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MY PROJECT
Descriptive Text about Animal
Name
: Cantika Zalfa Alifiana R.
Class
: VIII I
Absent: 05
I like Elephants
I like elephants. Elephants are the biggest land animals in the world.
The African elephant is found on the continent of Africa and the
Indian elephant is found in Asia. Elephants are mammals as well as
herbivores, meaning they only eat plants rather than meat.
I know that there are two main types of elephants; the African
elephant and the Indian elephant. The African elephant is bigger than
the Indian elephant. It has larger ears too. Both the males and females
have tusks. The African elephant has wrinkly gray skin, a swayed
back, and two tips at the end of its trunk that it can use like fingers to
pick stuff up. The tusk make elephant look really cool.
The Indian, or Asian, elephant is smaller than the African elephant
and has smaller ears. They have more of a humped back and only one
fingerlike tip at the end of their trunk. Also, their skin tends to be less
wrinkly than the African elephant. Next time go to the zoo. I want to
ride an elephant.
The Giraffes
Giraffes are truly giant animals. They amaze me. I like giraffes
because their long neck. They can grow up to 17 feet tall and weigh as
much as 3,000 pounds. The male giraffes, called bulls, are typically
larger than the females, called cows. The babies aren’t exactly small
either. A baby giraffe, called a calf, is 6 feet tall at birth! Giraffes also
have large hearts. Their hearts can be up to 2 feet long and weigh over
20 pounds. They need these large hearts to pump blood all the way up
their long necks.
It is always fun to watch giraffes eat from the tree. Their favorite
types of leaves are from the acacia tree. Giraffes are herbivores,
meaning they eat plants rather than meat. They use their long necks
and tongues (which they can stick out up to a foot and a half!) to get
to leaves on trees. A typical full-grown adult giraffe will eat over 70
pounds of leaves, twigs, and fruit each day. Giraffes don’t need to
drink water very often because there is so much water in the leaves
they eat. However, when they do drink water, they can drink several
gallons at a time. I think this is not good because a giraffe has to bend
down and get into a vulnerable position when drinking. Not a good
idea when there are lions sneaking around!
An Australia kangaroo
A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia, although it has a
smaller relative, called a wallaby, which lives on the Australian island
of Tasmania and also in New Guinea.
Kangaroos eat grass and plants. They have short front legs, but very
long and very strong back legs and a tail. These they use for sitting up
on and for jumping. Kangaroos have been known to make forward
jumps of over eight meters, and leap across fences more than three
meters high. They can also run at speeds of over 45 kilometers per
hour.
The largest kangaroos are the Great Grey Kangaroo and the Red
Kangaroo. Adults grow to a length of 1.60 meters and weigh over 90
kilos.
Kangaroos are marsupials. This means that the female kangaroo has
an external pouch on the front of her body. A baby kangaroo is very
tiny when it is born, and it crawls at once into this pouch where it
spends its first five months of life.
Dolphins
I really interested in the dolphins. They are one of the most playful
and intelligent animals on our planet. Even though dolphins spend
their lives in the water, they are not fish, but are mammals. Dolphins
can’t breathe water like fish, but need to come to the surface to breath
air.
Dolphins eat other smaller fish, but they eat squid, too, and some
dolphins, like Killer Whales, will often eat small sea mammals like
seals and penguins. Dolphins often hunt together, herding fish into
packed groups or into inlets where they can be easily caught. Some
dolphins will share their food with the young or let the young catch
injured prey as practice. They don’t chew their food, they swallow it
whole. Dolphins get the water they need from the animals they eat,
rather than drinking ocean water.
Dolphins have excellent eyesight and hearing. Underwater they use
echolocation. Echolocation is kind of like sonar where dolphins make
a sound and then listen to the echo. Dolphin is also tame animal that
people can play with.
Camel
Camel is a kind of desert animals which has big and strong body.
These animals can be found in dry and desert regions in Asia and
North Africa. Camel can travel in long distances without food and
drinks at all in the middle of a hot desert. This can be happened
because they can store their reserves food in the form of fat on its
hump. Their unique foot makes them easy to walk on the thick sand in
the desert. They also have thick and long eyelashes to help them see
in the middle of a sandstorm. Their body is able to survive in the hot
desert until the temperature reach 41 degrees Celsius. Moreover, the
process of transpiration which only occurs on their skin rather than on
their fur, makes camel can save a lot of reserves water on their body.
There are two types of camels in this world. The first is the Arabian
camel. They has a unique characteristic that has one hump on his
back. Arabian camel or also called as dromedary can be used as a
means of people’s transportation in the desert and also can be food
sources. The second is the Bactrian camel which has two humps.
Bactrian camel can be found in the Gobi Desert region of China,
Mongolia, and Australia. Similar with one humped camel, Bactrian
camel can also be used as a means of transportation and a source of
food.
Cat
Cat or Felis (called in Latin), are carnivorous or meat-eaters. The word “cat” is said to
represent an animal that has been domesticated. However, cats actually can be a tiger, lion,
and cheetah which are a kind of wild animal.
A home cat which is quite familiar, is a mammal that has four legs, a tail, two pointy ears, and
bushy hair. The feet have the sharp claws. You must be careful when holding the leg of a cat,
because the claws are so powerful and can hurt both your hands and body.
Cat’s tail is used as a tool to communicate and to maintain the body balance. Two pointy cat
ears have very good hearing. Cats even have a hearing performance two times than dogs and
seven times better than human. The bushy hair is an attraction because some colors are
striking and beautiful.
One thing that you should not forget is the cat’s moustaches. Cats have moustaches whose
function is to detect preys in the dark. It is also used to know their emotions. When it leaning
forward, then the cat is being friendly, but when leaning back, then they are in an aggressive
condition. Last, the function of those is determining the change of wind direction.
Cat as the most popular pet in the world has a weight between 2.5 to 7 kilograms. Only a few
cats that are able to weigh up to 10 kilograms. However, if fed in excess, you can see that the
cat has a weight up to 23 pounds.
They can live up to 15-20 years. However, we now see that a cat only just able to live up to
the age of 3-4 years. Meanwhile, they called as the sleeping animal. Cats can spend up to 16
hours every day only for sleeping. In addition to sleep, their another habit is licking their
body in order to cleanse the body of impurities.
In Indonesia, we usually find some kind of cats including domestic cats, Persian, Angora,
Himalayan, Maine Coon, and Bengal Cats.
Rabbit
Rabbits are cute animals and have a thick hair. They have two eyes, four legs,
two ears, and a tail. Their hair has become the main attraction so many people
buy rabbits because of their hair color which is really fascinating. You can see a
rabbit with a variety of different hair colors such as white, black, brown, gray,
and others. One of the most preferred color is white, because of white, rabbit
symbolized as a clean animal and absolutely adorable. Rabbit eye is very funny
and most of them are back. Some types even have a red color of eye. One of the
types of rabbits that have red eyes are Australian rabbits.
They have two long ears and even theirs can grow up to 10 cm. With their long
ears, they could hear better and know the voices of their predators when
approaching. Rabbit ears look so funny and sometimes moving up. Four feet
they have are very strong, especially the hind feet because those are used as a
point for jump. Front feet have 5 fingers while the hind feet have 4 fingers.
Using four legs, they can run very fast and it makes them easier to run away
from chasing predators.
They have an enough long body. They can grow between 20 to 50 cm with a
weight between 0.4 kg to 2 kg. They has a short tail. Their tails looks like a
cotton ball because it is so short. A female rabbit is pregnant for 30 days. Every
birth, rabbits can deliver between 4 to 12 babies. This is why the rabbit
population continues to grow rapidly and they do not become an endangered
species. Females can mate since the age of 6 months, while the males when they
reach the age of 7 months. After mating, the females will then make their nests
in the ground to deliver the babies.
Rabbit population continues to grow to this day due to the reproduction done
consistently. Rabbits even become an important element in the livestock
business. Currently, they become pet and food which are bought and sold
continuously throughout the world.
My Rottweiler Dog
I have a dog. He is a Rottweiler dog named Rogger. As another type of
Rottweiler, Rogger has large size. If he stands up, his height is about 55 to 75
cm measured up to his shoulder and his weight is about 37 to 44 kg. He has
large size because it is generally the type of Rottweiler dogs that always has the
great body. Rottweiler dog is commonly used as a working dog. In his origin
region in German, this dog is usually used to keep a cattle from wolves and
foxes. My dog Rogger has a short fur that is attached to his skin, the texture is
very thick and black. Rogger also has a dark brown and light brown shadow
around his cheeks, chest, legs, and around his eyes. His tail is short because the
tail has been cut by my father since he was puppy. His face looked very fierce
and terrible. Rogger also has a very strong jaw. When his mouth opens, his big
pointy teeth will appear. Then, the things that I love the most is his authoritative
and very loud barking. It can frighten the strangers who heard his voice.
Therefore I make him as a guard dog in my house.
Rogger placed in a large cage in front of my house. Rogger love being invited to
walk around the complex of my house. My parents and I often take him a walk,
especially in the afternoon. He is very excited to be invited to play. Whenever
he get from the cage out, he will be very happy by bounding around the people
who take him out of the cage.
Rogger really love to eat. He can spend 3 pounds of meat every day. I always
feed him 3 times a day in every morning, noon, and night. I also always give
him vitamins to keep his health and also rabies injections once a year. Rogger is
so strong. In fact, he was able to pull a car that was tied in his body. Because of
his power, I feel so hard to put him in the cage. Even I need my father and
brother help to pull him into the cage every afternoon.
BUTTERFLY
Butterflies are beautiful, flying insects with large scaly wings.like all
insects, they have six legs, three body parts, a pair of antennae, and
compound eyes. The three body parts are the head, thorax (the chest),
and abdomen (the tail end). The four wings and the six legs of the
butterfly are connected to the thorax. The thorax contains the muscles
that make the legs and wings move.
Butterflies ere very good fliers. They have two pairs, of large wings
covered with colourful scales. Butterflies and moths are the only
insects that have scaly wings. The wings are connected to the
butterfly’s thorax (mid-section). Butterflies can only fly if their body
temperature is above 27 degrees Centigrade. Butterflies sun
themselves to warm up in cool weather. As butterflies get older, the
colour of the wings fades and the wings become ragged.
The speed varies among butterfly species (the poisonous varieties are
slower than noun – poisonous varieties). The fastest butterflies can fly
at about 50 kilometers per hour (kph) or faster. Slow flying butterflies
fly about 8 kph.
BIRD
Birds are the members of vertebrate animals that have feathers and
wings. It is estimated that there are approximately 8800-10200 bird
species throughout the world, ranging from the smallest such as
hummingbirds to the biggest one such as ostriches. Generally, they
can fly in the air. But some of them cannot fly despite having wings.
The birds that cannot fly such as: chicken, ostrich, duck and wild
duck, while penguins are a good swimmers animals.
They have a morphology which is different one another. This
difference is adapted to their environment and food. For example its
beak is so various such as beak shaped, hooked, long, small and large.
The difference is adjusted to the type of their food. For example: the
eagle has a strong hooked beak for tearing flesh. Its claw also has
different shape. Some of them have a membrane such as in the duck
legs. This membrane helps them to swim. Also, there are birds with
strong claws like a hawk. Hawk’s foot is designed for gripping their
prey.
They reproduce by spawning. Commonly, the eggs will be incubated
before hatching. Time period to incubate every bird is different. For
example chicken needs 21 days to incubate their eggs. Their habitat is
also very diverse. They inhabit places that have a lot of foods such as
forests, mountains, in the middle of city, sea, lakes and rivers others.
They have provided tremendous benefits to human life. Some birds,
such as chickens, turkeys, geese and ducks have been bred for a long
time and been important source of protein for humans either its meat
or eggs.
Tiger
Tiger (Panthera Tigris) is mammal that belongs to Chordate phylum (having
spinal cord), Vertebrate subphylum (vertebrates), Felidae family (cat), Panthera
genus, and Tigris species. They are the biggest cat that lives on earth. Even they
are bigger than a lion. Besides being the largest cat, they are also the second
fastest cat in terms of running, after cheetah. In the class of carnivorous animal,
they are the third largest carnivores after polar bears and grizzly bears.
They have nine sub- species of which three species have been declared
Vanished. The subspecies which still live on earth are Siberian tigers, tiger
South China tiger, Indochinese tiger, Bengal tiger, and Malayan tiger. In
general, male tigers weigh between 180 and 320 kg, while the weight is
between 120 and 180 kg for females. Their body length is between 2.6 and 3.3
meters for males, while females’ body length is between 2.3 and 2.75 meters.
Among the surviving subspecies, Sumatran tigers are the smallest and Siberian
tigers are the biggest tiger in the world.
They have stripes on its body. The stripes are usually used as identity because
each tiger has a different striped pattern. Besides used for an identity, it is also
useful for camouflage from its prey. Commonly, colors of the stripes are orange
and black while its hair chest is white. Nevertheless, Siberian tigers have pale
stripes while Bengal tigers’ body is white.
In general, tigers have a white mane on the bottom of face. Unlike lions, their
mane is less. Just like other species of big cats, they have a white spot on the
back of both ears. They are a meat -eating animals (carnivores). They usually
hunt fairly large prey such as forest cattle, elk, deer, and pigs. They belong to
solitary animals. They prefer to live and hunt alone. Although come from the
same family, they are different from ordinary cat. They really like to swim.
Tigers reproduce by whelping. They usually breed in November until April.
They have a gestation period about 3-4 weeks and can produce 3 to 4 cubs.
CROCODILE
Crocodiles range from 5 to 25 feet (1.5 to 7.5 m) in length. Crocodiles are
one of the planets oldest living creatures, thought to be around 200 million years
old which means that crocodiles were around in dinosaur times. Crocodiles live
throughout the watery tropics of Africa, Asia, America and Australia,
congregating in freshwater environments in the worlds lakes and rivers.
Crocodiles feed on fish, reptiles and mammals, the prey size generally
dependent on the size of the crocodile.
Legend has it that if you are being chased by a crocodile, the only chance
you have of getting away is by outsmarting the crocodile. Apparently the way to
do this is to run away from the crocodile diagonally down a hill! The myth says
that crocodiles have a very slow turning circle meaning that if you run
diagonally, the crocodile theoretically cant catch you.
As crazy as it sounds, crocodiles are known to swallow stones when they
are on the banks of the water. The crocodile does this to not only help its
digestive system but also to aid the crocodiles water buoyancy. It is thought that
by swallowing stones, the crocodile may also be able to swim to deeper parts of
the water.
The crocodile is also unable to stick out its tongue (probably from all
those stones in the crocodiles stomach)! The crocodile is able to regrow new
teeth very quickly after losing the old ones, throughout the crocodiles life.
LION
Animals which commonly live in a group and dense forests or
savannas which have lots of food are Lion. A group of lion consists of
one male and many females. The male is the leader of the group who
keeps the male lions and hunting areas, while the female lions have a
task to look for food by hunting together.
Lion is often referred to call as the king of the jungle because lion is a
very wild and malignant animal. Their big body and sinister face
coupled with a long mane makes his enemy fears against them.
Their Weight can reach 225kg for males and 150 kg for females. In
general, lion age could reach 10 to 15 years in the wild but if they are
kept in a cage, they could reach 20 years old. This is because the lions
kept alive by human, their foods will be guaranteed.
When compared with other big cats, lions look more powerful.
However, lions cannot climb a tree like most other cats. Their mane is
used to protect them from his enemies during a fight. A fight between
a male lion is very common in the wild. They fight over territory and
females. For those who win will have the hunt region and group,
while the loser will leave the region.
Koala
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is one of the Australia’s unique animals that
have pockets (marsupials) like a kangaroo. The name of Koala comes from the
aboriginal language which means e“not drinking”. It is because Koala is very
rarely to drink water. They rely on water contained in eucalyptus leaves. They
can be found along the eastern coast of Australia from Adelaide to Cape York
Peninsula. They also can be found far inside the jungle. They live in areas which
has enough rainfall.
They have a distinctive body shape. They have thick and soft fur and have wide
ears. They also have large claws for climbing trees. The body weight is different
one another. For example, the males can reach 14 kg, while the females in the
northern part weighs only 5 kg.
They spend all t time at the top of the tree. They are quiet animals and do not
like a fuss. They spend 20 hours each day by silence and just to sleep. However,
during the mating season, they become more active. Even the males can emit a
loud sound and can be heard up to a radius of 1 km.
In the wild, they only eat eucalyptus leaves. It contains low protein phenolic and
terpene compounds. These compounds can be toxic to other animals. However,
they can neutralize those toxins in their heart. They usually eat at night because
during the day, they always fall asleep. They generally spend about 500 grams
of eucalyptus leaves per day. They will chew it till smooth before swallowing it.
Panda
Panda is one of the animals that are large and obese. They can weigh
more than 100 kg, so if we look from a distance, the panda is very similar
to the giant puppets. They are the animals that come from Western China
and Tibet. Most of the species came from the jungle of bamboo because
basically, their food is bamboo. They have two legs and two large hands.
In addition to walking, the hands are also used to take the twigs and
leaves of bamboo. Panda usual looking for food in clustered with other
pandas.
Adult pandas have a length between 160 to 180 cm. Then, the weight of
an adult panda is usually between 80 to 125 kg. Panda body size is similar
to the black bear. However, pandas do not hibernate like a black bear.
Panda has a large head, heavy body, rounded ears, and short tail. They
walked like a human, and as I said before, that they use their legs to stand
and their hands used to reach for the leaves and twigs of bamboo. They
have a throat with a hard esophagus in order to avoid their throat injury
due to the consumption of bamboo. They also have a large thumb to take
the bamboo stems and leaves.
They look like a very cute animal with black and white color. This is the
thing that makes the panda to be the example of the best-selling dolls
after bear. They have thick hair and a little greasy. The oil layer helps
them protected from the wet climate. Panda runs slowly because their
body is so heavy. Nevertheless, the panda is able to climb trees with hard
and sharp claws. They can climb trees very easily.
We have known a little about panda from the above description. You need
to understand that it is not a cute animal. They are wild animals so we
must be careful when close to them.
THE POLAR BEAR
The polar bear is a very big white bear. We call it the
polar bear because it lives inside the Arctic Circle near the
North Pole. There are no polar bears at the South Pole. The
polar bears live at the North Pole. There is only snow, ice,
and water. There is not any land.
These bears are three meters long, and weigh 450 kilos.
They can stand up on their back legs because they have very
wide feet. They can use their front legs like arms. The polar
bears can swim very well. They can swim 120 kilometers
out into the water. They catch fish and sea animals for food.
They go into the sea when they are afraid.
People like to kill the polar bears for their beautiful
white coats. The governments of Canada, the United States,
and Russia say that no one can kill polar bears now. They do
not want all of these beautiful animals to die.
KOMODO
Do you know what is the largest lizard? This lizard is called komodo.
It lives in the scrub and woodland of a few Indonesian islands.
Komodo dragon is the world’s heaviest lizard, weighing 150 pounds
or more. The largest Komodo ever measured was more than 10 feet (3
meters) long and weighed 366 pounds (166 kg) but the average size of
komodo in the wild is about 8 feet (2.5 meters) long and 200 pounds
(91 kg)
Komodo dragons are very greedy. They eat almost anything, but their
favorite food is wild pigs and deer. They can chase as small animal,
such as monkey in one gulp.
Adult komodo dragons hide in long grass, then jump out on their prey.
They grab their prey in their strong jaw. They can also swallow their
prey. Adult dragon can move faster than a human can run. Young
komodo dragons are good climbers. They climb trees to catch and eat
small lizard and birds.
Cheetah
Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) are part of cat family (Felidae). They
also called as the most efficient predators on earth. They hunt their
prey by counting on speed unlike other cat species that rely on tactics
or group. They prefer to chase and pounce on prey that is in their
scope. They are the fastest animals of all the land animals. Its speed
can reach 110 km / h. It is faster than some of race cars.
They have a slender and long body. Its tail which is Very long serves
to maintain balance while running. Its body covered by fur patterned
bright yellow and black opaque spots. While at the bottom of the eyes
there is a black line as tears melt angled to the side of the nose
groove.
This animal is smart animals. They dropped the prey while running
with a small touch on the back foot of its prey. When the prey falls,
cheetahs will pounce on the Victim’s neck so that it bled to death.
Although they are famous as the most frightening hunter, but the
success rate in capturing its prey is only reach 40 % to 50 %.
Adult male cheetah is ready to marry at 12 years old, while the female
is ready at 2 years old. Cheetah’ gestational period is 90 days. They
can bear 9 babies. Weight of a newborn baby is around 300 gram.
Baby cheetah has fine hairs all over his body. It will disappear after
they become adults. Cheetah baby will follow its mother until at age
20 months. The average age of cheetah is only 12 years old in wild
while they could reach 20 years old in cage
HORSE
A horse is a big
and useful
domestic animal.
It has a tough
body, incredibly
strong legs and
a hairy tail. It is
usually a very
timid animal
unless
provoked. It is a herbivore who only eats grass. A horse is gifted with
speed, so it is trained for racing in turf clubs. A good winning horse
can fetch a hefty sum of money. Like dogs, a horse is an intelligent
animal that can be trained to perform stunts and tricks to entertain
audiences.
Horse has height is approximately is 1,5 meters, tall is 2 meters, and
weight 100 kg. But don't all horse has not size like that. But
dependend age it that alone.
Horse usually to multiplied in the village, because in the village still
much grasses, because main meal horse is grass. So horse easy
multiply. Horse to often to became busines for many people, such as
hackney busines, and steak horse meat and to there is wild horse milk.
CHICKEN
Chickens are bird that cannot fly. they are included into aves
group. the have 2 legs and 8 fingers. chickens also has wings,
but that cannot fly. There are many different of chicken, those
are sizes and colors. generally, the color of chicken are red,
black, and white. usually, chicken has a big and medium size.
Chicken have varied diet. they eat rice, corn, worm, snail,
and many other foods. Chickens have traits. It's stocky and
gallant. They like crow, peck, egg eating. They also like circle
dance and to go down their wing. When they want to
reproduction.
There are many chicken in the world then any species bird.
Human keep chicken because, they can consuming chicken's
meat and eggs. Diposkan oleh herhamariegom
Descriptive Text about Animal
Name
: Cantika Zalfa Alifiana R.
Class
: VIII I
Absent: 05
I like Elephants
I like elephants. Elephants are the biggest land animals in the world.
The African elephant is found on the continent of Africa and the
Indian elephant is found in Asia. Elephants are mammals as well as
herbivores, meaning they only eat plants rather than meat.
I know that there are two main types of elephants; the African
elephant and the Indian elephant. The African elephant is bigger than
the Indian elephant. It has larger ears too. Both the males and females
have tusks. The African elephant has wrinkly gray skin, a swayed
back, and two tips at the end of its trunk that it can use like fingers to
pick stuff up. The tusk make elephant look really cool.
The Indian, or Asian, elephant is smaller than the African elephant
and has smaller ears. They have more of a humped back and only one
fingerlike tip at the end of their trunk. Also, their skin tends to be less
wrinkly than the African elephant. Next time go to the zoo. I want to
ride an elephant.
The Giraffes
Giraffes are truly giant animals. They amaze me. I like giraffes
because their long neck. They can grow up to 17 feet tall and weigh as
much as 3,000 pounds. The male giraffes, called bulls, are typically
larger than the females, called cows. The babies aren’t exactly small
either. A baby giraffe, called a calf, is 6 feet tall at birth! Giraffes also
have large hearts. Their hearts can be up to 2 feet long and weigh over
20 pounds. They need these large hearts to pump blood all the way up
their long necks.
It is always fun to watch giraffes eat from the tree. Their favorite
types of leaves are from the acacia tree. Giraffes are herbivores,
meaning they eat plants rather than meat. They use their long necks
and tongues (which they can stick out up to a foot and a half!) to get
to leaves on trees. A typical full-grown adult giraffe will eat over 70
pounds of leaves, twigs, and fruit each day. Giraffes don’t need to
drink water very often because there is so much water in the leaves
they eat. However, when they do drink water, they can drink several
gallons at a time. I think this is not good because a giraffe has to bend
down and get into a vulnerable position when drinking. Not a good
idea when there are lions sneaking around!
An Australia kangaroo
A kangaroo is an animal found only in Australia, although it has a
smaller relative, called a wallaby, which lives on the Australian island
of Tasmania and also in New Guinea.
Kangaroos eat grass and plants. They have short front legs, but very
long and very strong back legs and a tail. These they use for sitting up
on and for jumping. Kangaroos have been known to make forward
jumps of over eight meters, and leap across fences more than three
meters high. They can also run at speeds of over 45 kilometers per
hour.
The largest kangaroos are the Great Grey Kangaroo and the Red
Kangaroo. Adults grow to a length of 1.60 meters and weigh over 90
kilos.
Kangaroos are marsupials. This means that the female kangaroo has
an external pouch on the front of her body. A baby kangaroo is very
tiny when it is born, and it crawls at once into this pouch where it
spends its first five months of life.
Dolphins
I really interested in the dolphins. They are one of the most playful
and intelligent animals on our planet. Even though dolphins spend
their lives in the water, they are not fish, but are mammals. Dolphins
can’t breathe water like fish, but need to come to the surface to breath
air.
Dolphins eat other smaller fish, but they eat squid, too, and some
dolphins, like Killer Whales, will often eat small sea mammals like
seals and penguins. Dolphins often hunt together, herding fish into
packed groups or into inlets where they can be easily caught. Some
dolphins will share their food with the young or let the young catch
injured prey as practice. They don’t chew their food, they swallow it
whole. Dolphins get the water they need from the animals they eat,
rather than drinking ocean water.
Dolphins have excellent eyesight and hearing. Underwater they use
echolocation. Echolocation is kind of like sonar where dolphins make
a sound and then listen to the echo. Dolphin is also tame animal that
people can play with.
Camel
Camel is a kind of desert animals which has big and strong body.
These animals can be found in dry and desert regions in Asia and
North Africa. Camel can travel in long distances without food and
drinks at all in the middle of a hot desert. This can be happened
because they can store their reserves food in the form of fat on its
hump. Their unique foot makes them easy to walk on the thick sand in
the desert. They also have thick and long eyelashes to help them see
in the middle of a sandstorm. Their body is able to survive in the hot
desert until the temperature reach 41 degrees Celsius. Moreover, the
process of transpiration which only occurs on their skin rather than on
their fur, makes camel can save a lot of reserves water on their body.
There are two types of camels in this world. The first is the Arabian
camel. They has a unique characteristic that has one hump on his
back. Arabian camel or also called as dromedary can be used as a
means of people’s transportation in the desert and also can be food
sources. The second is the Bactrian camel which has two humps.
Bactrian camel can be found in the Gobi Desert region of China,
Mongolia, and Australia. Similar with one humped camel, Bactrian
camel can also be used as a means of transportation and a source of
food.
Cat
Cat or Felis (called in Latin), are carnivorous or meat-eaters. The word “cat” is said to
represent an animal that has been domesticated. However, cats actually can be a tiger, lion,
and cheetah which are a kind of wild animal.
A home cat which is quite familiar, is a mammal that has four legs, a tail, two pointy ears, and
bushy hair. The feet have the sharp claws. You must be careful when holding the leg of a cat,
because the claws are so powerful and can hurt both your hands and body.
Cat’s tail is used as a tool to communicate and to maintain the body balance. Two pointy cat
ears have very good hearing. Cats even have a hearing performance two times than dogs and
seven times better than human. The bushy hair is an attraction because some colors are
striking and beautiful.
One thing that you should not forget is the cat’s moustaches. Cats have moustaches whose
function is to detect preys in the dark. It is also used to know their emotions. When it leaning
forward, then the cat is being friendly, but when leaning back, then they are in an aggressive
condition. Last, the function of those is determining the change of wind direction.
Cat as the most popular pet in the world has a weight between 2.5 to 7 kilograms. Only a few
cats that are able to weigh up to 10 kilograms. However, if fed in excess, you can see that the
cat has a weight up to 23 pounds.
They can live up to 15-20 years. However, we now see that a cat only just able to live up to
the age of 3-4 years. Meanwhile, they called as the sleeping animal. Cats can spend up to 16
hours every day only for sleeping. In addition to sleep, their another habit is licking their
body in order to cleanse the body of impurities.
In Indonesia, we usually find some kind of cats including domestic cats, Persian, Angora,
Himalayan, Maine Coon, and Bengal Cats.
Rabbit
Rabbits are cute animals and have a thick hair. They have two eyes, four legs,
two ears, and a tail. Their hair has become the main attraction so many people
buy rabbits because of their hair color which is really fascinating. You can see a
rabbit with a variety of different hair colors such as white, black, brown, gray,
and others. One of the most preferred color is white, because of white, rabbit
symbolized as a clean animal and absolutely adorable. Rabbit eye is very funny
and most of them are back. Some types even have a red color of eye. One of the
types of rabbits that have red eyes are Australian rabbits.
They have two long ears and even theirs can grow up to 10 cm. With their long
ears, they could hear better and know the voices of their predators when
approaching. Rabbit ears look so funny and sometimes moving up. Four feet
they have are very strong, especially the hind feet because those are used as a
point for jump. Front feet have 5 fingers while the hind feet have 4 fingers.
Using four legs, they can run very fast and it makes them easier to run away
from chasing predators.
They have an enough long body. They can grow between 20 to 50 cm with a
weight between 0.4 kg to 2 kg. They has a short tail. Their tails looks like a
cotton ball because it is so short. A female rabbit is pregnant for 30 days. Every
birth, rabbits can deliver between 4 to 12 babies. This is why the rabbit
population continues to grow rapidly and they do not become an endangered
species. Females can mate since the age of 6 months, while the males when they
reach the age of 7 months. After mating, the females will then make their nests
in the ground to deliver the babies.
Rabbit population continues to grow to this day due to the reproduction done
consistently. Rabbits even become an important element in the livestock
business. Currently, they become pet and food which are bought and sold
continuously throughout the world.
My Rottweiler Dog
I have a dog. He is a Rottweiler dog named Rogger. As another type of
Rottweiler, Rogger has large size. If he stands up, his height is about 55 to 75
cm measured up to his shoulder and his weight is about 37 to 44 kg. He has
large size because it is generally the type of Rottweiler dogs that always has the
great body. Rottweiler dog is commonly used as a working dog. In his origin
region in German, this dog is usually used to keep a cattle from wolves and
foxes. My dog Rogger has a short fur that is attached to his skin, the texture is
very thick and black. Rogger also has a dark brown and light brown shadow
around his cheeks, chest, legs, and around his eyes. His tail is short because the
tail has been cut by my father since he was puppy. His face looked very fierce
and terrible. Rogger also has a very strong jaw. When his mouth opens, his big
pointy teeth will appear. Then, the things that I love the most is his authoritative
and very loud barking. It can frighten the strangers who heard his voice.
Therefore I make him as a guard dog in my house.
Rogger placed in a large cage in front of my house. Rogger love being invited to
walk around the complex of my house. My parents and I often take him a walk,
especially in the afternoon. He is very excited to be invited to play. Whenever
he get from the cage out, he will be very happy by bounding around the people
who take him out of the cage.
Rogger really love to eat. He can spend 3 pounds of meat every day. I always
feed him 3 times a day in every morning, noon, and night. I also always give
him vitamins to keep his health and also rabies injections once a year. Rogger is
so strong. In fact, he was able to pull a car that was tied in his body. Because of
his power, I feel so hard to put him in the cage. Even I need my father and
brother help to pull him into the cage every afternoon.
BUTTERFLY
Butterflies are beautiful, flying insects with large scaly wings.like all
insects, they have six legs, three body parts, a pair of antennae, and
compound eyes. The three body parts are the head, thorax (the chest),
and abdomen (the tail end). The four wings and the six legs of the
butterfly are connected to the thorax. The thorax contains the muscles
that make the legs and wings move.
Butterflies ere very good fliers. They have two pairs, of large wings
covered with colourful scales. Butterflies and moths are the only
insects that have scaly wings. The wings are connected to the
butterfly’s thorax (mid-section). Butterflies can only fly if their body
temperature is above 27 degrees Centigrade. Butterflies sun
themselves to warm up in cool weather. As butterflies get older, the
colour of the wings fades and the wings become ragged.
The speed varies among butterfly species (the poisonous varieties are
slower than noun – poisonous varieties). The fastest butterflies can fly
at about 50 kilometers per hour (kph) or faster. Slow flying butterflies
fly about 8 kph.
BIRD
Birds are the members of vertebrate animals that have feathers and
wings. It is estimated that there are approximately 8800-10200 bird
species throughout the world, ranging from the smallest such as
hummingbirds to the biggest one such as ostriches. Generally, they
can fly in the air. But some of them cannot fly despite having wings.
The birds that cannot fly such as: chicken, ostrich, duck and wild
duck, while penguins are a good swimmers animals.
They have a morphology which is different one another. This
difference is adapted to their environment and food. For example its
beak is so various such as beak shaped, hooked, long, small and large.
The difference is adjusted to the type of their food. For example: the
eagle has a strong hooked beak for tearing flesh. Its claw also has
different shape. Some of them have a membrane such as in the duck
legs. This membrane helps them to swim. Also, there are birds with
strong claws like a hawk. Hawk’s foot is designed for gripping their
prey.
They reproduce by spawning. Commonly, the eggs will be incubated
before hatching. Time period to incubate every bird is different. For
example chicken needs 21 days to incubate their eggs. Their habitat is
also very diverse. They inhabit places that have a lot of foods such as
forests, mountains, in the middle of city, sea, lakes and rivers others.
They have provided tremendous benefits to human life. Some birds,
such as chickens, turkeys, geese and ducks have been bred for a long
time and been important source of protein for humans either its meat
or eggs.
Tiger
Tiger (Panthera Tigris) is mammal that belongs to Chordate phylum (having
spinal cord), Vertebrate subphylum (vertebrates), Felidae family (cat), Panthera
genus, and Tigris species. They are the biggest cat that lives on earth. Even they
are bigger than a lion. Besides being the largest cat, they are also the second
fastest cat in terms of running, after cheetah. In the class of carnivorous animal,
they are the third largest carnivores after polar bears and grizzly bears.
They have nine sub- species of which three species have been declared
Vanished. The subspecies which still live on earth are Siberian tigers, tiger
South China tiger, Indochinese tiger, Bengal tiger, and Malayan tiger. In
general, male tigers weigh between 180 and 320 kg, while the weight is
between 120 and 180 kg for females. Their body length is between 2.6 and 3.3
meters for males, while females’ body length is between 2.3 and 2.75 meters.
Among the surviving subspecies, Sumatran tigers are the smallest and Siberian
tigers are the biggest tiger in the world.
They have stripes on its body. The stripes are usually used as identity because
each tiger has a different striped pattern. Besides used for an identity, it is also
useful for camouflage from its prey. Commonly, colors of the stripes are orange
and black while its hair chest is white. Nevertheless, Siberian tigers have pale
stripes while Bengal tigers’ body is white.
In general, tigers have a white mane on the bottom of face. Unlike lions, their
mane is less. Just like other species of big cats, they have a white spot on the
back of both ears. They are a meat -eating animals (carnivores). They usually
hunt fairly large prey such as forest cattle, elk, deer, and pigs. They belong to
solitary animals. They prefer to live and hunt alone. Although come from the
same family, they are different from ordinary cat. They really like to swim.
Tigers reproduce by whelping. They usually breed in November until April.
They have a gestation period about 3-4 weeks and can produce 3 to 4 cubs.
CROCODILE
Crocodiles range from 5 to 25 feet (1.5 to 7.5 m) in length. Crocodiles are
one of the planets oldest living creatures, thought to be around 200 million years
old which means that crocodiles were around in dinosaur times. Crocodiles live
throughout the watery tropics of Africa, Asia, America and Australia,
congregating in freshwater environments in the worlds lakes and rivers.
Crocodiles feed on fish, reptiles and mammals, the prey size generally
dependent on the size of the crocodile.
Legend has it that if you are being chased by a crocodile, the only chance
you have of getting away is by outsmarting the crocodile. Apparently the way to
do this is to run away from the crocodile diagonally down a hill! The myth says
that crocodiles have a very slow turning circle meaning that if you run
diagonally, the crocodile theoretically cant catch you.
As crazy as it sounds, crocodiles are known to swallow stones when they
are on the banks of the water. The crocodile does this to not only help its
digestive system but also to aid the crocodiles water buoyancy. It is thought that
by swallowing stones, the crocodile may also be able to swim to deeper parts of
the water.
The crocodile is also unable to stick out its tongue (probably from all
those stones in the crocodiles stomach)! The crocodile is able to regrow new
teeth very quickly after losing the old ones, throughout the crocodiles life.
LION
Animals which commonly live in a group and dense forests or
savannas which have lots of food are Lion. A group of lion consists of
one male and many females. The male is the leader of the group who
keeps the male lions and hunting areas, while the female lions have a
task to look for food by hunting together.
Lion is often referred to call as the king of the jungle because lion is a
very wild and malignant animal. Their big body and sinister face
coupled with a long mane makes his enemy fears against them.
Their Weight can reach 225kg for males and 150 kg for females. In
general, lion age could reach 10 to 15 years in the wild but if they are
kept in a cage, they could reach 20 years old. This is because the lions
kept alive by human, their foods will be guaranteed.
When compared with other big cats, lions look more powerful.
However, lions cannot climb a tree like most other cats. Their mane is
used to protect them from his enemies during a fight. A fight between
a male lion is very common in the wild. They fight over territory and
females. For those who win will have the hunt region and group,
while the loser will leave the region.
Koala
Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is one of the Australia’s unique animals that
have pockets (marsupials) like a kangaroo. The name of Koala comes from the
aboriginal language which means e“not drinking”. It is because Koala is very
rarely to drink water. They rely on water contained in eucalyptus leaves. They
can be found along the eastern coast of Australia from Adelaide to Cape York
Peninsula. They also can be found far inside the jungle. They live in areas which
has enough rainfall.
They have a distinctive body shape. They have thick and soft fur and have wide
ears. They also have large claws for climbing trees. The body weight is different
one another. For example, the males can reach 14 kg, while the females in the
northern part weighs only 5 kg.
They spend all t time at the top of the tree. They are quiet animals and do not
like a fuss. They spend 20 hours each day by silence and just to sleep. However,
during the mating season, they become more active. Even the males can emit a
loud sound and can be heard up to a radius of 1 km.
In the wild, they only eat eucalyptus leaves. It contains low protein phenolic and
terpene compounds. These compounds can be toxic to other animals. However,
they can neutralize those toxins in their heart. They usually eat at night because
during the day, they always fall asleep. They generally spend about 500 grams
of eucalyptus leaves per day. They will chew it till smooth before swallowing it.
Panda
Panda is one of the animals that are large and obese. They can weigh
more than 100 kg, so if we look from a distance, the panda is very similar
to the giant puppets. They are the animals that come from Western China
and Tibet. Most of the species came from the jungle of bamboo because
basically, their food is bamboo. They have two legs and two large hands.
In addition to walking, the hands are also used to take the twigs and
leaves of bamboo. Panda usual looking for food in clustered with other
pandas.
Adult pandas have a length between 160 to 180 cm. Then, the weight of
an adult panda is usually between 80 to 125 kg. Panda body size is similar
to the black bear. However, pandas do not hibernate like a black bear.
Panda has a large head, heavy body, rounded ears, and short tail. They
walked like a human, and as I said before, that they use their legs to stand
and their hands used to reach for the leaves and twigs of bamboo. They
have a throat with a hard esophagus in order to avoid their throat injury
due to the consumption of bamboo. They also have a large thumb to take
the bamboo stems and leaves.
They look like a very cute animal with black and white color. This is the
thing that makes the panda to be the example of the best-selling dolls
after bear. They have thick hair and a little greasy. The oil layer helps
them protected from the wet climate. Panda runs slowly because their
body is so heavy. Nevertheless, the panda is able to climb trees with hard
and sharp claws. They can climb trees very easily.
We have known a little about panda from the above description. You need
to understand that it is not a cute animal. They are wild animals so we
must be careful when close to them.
THE POLAR BEAR
The polar bear is a very big white bear. We call it the
polar bear because it lives inside the Arctic Circle near the
North Pole. There are no polar bears at the South Pole. The
polar bears live at the North Pole. There is only snow, ice,
and water. There is not any land.
These bears are three meters long, and weigh 450 kilos.
They can stand up on their back legs because they have very
wide feet. They can use their front legs like arms. The polar
bears can swim very well. They can swim 120 kilometers
out into the water. They catch fish and sea animals for food.
They go into the sea when they are afraid.
People like to kill the polar bears for their beautiful
white coats. The governments of Canada, the United States,
and Russia say that no one can kill polar bears now. They do
not want all of these beautiful animals to die.
KOMODO
Do you know what is the largest lizard? This lizard is called komodo.
It lives in the scrub and woodland of a few Indonesian islands.
Komodo dragon is the world’s heaviest lizard, weighing 150 pounds
or more. The largest Komodo ever measured was more than 10 feet (3
meters) long and weighed 366 pounds (166 kg) but the average size of
komodo in the wild is about 8 feet (2.5 meters) long and 200 pounds
(91 kg)
Komodo dragons are very greedy. They eat almost anything, but their
favorite food is wild pigs and deer. They can chase as small animal,
such as monkey in one gulp.
Adult komodo dragons hide in long grass, then jump out on their prey.
They grab their prey in their strong jaw. They can also swallow their
prey. Adult dragon can move faster than a human can run. Young
komodo dragons are good climbers. They climb trees to catch and eat
small lizard and birds.
Cheetah
Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) are part of cat family (Felidae). They
also called as the most efficient predators on earth. They hunt their
prey by counting on speed unlike other cat species that rely on tactics
or group. They prefer to chase and pounce on prey that is in their
scope. They are the fastest animals of all the land animals. Its speed
can reach 110 km / h. It is faster than some of race cars.
They have a slender and long body. Its tail which is Very long serves
to maintain balance while running. Its body covered by fur patterned
bright yellow and black opaque spots. While at the bottom of the eyes
there is a black line as tears melt angled to the side of the nose
groove.
This animal is smart animals. They dropped the prey while running
with a small touch on the back foot of its prey. When the prey falls,
cheetahs will pounce on the Victim’s neck so that it bled to death.
Although they are famous as the most frightening hunter, but the
success rate in capturing its prey is only reach 40 % to 50 %.
Adult male cheetah is ready to marry at 12 years old, while the female
is ready at 2 years old. Cheetah’ gestational period is 90 days. They
can bear 9 babies. Weight of a newborn baby is around 300 gram.
Baby cheetah has fine hairs all over his body. It will disappear after
they become adults. Cheetah baby will follow its mother until at age
20 months. The average age of cheetah is only 12 years old in wild
while they could reach 20 years old in cage
HORSE
A horse is a big
and useful
domestic animal.
It has a tough
body, incredibly
strong legs and
a hairy tail. It is
usually a very
timid animal
unless
provoked. It is a herbivore who only eats grass. A horse is gifted with
speed, so it is trained for racing in turf clubs. A good winning horse
can fetch a hefty sum of money. Like dogs, a horse is an intelligent
animal that can be trained to perform stunts and tricks to entertain
audiences.
Horse has height is approximately is 1,5 meters, tall is 2 meters, and
weight 100 kg. But don't all horse has not size like that. But
dependend age it that alone.
Horse usually to multiplied in the village, because in the village still
much grasses, because main meal horse is grass. So horse easy
multiply. Horse to often to became busines for many people, such as
hackney busines, and steak horse meat and to there is wild horse milk.
CHICKEN
Chickens are bird that cannot fly. they are included into aves
group. the have 2 legs and 8 fingers. chickens also has wings,
but that cannot fly. There are many different of chicken, those
are sizes and colors. generally, the color of chicken are red,
black, and white. usually, chicken has a big and medium size.
Chicken have varied diet. they eat rice, corn, worm, snail,
and many other foods. Chickens have traits. It's stocky and
gallant. They like crow, peck, egg eating. They also like circle
dance and to go down their wing. When they want to
reproduction.
There are many chicken in the world then any species bird.
Human keep chicken because, they can consuming chicken's
meat and eggs. Diposkan oleh herhamariegom