Lexi's Cool Animals

        H ave you heard of Justin Beaver? If you have you may have heard of a beaver right? For those who haven't, here is your information. Beavers are natural engineers. In fact, they are such good engineers that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, more commonly known as MIT, made their mascot a beaver. Its name is Tim.    Diet Wild Kratts: Build it beaver      B eavers are herbivores which means they only eat plants. To be more specific, they eat leaves, inner bark, twigs, alder, birch, cottonwood, willow, and other deciduous trees. Beavers also enjoy shrubs, aquatic plants, ferns, grass and crops. Difference between beaver and otter       B eavers have long teeth to cut trees while otters have short teeth. Otters have slim long bodies while beavers have chubby bodies. I'm not saying that they are fat. Beavers have a flat tail so they can warn their relatives by slapping the tail in the water to create a warning. Meanwhile the otters have a slim tail to steer

        D raco lizards are flying lizards, believe it or not. Although, it's not exactly the Slytherin seeker Draco Malfoy from Harry Potter . All right, enough chit chat or else 5 points from Gryffindor. Draco lizards are reptiles and once agin they are not named after Draco Malfoy! Food Wild Kratts     D raco Lizards are carnivores which means they eat meat And final warning, this is not a Draco Malfoy article! Draco lizards willingly eat mostly ants and termites. Draco lizards are not one of those big lizards like Iguanas so it makes sense that they only eat ants and termites. Gliding      W hen draco lizards fly, they are usually on top of a tree branch. Then they jump off the tree and spread their wings. To glide farther, they spread their wings wider. To land lower and glide slower, it depends how far the next tree is. They then retract their wings. 

        Y ou might not hear this animal before but they are real. Dholes are mammals. They look like a fox but they are actually wild dogs. They are call the whistling dogs because of the sound they make when hunting. Food     D holes are omnivores which means they eat meat and plants. Dholes like to eat wild pigs, deer, buffalo, rabbits, lizards and wild berries. Dholes favourite food is deer. Dholes hunt in packs. Birth     W hen female dholes breed, they give birth to between 5-12 pups. Dhole pups grow very fast and are cared by their parents and other dholes in the pack. Pups begin to hunt when they are only a few months old and reach adult size by the time they are a year and a half of age.

        T here are many different types of seals. There are harp seals, elephant seals, fur seals etc. Seals are mammals which means they don't actually breathe  underwater. Seals live up to 12-30 years. This is true! Diet     S eals are carnivores which means they eat meat. Seals eat fish but they will also eat any type of meat they find in the ocean. Seals also enjoy squid(not giant squid or colossal), octopus and shellfish. Seals eat a lot each day.   Habitat     S eals can live in very different places depending on their species. Some seals can be found in Antarctica while others can live in very hot places. Many of the seals that are found in Antarctica can survive because of their fat blubber, keeping them warm. Other seals that live in hot areas have leaser fur so they are not so hot.

        D o you ever wonder if goats can climb trees? Well tree goats can. They live in Morocco and they love Morocco's Argania trees. They like to climb on them. There can be many goats on one tree. Food     T ree goats are herbivores which means they eat plants only. Tree goats eat a special type of nut; they will also eat fruit leaves in the trees of Argania. Poop Turned to Oil    G et ready to puke people! Make sure you have a bucket next to you if you are reading this. Tree goat poop can be turned into argan oil. The special seed they eat is very hard to open and can not be opened by hand. So people poke through their poop to pick out the nuts. Through the goat's digestion, the shells of the nuts become easier to open and made into argan oil.

        S now leopards are rare animals. These grey leopards live in the mountains of Central Asia. They have snowy fur and wide fur-covered feet, acting as snowshoes. Snow leopards have powerful feet that can jump as far as 15 metres! Diet     S now leopards are carnivores which means they eat meat. They prey upon the blue sheep (bharal) of Tibet and the Himalayas. Snow leopards can kill animals 3 times their weight. They will also eat smaller animals such as marmots, hares and game birds. Life       S now leopards are born blind and can't see until they are 9 days old. They leave their mother at a very young age. They are fully active by 2 month old and leave their mom by 2 years old. By this time they are fully independent.