Dr. Morse's Class - Animal Lessons

Today Dr. Morse's class did an animal lesson with us. We learned facts about all kinds of animals. Check out below for what we learned!

CAT

cats make 100 different sounds

cats can jump up to 5x its on height  

cats can travel 31 mph

there are over 500 million domestic cats

 cats sleep 15 hours 

PIGS

eat plants and meats

their noses are very sensitive

there are 2 billion pigs in the world

some people have pigs as pets

pigs have small lungs in reference to there size

male pigs are called bores

female are called swine

or both call hogs

they have really bad eyesight but can smell excellent

MICE

normally can eat plants, but they can eat diary and meats

they can live your house or outside

mice eat 15-20x a day

a female can give birth 12 babies

only takes 3 weeks for pregnancy

mice sleep over 12 hours a day

mice are actually very organize and clean

mice are colorblind

their bodies measure 6-8 inches and  they jump 18  inches

usually their tails are as longs as their bodies. 

they have excellent hearing

mice are scared of rats

BIRDS

birds have feathers and lay lots of eggs

there are over 10 thousands types of birds

the biggest bird is called the ostrich

birds have special bones and is why they can fly so well

smallest bird is a bee hummingbird

red birds - males are really mean

females sing pretty songs to tell its time to eat.

ZEBRAS

each stripe is different from all the other stripes. they are like our fingerprints

they can run up to 65 mph

they only sleep when they have other zebras

zebras eat grass, twigs, and bark

their strips are their camouflage 

BEES

Have 6 legs

250 types of bees in the whole world

live together with as a family

nest are ruled by queen bees

bees feed on flower nectar and pollen

GIRAFFE

tallest animal in the whole world

legs are taller than our mommies and daddies

necks are so long they can reach leaves on trees

have to spread legs to be able to drink water

do not have to drink water everyday because their water comes from plants

they have 4 stomachs

no giraffe has the same spot twice

they are native to Africa

LION

when a lion roars, it can be heard 5 miles away

they are the 2nd largest cat in the world

males lions have a mane

the color of the mane tells how old the lion is... they darker the older

lions can live up to 12 years

females are the ones that hunt and feed the pride

in one day, lions rest for 20 hours