Snow LeopardsBY:

MIKAYLA

Table of contents

1 introduction2 interesting facts3 habitat4 food5 physical characteristics6 life cycle of a snow leopard7 life cycle of a frog8 snow leopard vs. frog9 life cycle of a horse10 snow leopard vs. horse11 words to know 12 bibliography

Introduction

You better pack your bags because you are about to travel through and learn about the life of a snow leopard. But don’t get to close you might get in a fight with it. So follow me but don’t get lost. You are about to have the time of your life!

Interesting Facts

1.A snow leopard is a type of cat.

2.The snow leopard only likes cold and dry weather.

3.The snow leopard is an endangered specie.

4.The scientific name for the snow leopard is unica unica.

5.A female is called a leopardess

6.Snow leopards are mammals

7.Snow leopards are carnivores

8.Snow leopards can jump 50 ft. in the air

9.Snow leopards like to live alone

10.Humans are the worst enemy to a snow leopard

11.A snow leopard has sensitive lungs

Habitat

1.The snow leopards live in the Himalayan mountains of Tibet,Nepal,Indiana,and burton. Pakistans,Karakorum, and Hindu Kush. The high mountain ranges of Afghanistan Mongolia, the people of China,Rusia,and the former soviet republics of Kazakhstan.

2.Snow leopards live in the alpine zone in the warmer summer months of the year. They come down into the sub plane zone in the colder winter months following the animals they hunt for food. The Baharal or the ibex that come down to lower elevations in search of winter grazing

3.Tere climate is cold and dry only some grasses and small shrubs grow there.

All the red isWere theyLive.

food

1.A snow leopard eats marmots,pika,hares,birds,woolyhares,blue sheep, ibex, and domestic sheep.

2.A snow leopard eats slowly, taking three to four days to consume a prey animal. During that time the cat remains near the kill site to defend the meal from scavengers like vultures and ravens eating every few hours till the careass is bare.

3.A snow leopard hunts alone.

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Physical characteristics

1.The snow leopards fur is a grayish brownish color.

2.The snow leopard has its pattern to blend in with rocks to protect its self from predators.

3.The snow leopard can weigh 77-121 pounds. Its length can be 40 inches in length.

4.The pattern on its skin is a unique feature it has.

5.It blends into rocks with the pattern on its skin for protection.

6.A snow leopard can live up to 21 years old.

Life cycle of a snow leopard

A baby snow leopard is small and helpless when it is born. A baby snow leopard is called a cub.

When a snow leopard is 2 months old it is ready to start eating solid foods.

At 3 months old a snow leopard starts to learn important behaviors like hunting

When a snow leopard is 18-22 months old it leaves its mother to have cubs and mate.it goes of one day after it has ben thought to live on its own

When it is 2-4 years oldIt is ready to have cubs on its own

The last stage of a snow leopard is when it dies.

After a snow leopard leaves its mother it is time for it to mate. During Jan.-mar. a male and female travel together to mate.

After they mate they can have two –three cubs.

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Life cycle of a frog

The mother lays thousands of jelly covered eggs in water.it takes about ten days to hatch. Once the eggs are layed the mother leaves.

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The egg hatches into a tadpole they swim eat and grow. The tadpole uses its tail to swim.

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As the tadpole grows it sprouts legs. The froglet as it is now called it grows as its tail begins to shrink.

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The froglet begins to grow its front legs.The lungs begin to develop. Its eyes and mouth begin to getbigger and the tails keep shrinking.

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When the tail finally disappearsThe froglet becomes a frog.it canNow jump out of the water and Live on land.

Then last it dies.

snow leopard vs.

samefrogSnow leopard

The frog hatches from an egg in the water so theyAre amphibians.

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Frog

Snow leopards are mammal so they don’tHatch out of an egg.

2 A snow leopards tail doesn’t shrinkAs they get older. 2 A frogs tail shrinks as it gets older.

3 3 A frog leaves its mother when its bornA snow leopard leaves its motherAt the age of 2-4 years old.

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Life cycle of a horse

A foal[fool]Stays in itsMoms belly For 11 months.A baby horse isCalled a foal. The foalStays by its mothersSide for several months.

At the age of one to two most male horsesWill be gelded or castrated. The horseWill learn to stand and groom.

At the age of three to four basic training startsFor the horses.

Last it dies

At the ageOf 5 a horseStarts its careerOf racing or what ever The owner wants it to do.

When a horse is20 years old it is Called a senior citizen.They have less energyAs they get to this age.

Snow leopard vs. horse

Snow leopard

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horse

Both mammals

Knows how to stand when born Doesn't know how to stand when born

Both born on landMostly lives in the wildMostly a pet

Words to know

Gelding: Is a male horse that cant have baby's.

Castrated: The surgery a male has when the people don’t want it to have baby’s.

Mammal: A animal that has no pouch and doesn't hatch from an egg.

Tadpole: A tadpole is a baby frog.

Mate: When an animal has baby's with another animal

Predator: An animal that is a threat to another animal

Carnivore: An animal that only eats meat.

Specie: What type of animal it is.

bibliography

1.http://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/wild-kingdom/about-animals/snow-leopard-facts/

2.http://snowleopardsconservancy.org/kids/text/leopardlive.htm

3.http://www.snowleopards.org/learn/cat-facts/habitat

4.http://snow leopardconservang.org/kids/text/leopardfood.htm

5.http://snowleopard.org/learn/cat-facts/prey

6.http://snowleopard.org/learn/cat-facts