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Bearded dragons are interesting lizards. Bearded dragons are reptiles: they are cold blooded lizards that rely on the sun for heat. They get their name from the underpart of their throat which can turn black or puff out when the lizard is stressed or sees another bearded dragon in its territory.

Bearded dragons are from Australia. Australia is naturally hot continent that provides desert-like habitats for many lizards, snakes, and insects. Bearded dragons will bask in the sun during the day. When it is too hot, bearded dragons will make burrows underground. In winter, bearded dragons will go through a type of hibernation called brumation. During brumation, bearded dragons will not eat but occasionally drink water. Bearded dragons cannot digest food if it is too cold.

Bearded dragons are omnivores. This means they eat both plants and animals. Young bearded dragons eat a lot of insects. Adult bearded dragons eat mostly plants.

Bearded dragons make great pets. They are friendly lizards. They can be territorial with other dragons but enjoy getting attention from people. Anyone who decides to get a bearded dragon as a pet must learn how to take care of them. Bearded dragons need special lights to keep them warm and a special diet of insects and vegetables to keep them healthy. Bearded dragons are great pets and so much fun!

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A dog is is a easy pet to take care of and they are so cute and loving and they can really funny to.

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High in dense bamboo forests in the misty, rainy mountains of southwestern China lives one of the world's rarest mammals: the giant panda, also called the panda. Only about 1,500 of these black-and-white relatives of bears survive in the wild.
Pandas eat almost nothing but bamboo shoots and leaves. Occasionally they eat other vegetation, fish, or small animals, but bamboo accounts for 99 percent of their diets. Pandas eat fast, they eat a lot, and they spend about 12 hours a day doing it. The reason: They digest only about a fifth of what they eat. Overall, bamboo is not very nutritious. To stay healthy, they have to eat a lot—up to 15 percent of their body weight in 12 hours—so they eat fast.
Pandas' molars are very broad and flat. The shape of the teeth helps the animals crush the bamboo shoots, leaves, and stems that they eat. They can chomp on bamboo up to one-and-a-half inches thick. To get the bamboo to their mouths, they hold the stems with their front paws, which have enlarged wrist bones that act as thumbs for gripping. A panda should have at least two bamboo species where it lives, or it will starve. A scarcity in bamboo threatens the already limited panda population An adult female panda weighs 200 pounds. Pandas can climb as high as 13,000 feet and are also very good swimmers. Sometimes male pandas relax by doing handstands against trees.

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Did you know that caterpillars have to go through many stages in their life in order to become a fully grown  butterfly?  All butterflies start off as an egg. About 4 days later, the little creature comes out of its egg and becomes a caterpillar. The caterpillar stays like that for about a week or even a month, sometimes, before forming its chrysalis. After forming the chrysalis, the caterpillar stays in there for about a week before coming out.  When the days pass, the little caterpillar comes out of its chrysalis forming into a butterfly!
As you can see, the caterpillar does not instantly turn into a butterfly, it has to go through some stages and little by little, it is becoming a butterfly.

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By: Makayla Ravelo

Opening (introduction)

Have you heard of a squid? And if so, what exactly is a squid? Well obviously, at least one time in your life, you've heard of a squid. If not, then I don't even know what to say. Anyways, you may have heard the word and know the animal, but do you actually know a lot about the animal itself?? Probably not, if you already know a lot, then you could at least read this for me.

Habitat, prey, and camouflage

Let's start off with some simple things, you may know where a squid lives. If you guessed ocean, then your correct! But let's be more specific, squid live in both shallow sea waters and also in the depths of the ocean, where they feast on all sorts of prey. But that leads us to this question, what DO they eat??  Well, i'll tell you!! Squid are carnivores, so they eat other animals, not plants. They eat all kinds but mainly feed on fish and crustaceans. They capture their prey with their tentacles. This doesn't mean that they don't get hunted either. So in order to survive and protect themselves, they use camouflage. Their skin is covered in chromatophores, which allow them to change color matching the surroundings around them.

Characteristics (and fun facts)

And this leads us to ANOTHER question, what do squid look like? Most people get them mixed up with octopus sometimes, so i'll describe what a squid looks like so that maybe it's a little easier to differentiate them. (don't worry i'll add a picture too, lol) Squid have eight arms aligned in pairs, and two longer tentacles with suckers. All squid have a mouth with a radula, and with the siphon from the mantle.Let me break up that sentence into pieces so that's it's easier to understand. Let me put it in simple words, a radula is is an organ in the mouth that scrapes nutrients from food sources. A siphon is a long tube-like complex, this tube has different uses, but the most common are for breathing, locomotion, and feeding. And lastly, we have the mantle. The mantle is an important part of the body. It's the dorsal body barrier which covers the organs, to be more specific, the organs of digestion, reproduction, and movement. Now that we're done with that, let's move on. Squid are intelligent animals, like other fellow cephalopoda.They have a head-like complex, with sense organs and brains in the top end. They have an underlying shell inside, made of chitin. Chitin is a semi transparent material that is the main fundamental of the exoskeletons of arthropods. Let's go on with the size of a squid. Squid are 60 centimetres at most, but it sometimes depends, the giant squid may reach 13 metres. Fun fact, in February 2007, a New Zealand fishing vessel caught a colossal squid. It weighed 1,091 pounds, and measured 33 feet, which is about 10 metres. This specimen is the largest invertebrate ever found. Another fun fact, squid have the largest eyes in the animal kingdom.

Closure (outro)

Well, now, I think you're able to answer the question I asked in the intro. "Have you heard of a squid?" "And if so, what exactly is a squid?". Let me give you a hint to that first question. Say, "Yeah, of course i've heard of a squid! This amazing person named Makayla told me about a squid, she's THE BEST." I'm kidding don't say, that, but I mean, you could. 😏😏 And to answer that second question, you would have to use what I explained in this essay, and remember to say, "Someone named Makayla taught me this, she's like a genius." 💅 Yeah don't say that either, but then again, you could. 😏😏 Um anyways, I hoped I helped you learn more about a squid!! Thank you for reading, I wrote a lot, so go rest your eyes now, lol. -Makayla

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What makes animal unique is there abilities, Like for example chameleons can changes color! they can blend in like when are in a tree they changes into the color brown! Another example, is a cheetah, Cheetahs are the fastest things on earth! There so much animals that has an unique abilities! Have Good Day! Bye!

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Have you ever heard of a Dumbo Octopus? Well I'm going to teach you what it is today!

What's an Dumbo Octopus?

Dumbo octopuses live in the deep open ocean down to depths of at least 13,100 feet, and perhaps much deeper, making this group the deepest living of all known octopuses. I once heard if you go that deep, you'll end up like it too! Pretty scary but weird...

This animal is unique and different than most other octopuses. Well, you can obviously see from the picture lol. I honestly think its pretty cute. Some people think they are a threat to humans- but that hasn't been confirmed by anyone yet, so no they are not found harmful to humans. Anyways, here's some facts about this animal.

How the Dumbo Octopus got it's name.

The Dumbo octopus is named after Disney’s Dumbo the elephant character. It was then found famous for its big ears like the elephant dumbo, I think that's TOO cute!

Moves, Catches Pray

Dumbo Octopuses flap their ear-like fins, and they use their arms to steer. Unlike most octopuses, the Dumbo octopus doesn’t have an ink sac because it rarely encounters predators in the deep sea. They are foraging predators and eat  invertebrates that swim above the sea floor. As there are few large predators in the deep sea, dumbo octopuses primary predators are diving fishes and marine mammals, including tunas, sharks, and dolphins.

Did you know?

The Dumbo octopus is the deepest-living genus of all known octopuses. It lives at least 13,100 feet below the surface. That's pretty dark and scary!

Fun fact: The largest Dumbo octopus ever recorded was 5 feet 10 inches  long and weighed 13 pounds, but most species are an average size of 7.9 to 12 inches long.

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Did you know penguins  could swim but not fly  of course because your smart but the penguin is only a few  species of birds that can't fly.

penguins stay with the same mate for the rest of its life  and when they have babies the dad takes care of the baby when the mom is looking for food.
There are many species of

penguins  and the tiniest  is the  fairy one  and you could see penguins in a zoo near you

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Did you know that there is such thing as red panda instead of just panda? The red panda is a mammal native. The red panda also live in china, but the red panda lives in the southern part of china. The red panda is also not closely a relative to a panda, but they both share a vegetarian diet. Red pandas are popular in japanese zoos.

Though as an endangered species it is protected by laws in the countries where they live. They also became popular because of its looks. Also the red panda has been reported to be nocturnal. Another thing is that red panda would clean their fur like a cat would. Red panda are fantastic you should see them soon!

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UNICORNS are INCREDIBLE ANIMALS!!!
UNICORNS have magical horns on there heads.They originally came from the OX family i think.........As a matter of fact they are mentioned 9 TIMES IN THE BIBLE!!!!! ( KJV )WE DONT REALLY NEED ANYMORE INFORMATION THAN THAT HAHAHAHAHAHA ( jk )

UNICORNS are special there unique and look like no other kind! other than maybe a horse, you see , UNICORNS and HoRsEs have about the same body figure.Its just that unicorns are more colorful.You see a UNICORNS main has different colors like pink purple blue or the whole rainbow! Horses on the other hand there main is like brown, white, or black if you ask me boring ( no hate to horses).ALSO a UNICORNS TAIL also has a variety of colors unlike a horses tail.( again no hate to horses )

I personally LOVE UNICORNS.UNICORNS ARE REAL.( DONT RUIN MY CHILD HOOD LOL)HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY -NOT DONE-

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I chose this animal because they are an endangered species and i forgot where they come from but its somewhere in Mexico. Although there able to regrow any limb that is chopped off can grow back except its head. So, there are some reasons why i find this animal interesting :D

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I chose stingray because I was stung by them. And I've learned alot about them ever since. So stingrays  you may look at stingrays as bad or very harsh on humans. But really they are most time of strong or weak varying on age when it comes to fighting humans. Humans pose a threat to them as we are bigger but they do not attack us because  they think we would win. But this is not true stingrays would win about every fight since dang man their stings hurt like heck. But some humans are able to withstand the attack. To put it stingrays are fishes that hurt really bad when you get stung.

And let's talk about the pain factor here to make these animals deadly to humans most of the time. These stingrays have a special protein that infects our blood. While it is truly painful. There is a very simple way to fix it. Just put your foot in hot water for an hour. But sometimes the stinger is in your foot. So what they do is they numb your foot and pull it out or they cut it out if it is bad. You see stingrays are just scared of us. They fight when we disturb them. And now how the hot water cures that sting first it goes in and flushes the toxin and then it kills it.

Now how about avoiding you avoid stingrays by doing a shuffle. Its called the stingray shuffle you dig your foot into sand and take it out when you do this to stingrays it looks like a sand hurricane.  You can also avoid them by staying 5 to 13 feet into the water. Or you can go to a rocky beach you see stingrays don't like it because they hurt their heads on the rocks so they avoid it doesn't mean their completely gone but they are gone.

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Did you know that Bear's normally eat honey. They use the tree's to scratch their backs. They also that known as a dangerous animal.

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Did you know that pandas might like people ? Pandas  live mainly in temperate forests high in the mountains of southwest China, where there is almost entirely  bamboo everywhere .They must eat around 26 to 84 pounds of it every day, depending on what part of the bamboo they are eating. They have great  camouflage for their environment also . Like other bears, they spend most of the day  eating and sleeping. But they dont have the same eyes like other bears do . Also they can live to 20 years .And like i said pandas are mostly located in China .¨ Giant pandas have a pretty strong bite.No matter how many adorable videos you've seen of pandas , don't approach a giant pandas  in the wild. They have strong grips and can deliver powerful bites that are strong enough to harm a human leg.¨So be careful kids . lol bye

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Do leopard geckos make good pets? They are found throughout Asia and the Middle East although primarily located in areas of Northern India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran in arid, mountainous deserts. They are one of the most common geckos kept at home. They are a good beginner pet because they are very clean, they eat their own shed so you don't have to clean it up, they can go a long time without eating, this is good for when you have to travel and no one is there to take care of it. They may bite when they feel threatened but it wont hurt. I wouldn't recommend if you don't like worms or crickets because that is what they have to eat. Otherwise i think it would make an amazing pet. They also don't take up much room. I don't really let little kids hold mine because the gecko does remove its tail. Therefore i think leopard geckos do make good pets.

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I am going to write about a dog mostly because i have a dog i don't really know much about them but here it goes.Ok dogs they are really fun to play around with they are guard dogs to some people.They are companions.Well you get the point dos are amazing they help people in many many different ways.

They have to stay with there mother for like a couple weeks to learn how to survive.Some people like to keep the mom and kid together.My favorite thing about dog though is how when they drink water they make there tongue into a pouch shape so they could get a nice drink of water that they could enjoy.

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Did you know that cats eat dog food sometimes. They sit on a Ps4 because they are cold. They even drink almond milk.

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Leopards are beautiful and amazing animals. Some facts about them might surprise you! Leopards don't really travel in groups. The adult males live separately, and the females lives only with their cubs. Males usually weigh heavier than females. Males weigh 37-90 kg, (82-198 Ib). Females weigh 28-60 kg (62-132 Ib) The maximum weight for a leopard is about 96 kg (212 Ib.) You can find them normally roaming around a few trees! Leopards climb trees and they do that pretty regularly. They climb trees to carry prey and protect it to keep the prey safe from hyenas and lions from eating their prey. Usually the leopards use the tree to either escape from attacks, or to keep it's prey safe.
A Leopard's Details
Leopards look so pretty, and I'm sure you might like them too! I am in LOVE with their pattern. A leopard's skin color varies by climate and habitat from pale yellow to yellowish brown or gold. Did you know that if a leopard lives in a different habitat, the pattern / color will be different? Pretty cool! For example, if a leopard lives in a darker habitat, their color will be slightly darker than those in arid habitats. Spots on leopards fade towards the white underbelly and the insides along with the lower parts of the legs. The white-tipped tail of a leopard is at least 60-100 centimeters. Which is 24-39 in inches. The tail is long, white underneath and including spots that form incomplete bands towards the tail's end. The tail's fur is generally soft and thick. But the belly's fur on a leopard is way softer than the back of a leopard. The fur of a leopard, tends to grow longer in colder climates, and also appear dark due to the densely arranged spots.
A Leopard's Habitat
Leopards live in many varies of habitats. You can sometimes see them roaming around in the wild! Including rain forests, forests, mountains, and savannas. A sad fact about leopards is that, many leopard subspecies, mainly Asia, are endangered. Meaning that their specie can go extinct. Also meaning that they will probably never come back into the world again. Usually, populations in southwest and central Asia are small and fragmented in the northeast, they are critically endangered. In the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and China, leopards are still relatively abundant.

After all this information, now, don't you think leopards are beautiful and amazing creatures? Did these facts surprise you? Leopards are the best kind of cat. (In my opinion please don't come at me)

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Bryozoans, or Ectoprocta, are a phylum of small aquatic animals living in colonies. The colonies usually have a skeleton of calcium carbonate. Bryozoans have a long fossil history, starting in the Ordovician. In their life-style they resemble the polyps which form coral. Bryozoa are known informally as moss animals or sea mats.
They generally like warm, tropical waters but live all over the world. There are about 5,000 living species, and 15,000 fossil species are known.
The colonies are formed by tiny (~0.2mm) members called zooids. They secrete tubes, usually of lime (CaCO₃), sometimes of chitin, an organic compound. The zooids in a colony are all clones, produced by asexual reproduction. Despite this, most species produce different morphs: zooids with different functions.
All bryozoa have a lophophore. This is a ring of ten tentacles surrounding the mouth, each tentacle covered with cilia. When feeding, the zooid extends the lophophore outwards; when resting it is withdrawn into the mouth to protect it from predators.

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dog: they are very funny to live with because u can play with them. there are different types of dog like little dog or big dog.

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Ayo, you know Iguanas? They're that green lizard like animals. This animal is simply called Iguana, they have a rocky body. They have saggy skin near their throat, necks, backs and tails. These animals have live to 15-20 years!

If they're cared properly.

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pandas are in danger species and they also kill them for there skeen
and you cant find them in china and it is eligo to kill them because of how rare they are to find in china and what they eat is bamboo and they are also protected from other animals that want to eat them

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Did u know that a tiger likes eating meat and, they also like drinking water from the lake.
tiger clime trees when there target are up on the branch and they will chase them down.
tigers also do fight other tigers whenever they mess with each other.
They protect them self by attacing animals whenever they try to sneek up on them. They eat 25 pounds of meat .

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What makes a sloth unique is that it is the slowest mammal in the world. They are slow because their diet is only leaves. Since they only eat leaves, they don't get enough vitamins and nutrients to move faster. If sloths were able to eat fruit and meat, they would be moving much faster. Well, they eat some fruits and vegetables but not enough. The fruits they eat don't give them enough energy. It's also like giving a dog a treat. They can't have too much. They normally just eat leaves all the time.  Some facts are:
1: WIthout sloths there would be no avocados.
2: Sloths are three times stronger than us.
3: They poop a third of their body weight in one go.
4: Sloths are blind in bright daylight.
5: They are faster on water than on land.
6: It takes sloths 30 days to digest a leaf.
7: They can starve to death on a full stomach.