300 to 400 (male)
Eats mostly leaves & shoots
West & Central Africa
Only several thousand left
Created by: Levi Turner
Gorilla
Facts researched on Grolier Online
Description- 7 to 8 feet 850 pounds
Diet -plants and some animals
Home -Alaska and western Canada
Interesting fact-usually mind their own business
Created by Naia King
Grizzly bear
Facts researched on Grolier Online
Looks like dark yellow coat with spots on it
Diet-Small mammals and reptiles
Home-central south America
Cat family
Created by: Alyse Johnson
Ocelot
Facts researched on Grolier Online
Description -8 feet
Diet –seeds and plants
Home –Africa south Interesting fact –that
the female ostrich lays 4 to 8 eggs
Ostrich
Facts researched on Grolier OnlineCreated by: Thomas
Description- 6 ½ to 9 ½ feet in length weighs up to 1400 lbs
Diet –seals ,fish, seabirds, berries, plants, material
Home –Arctic regions
Runs faster than 15 miles per hour
Created by: Diego
Polar Bear
Facts researched on Grolier Online
12 to13 inches long
Eats mainly fish
The coastal area of the North Atlantic and Arctic
Only lays one egg at a time
Created by: Claire M.
Atlantic Puffin
Facts researched on Grolier Online
Description-has a sleek body with a rounded head
Diet-eats fish other mammals and water birds
Home-makes it’s home in a waterway or a hollow log
Crosses mountain ranges when food is scarce
Created by: Bettie
River Otter [Canadian]
Facts researched on Grolier Online
Description- has short wings, weight 6 ounces
Diet-eat insects, reptiles small birds and fruit
Home-southwestern United States and Mexico
Interesting fact-runs 15 miles per hour
Created by: Jonathan
Roadrunner
Facts researched on Grolier Online
Length 6 to 8 (male) 5 to 6 (female); Weight is 440 to 660 pounds (male)100 to 220 pounds (female)
Eats Squid, Octopus and fish
Lives at the Pacific Coast of North America
Can only have 1 young
Created by: Katrina
Sea lion (California)
Facts researched on Grolier Online
Weight- 2 tons
Diet-Grass
Home-South Africa
2nd Largest Animal
Created by: Isaiah
White Rhinoceros
Facts researched on Grolier Online
Description- 20 to 28 inches long
Diet-mainly lemmings
Home-Places their white coat blends in
Has other important adaptations
Created by: James Rankin
Arctic Fox
Facts researched on Grolier Online
Description-Black and white
Diet-grass and Buds
Home-Africa
Covers distances of 100 miles or more
Created by: Parker Yancey
Plains zebra
Facts researched on Grolier Online
Description-It has a long tusk and wrinkly ears
Diet-leaves, plant shoots, grasses, fruits and flowers
Home-sub-Saharan African
Tusks also help knock down trees
Created by: Miriam Sey
African elephant
Facts researched on Grolier Online
Height-10 feet Weight-up to1 ton
Diet-grasses
United States & Canada
Endangered
American bison
Created by: Gracie Resources from: Grolier Online
It looks like it has brown and black
It eats mainly rabbits and it eats birds
Home - it lives in the South Eastern United States
not red but it is black and brown
Created by Allison
THE RED WOLF
Facts researched on Grolier Online
Description-large hind limbs, small front legs, short coarse hair
Diet-fish and squid
Home-lives in the sea
Interesting fact-weighs 22 pounds
Created by: Makaia
Harbor seal
Facts researched on Grolier Online