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The DesertAnimalsOf the
Himalayas
FindingSnow
Leopards
TheExpedition
FigurativeLanguage
This desert covers 1/3 of
Mongolia – it is called “the dry
sea” by the Chinese.
What is the Gobi?
This is dried by the desert sun, is not smelly, and is used for fuel.
What is manure?
This animal can drink up to ¼ of its 1200 pound weight
at one time (27 gallons)! It can carry 100 pounds of cargo for 30 miles, swim,
wrestle and outrun a horse!
What is a camel?
This is a sweet, pressed goat cheese which starts out soft like
cottage cheese, but bakes hard in the
desert sun.
What is aaruul?
Wildflowers (purple asters, yellow daisy-like flowers), bright lichens (some electric yellow, some orange), mint, rosemary, and wild
onions
What are “rich, desert
surprises?”
This is Mongolian’s wild
horse.
What is a Takhi?
This is a small baseball-sized
critter with bright black
eyes and “elf-like ears.” It is found in deserts
from China to Egypt.
What is a long-eared desert hedgehog?
These are wild goats and are a favorite food for
the snow leopard.
What is an ibex?
These animals have long thick coats that hang down to their
ankles.
What is a yak?
A short-eared
relative of the rabbit.
What is a pika?
This is sometimes a broken steel
radiator and is used to keep a
trapped cat from running away
What is a drag?
Removing top predators upsets
the entire ________.
(fill in the blank)
What is ecosystem?
23 photos of a herder’s goats!
What are camera trap results!
This is the centerpiece of
the Snow Leopard Trust’s
conservation plan…
What is Snow Leopard
Enterprises?
DAILY
DOUBLE!
1. estimate the cat’s weight
2. sedate the cat with a syringe and hypodermic needle mounted on a 6 ft. pole
3. measure the cat (weight, length, etc.)
4. take a tuft of fur for genetic tests
5. tag the cat
6. give a shot of antibiotic
7. attach radio collar
What are steps to document a captured snow
leopard?
These are new statistical methods to monitor the snow leopard population
– such as: taking pictures, documenting tracks, collecting scat
(poop), looking at markings and scratches.
What are sign surveys?
This is testing that is used to identify one animal from
another using coding
sequences.
What is DNA?
This was an old (12-13 years old) female snow leopard who was about
85 pounds, had 3 broken canine teeth,
was missing 1 ear, and whose head was
covered with healed wounds.
Who was Green?
This was a female snow
leopard that Tom was tracking who had 3 cubs! This
was the only time tom saw snow leopard
cubs in the wild!
Who was Yellow?
This is made from yak wool felt and filled
with Gobi stones.
What is a Yaki-sack?
Identify the underlined form of figurative
language: “Prowling along ridges, slinking below
skyline, it’s as invisible, yet as powerful, as the
wind.”
What is a simile?
Identify the underlined form of
figurative language: “Their sheep, goats,
yaks, horses and camels are meat, milk, and money.”
What is alliteration?
Identify the underlined form of figurative
language: “That spring day, their receiver
antenna had just picked up a signal from across the narrow valley: Ping.
Ping. Ping.
What is onomatopoeia?
DAILY
DOUBLE!
“We hear deep, meaningful grunting –sounds a
mountain might speak. And, then, over the rise, we see them. Gangur’s yaks are
coming home….The shaggy herd gallops toward us.
The yak’s thick coats hang down to their ankles”
What is imagery?
Identify the underlined form of
figurative language: “The scenery before
us seems heavy with emptiness.”
What is a metaphor?
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