.lives in all oceans world wide except the arctic and Antarctic.salt water

.razor sharp teeth that can grow back if broken off. Can smell blood in the water from miles away.wounds heal quickly and they hardly get tumors

African Lion

Habitat: Found throughout the South Sahara desert and eastern AfricaSeen in Grassy plains Also seen in dry areas and In areas with heavy forests

Adaptation:Can chase down prey very quickly Strong jaws and sharp teeth for shredding meat Sharp, strong claws for defense against other predators

Other Information: Lengh:7.9 to 9.5 feet Weight: 265-420 lbs.Groups: Lives in “Prides”Live an average of 10-12 years

Adaptations

•Powerful tail acts as rudder in the water•Armor plated skin for protection•Massive jaws for feeding

American Alligator

•Live in freshwater in southeast United States.•Live in wetlands•As apex predators they eat almost anything near the water including deer, wild boar’s, fish, amphibians, and sometimes even bears.

Environment

The North American Beaver

Environment

Riparian Zone(River Bank)

• Cool Water

• High Water Quality

• Good Fish Habitat

• High Wildlife diversity

Adaptations• Waterproof Coat- Dense

Underfur keeps skin dry and ward while beaver is in cold water.

• Teeth- Cuts down trees to access food previously inaccessible

• Fat Reservoir- Stores fat in tail for fall and winter

Bengal TigerPanthera tigris tigris

The Bengal tiger, or Royal Bengal tiger, roams a wide range of habitats including high altitudes, tropical and subtropical rainforests, mangroves, and grasslands. Tigers use their distinctive coats as camouflage (no two have exactly the same stripes). white spots on the backside of each ear help baby tigers to see their mothers. Without the spots, which are very visible against a black background, the stripes of a mother tiger would make them almost invisible to the blurry-eyed cubs who trail behind themBengal tigers hunt mostly at night, killing their prey by severing the spinal cord, or by inflicting a suffocation bite (usually for larger prey). Hunting at night allows them to have an advantage against their prey. (most of there prey are not nocturnal and have poor night vision)

cheetah

•Environment

•Grasslands of Africa

•semi-desert areas of

Africa.Adaptations

• They have small heads for less air

resistance

• They have large nostrils to allow maximum

oxygen intake

•There tail flattens towards the end to act

as a rudder to help keep its balance while

running at high speed.

•Ears – cool down the body

and helps blood circulation.

•Eyes- long eye lashes and

eye lids protect from dust but

bad vision.

•Tusks- grow throughout

their life time help to gather

and carry food also as a

weapon.

•Trunk-It is used for

eating, drinking, water

bathing, and communication.

•Africa

•Drier woodlands and

savannas

Environment Ice Floes/Icebergs

(they never step on land)

Antarctica (just the ice, and water)

Ocean Very cold

climate, cold water and ice.

Adaptations Colored white on

front and black on back- camouflages them from predators in the water

Extra flap of skin on feet- allows them to keep the egg with them.

Layer of fat beneath skin- keeps them warm.

AMERICAN ALLIGATOR

Environment Adaptations-sinkholes and Bite force of

2125

ponds in pine pounds

lands to fresh There scales act

water sloughs like a suit of

armor

to mangrove 2,000 to 3,000

Estuaries teeth in a life

time

Adaptations: Their coats are made up of wooly fur

to provide insulation large paws have fleshy pads and claws

for traction and can spread to provide better support in snow

They have long guard hairs to keep out moisture

Ecosystem Characteristics:climate is relatively cold

long, cold winters and short summers.

The Siberian Taiga, one of the habitats they are best suited to

Ecosystem Characteristics The coloration makes it difficult for prey to spot the shark because it breaks up the shark's outline when seen from the side. From above, the darker shade blends with the sea and from below it exposes a minimal silhouette against the sunlight. Great whites display countershadinghaving a white underside and a grey dorsal area (sometimes in a brown or blue shade) that gives an overall mottled appearance.

Great white sharks live in almost all coastal and offshore water

Great White Shark

• Live along coast lines around the world

• They are usually found in temperate waters( not very hot and not very cold)

• Live in Tropical Seas

• Have sensitive smell and can smell blood from a 5km distance

• powerful body and specially designed tail that provides for enormous bursts of energy for striking with such strength that the first bite is frequently a death blow

• Sharks are covered in flexible Scales The scaly hide serves as both a suit of armor and a means of streamlining movement

Environment

Adaptations

Great white sharkSharks characteristics Adaptations

Live in the ocean

They can get to 20 feet long

Weight up to 5000 pounds

They can go 15mph in the water

They exceptional sense of smell make it easy to detect prey.

Their mouths are lined with up to 300 serrated, triangular teeth arranged in several rows so they can grip their prey.

They can jump out of the water so the can catch flying prey well.

•Water (Ocean/Sea)

•Tropical/subtropical coastal waters

•Lay eggs on beaches

•Herbivorous (Sea grasses & Algae) as well as Crabs, jellyfish & sponges.

Ecosystem Characteristics:

Adaptations:

•Heavy shell protecting their body from predators (seabirds, crabs, and raccoons)•Head can be retracted into their shell to protect them from predators•They have four limbs that are flat and can rotate, which allows them to swim & move on land

• Live in woodlands• Forested areas• Gardens with many flowers• Feed on nectar and sap• Omnivores• In North America

Environment Adaptations/ Facts

• Females can have many broods per year

• Females don’t have ruby colored throat

• Have high metabolism to keep up the rapid wing beat

• Can fly backwards and upside down

• Beat its wings 53 times per second

Giant Panda

Ecosystem Characteristics-The Giant panda also known as, Panda, Is found in the southwestern China.-Pandas spend almost 12 hours a day eating bamboo and other vegetation.

Adaptations- The shape of pandas teeth are big and dull,

to help them chomp through bamboo.

- Pandas don’t have thumbs, but their wrists act as thumb-like bones that act like thumbs to grip onto bamboo.

- Pandas usually get their food off of thetop of mountains, and their climbingability makes it easy but it’shard to get their food because humansare usually in the valley.

Poison Dart Frogs

By River Kley

1. They have extremely bright colors that help scare off predators. Also their patterns help scare off predators.

2. They carry their eggs and tadpoles on their back to protect them from predators.

3. They can pick up poison from plants/animals to kill off the predators who eat them.

Poison dart frogs live mainly in South America. They live in Costa Rica for example and tropical rainforests.

Ecosystem

Characteristics

•Ocean floor

•They especially like

muddy and sandy

bottoms.

•They also like rocky

coral reefs like the

one found in the

Caribbean.

Adaptations

•Eye sight- eyes on

top of their heads

so they can see

everything above

them while hiding in

sand.

•Sense- they can

feel mussels move

and they can smell

their prey.

•Breathing-

the water is

brought in

through the

spiracles, the

mouth is free

to be used to

feed, and

they are able

to breathe

while hiding in

the sand.

Ecosystem

Characteristics• Found in Dessert in Australia

• Temperatures vary between

night and day from 102° to as low

as 28°

• Scares Water amounts in the

Australia dessert

• Rocky and cracked surface

Adaptations

• Has the ability to change

color to adapt to environment

• Can puff there body up to

make them look larger

• Soaks up water with its feet

then travels through with

special skin cells

• When defenseless it squirts

blood that tastes so bad it

fends off the enemy

Environment:•Africa

•Congo river

•Lualaba River

•Lake Upemba

• Lake Tanganyika

•Fresh water

Adaptations:•32 razor sharp teeth•Can tear through a solid steel water•Considered Africa’s equivalent of the South American piranha•Can measure up to 2 meters

West Indian ManateeBy Sydney Sauvage

Ecosystem Characteristics

•Shallow slow moving rivers, estuaries, salt water bays, canals and costal areas

•Warmer waters between Southern United States and the Brazil

•Go about 3-7ft deep

•Found near fresh water vegetation and sea grass

Adaptations

•Nostrils close tightly when they dive to keep water out

•Thick layer of body fat to insulate in cold water, fat varies on place and temperature

• flexible upper lip to guide vegetation into the mouth