https://padlet.com/157394/wallaby Wallaby Observations en-us 2017-05-17 18:49:39 UTC 2017-05-24 00:16:05 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Beartoy.png 157394 https://padlet.com/157394/wallaby/wish/172427687 The wallaby is native to Australia ]]> 2017-05-17 19:20:10 UTC https://padlet.com/157394/wallaby/wish/172427687 157394 https://padlet.com/157394/wallaby/wish/172429285 Wallabies are members of the kangaroo clan found primarily in Australia and on nearby islands. There are many wallaby species, grouped roughly by habitat: shrub wallabies, brush wallabies, and rock wallabies.  They probably arrived in Australia between 71.2 and 65.2 million years ago, living in forests and trees 50 to 34 million years ago. They have had many adaptations over the years due to habitat loss and climate changes. The wallaby has eukaryotic cells.

]]> 2017-05-17 19:28:02 UTC https://padlet.com/157394/wallaby/wish/172429285 157394 https://padlet.com/157394/wallaby/wish/172875620 All three wallabies were kind of lazy, laying in the sun. We decided to observe Joe(all of the wallabies had names), who was just relaxing. When he got up, he hopped over to his food pile and started to eat his food. After he finished eating some carrots, he started to hop around, occasionally scratching his stomach. After hopping around for a little bit, he slowly started hopping towards us, stopping every few inches. Finally, he was a few inches away from us, and I reached out and slowly touched his back so he wouldn't get scared. As he eased into it, are whole group got to pet his warm, soft, brown fur. I started petting his ears, which were really soft, and eventually started to pet his extra-soft head. After that, some younger kids came and scared him away, so we left.]]> 2017-05-19 19:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/157394/wallaby/wish/172875620 157394 https://padlet.com/157394/wallaby/wish/172878931 During the second observation, we decided to observe Tag, because we'd already observed Joe, and Sue was hiding in a little shed that they had. Tag was eating, and hopping around to find more food. He was all over the place! He was eating something that was falling off the trees. He started to come near us, but got distracted by some food. Then he went back to lay in the sun]]> 2017-05-19 19:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/157394/wallaby/wish/172878931 157394 https://padlet.com/157394/wallaby/wish/173422167 The first thing we learned about was adaptation. An adaptation is a change or the process of a change by   which an organism or species becomes better suited to it's environment. A great example of a physical adaptation is fur. Fur can either lock the heat in to keep you warm, or lock the cold in to keep you cool. A great example of a behavioral adaptation is hunting packs. Some animals hunt in packs, or groups, depending on what prey they're hunting, and others hunt alone. 

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Emperor Scorpion

• Native to West Africa
• Has no teeth
• They are viviparous 
• They glow in the moonlight (scientists believe that these are their warning colors)
• They eat insects

• California King Snake
  • Not venomous, but immune to venom
  • Native to Western America and Northern Mexico
  • They are oviparous

• Eastern Screech Owl
  • Nocturnal and has nocturnal eyes
  • Smaller than most full grown owls
  • Lives in Eastern North America

• Tenrec
  • Native to Eastern Africa and Madagascar
  • Produces milk- nutrition for babies
  • Their diet ranges from vegetation and fruit, to amphibians and reptiles, even small mammals 

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