I am a poison dart frog and I can climb.

The name of the animal I am studying is the poison dart frog. My animal is an amphibian. It comes in yellow, red, blue, orange, green, and black. It has large eye lids, back lower legs,and feet. Poison dart frogs live in warm places in South and Central American tropical rainforests. It eats flies, dragonflies, beetles, mice, ants, termites, and spiders.

Nick Myers

I can climb.

I can climb.

I am a crocodile and I can eat anything that doesn’t eat me first.

The name of the animal I am researching is the crocodile. My animal is a reptile with dark green, scaly skin and has a long tapered snout. The belly is yellow to white and has smooth scales. They can grow to be 15 feet long. They have 66 teeth. Crocodiles live in Florida. Sometimes you can even find them in South and Central America. They live mostly in warm, quiet water. They eat fish, snakes, turtles, and birds. That means it is carnivorous.

By Ashley Santiago

I can eat anything that doesn’t eat me first.

I can eat anything that doesn’t eat me first.

I am an aye-aye and I can climb.

The name of the animal I am researching is the clever aye-aye. He is an endangered species. My animal is a type of lemur. It has large black hairless ears, huge light-brown eyes, white around nose and eyes, long powerful back legs, five long fingers; the middle finger is very long, long bushy tail that is 16 inches long, and black fur. The aye-aye can only be found on the island of Madagascar. It eats insects, insect larvae, fruit, and coconuts.

ByEthan

I can climb.I can climb.

I am a howler monkey and I can scratch.

The name of the animal I am researching is the howler monkey. My animal has a beard and long thick hair which might be black, brown, or red. It’s a mammal too. The howler monkeylives in Central and South America. They are most at home in the forest. They hardly everleave the tree tops. My animal eats leaves, fruits, nuts, and flowers.

Adam Syed

I can scratch.I can scratch.

I am a gorilla and I can hang on a tree branch.

The name of the animal I am researching is a gorilla. Gorillas’ arms are longer than their legs. They have dark brown or black hair that covers most of their bodies. Adult male gorillas can be 310 to 440 pounds. They can be 5’5” to 5’9” tall. Gorillas live in the deep jungles of Central Africa. Gorillas eat fruits, leaves, shoots, and sometimes insects. They use their hands and mouths to collect and prepare food. Gorillas are endangered.

ByJohn McLaughlin

I can hang on a tree branch.

I can hang on a tree branch.

I am a platypus and I can crawl.

The name of the animal I am researching is the duck-billed platypus. It is a mammal however,it does lay eggs. My animal is part mammal, part bird, part reptile, and its tail looks like abeaver’s tail. Its body looks like an otter’s body. It walks like a reptile. It has webbed feet anda beak like a bird and it lays eggs. The duck-billed platypus lives on the east coast of Australia. It eats crayfish, worms, insects, snails, and shrimp from muddy water. The duck-billedplatypus stores its food in its cheek pouches while it hunts under water.

By Noah Rumm

I can crawl.

I am a black caiman and I can stalk.

The name of the animal I am researching is the black caiman. The black caiman can be up to 20 feet long. It has a bony ridge over its eyes. Also, it has black armored skin. It is very similar to the American alligator. Black caimans live in South America, including the Amazon basin. Black caimans eat piranhas, birds, turtles, reptiles, and mammals. They are nocturnal, hunting and feeding at night. Black caimans lay 50-60 eggs in a clutch.

By Lewis Avery

I can stalk.

I am an iguana and I can crawl.

The name of the animal I’m researching is the iguana. My animal is a type of lizard. It has a long tail, eyelids, and four sprawling legs. The iguana lives in North and South America, rainforests, deserts, and sea. My animal eats leaves, flowers, fruit, insects, worms, and small animals.

ByElyza Learned

I can crawl.

I can crawl.

I am a leopard and I can leap.The name of the animal I am researching is a leopard. A leopard is a type of cat. The leopard is really strong. It has many spots. They can be 3½ to 5½ feet long. Its tail is 2 to 3 feet long. It can weigh from 65 to 175 pounds. The leopard lives in sub-Saharan Africa, Northeast Africa, Central Asia, India, and China. The leopard eats reptiles, birds, crabs, and fish. They hunt mostly at night. They are meat eaters. They are a threatened species because people hunt them, ruin their habitat, and they have less prey to hunt.

By Julia Reynolds

I can leap.

I am a python and I can slither.

The name of the animal I am researching is an anaconda. Anacondas are the largest snakes in the world. They can grow to be 30 feet long and weigh up to

550 pounds. They can be as big around as an adult person. Anacondas are greenish-brown. They have two rows of black oval spots and have small white marks on their sides. Anacondas give birth to live young; they don’t lay eggs.

20 to 40 snakes can be born at one time. Anacondas are aquatic predators that are nocturnal. When they hunt, they stay near the surface of the water out of sight. They wait for animals to come to the water to drink. Then they

spring from the water and constrict their prey. They have been known to attack people, but they have not killed any that we know of. Anacondas

usually live about ten years. By

Griffin Standish

I can slither.

I can slither.

I am an orangutan and I can swing.

The name of the animal I am researching is an orangutan. My animal looks like a big hairy beast with a large head, a big body, and a thick neck. They can be from 2.6-4.5 feet tall. They have reddish-brown hair. Their hands are a lot like ours. They have opposable thumbs and opposable big toes. The orangutan lives in Southeast Asia on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. My animal is an omnivore that means it eats meat and plants, but it mostly eats plants. They eat fruit, leaves, seeds, tree bark, plant bulbs, plant shoots, and flowers. They also eat insects and small animals like small mammals. Their predators include tigers, leopards, and large pythons. They are endangered due to habitat destruction and poaching.

By Henry Lahm

I can swing.

I am an ocelot and I can crawl.

The name of the animal I am researching is an Ocelot. An Ocelot’s coat can be four different colors such as whitish, tawny yellow, reddish gray, and gray. It has two pointy ears, a body, a head, four legs, and a tail. It has many spots and whiskers. It can weigh 17-24 pounds. It stands 16-20 inches tall and is 48-60 inches long. The ocelot is found in rain forests, mountain forests, thick bushes, semi deserts, coastal marshes, and along river banks, but it is never found in open country. The ocelot hunts at night, and eats in the day time. They eat cane mice, rice rats, opossums, deer, squirrels, monkeys, and land tortoises. They are endangered due to habitat destruction.

By Maddy Richardson

I can crawl.

I am a piranha and I can eat fish.

The name of the animal I am researching is a piranha. A piranha is a ferocious, schooling, fresh water fish. They reproduce by laying eggs. Their color is from yellow to steel-gray to bluish to partly red. They range from ½ to 2 feet long. They have a bulldog like face with a very large lower jaw and many razor sharp teeth. They are flesh eaters. They are most active in the day. The piranha is native to warm lowland streams and lakes in South America. Piranhas have been introduced to Northern Brazil, Hawaii, and parts of Central and North America. The piranha eats fish, mollusks, crustaceans, insects, birds, lizards, amphibians, rodents, and any dead flesh they find. The piranha’s enemies include other piranhas, caimans, water snakes, turtles, birds, otters, and humans.

By Peter Littlefield

I can eat fish.

I am a basilisk and I can leap.

The name of the animal I am researching is the green basilisk lizard. It is cold blooded andhas teeth that are fused to their inner jaw. They have a whip like tail, eyelids, and four sprawling legs. They are covered with overlapping scales. On the back of their heads, it has a crest. They are green. It lives in trees and rocks located near water. They live in tropical rainforests of South America. My animal eats insects, grasshoppers, crickets, spiders, worms, and small animals.

ByZach Gidius

I can leap!

I am a harpy eagle and I can soar.

The name of the animal I am researching is the harpy eagle. It is a bird and lays 1-2 eggs in each clutch. Harpy eaglesare grey, white, and t black with talons aslong as grizzly bear claws. They are about2.8 feet long and have a wing span of 6.5 feet. They can weigh between 10-18pounds. Harpy eagles live in Central and South American rainforests, usually the emergent layer. My animal eats sloths,large reptiles, monkeys, opossums, large rodents, and other birds. It is endangered because its habitat is being disturbed.

By Hollis Mann

I can soar too.

I am a tiger and I can prowl.The name of the animal I am researching is a tiger. It is a mammal. Tigers range from 4-5 feet long and weigh up to 500 pounds. The coat ranges from white, orange-brown, and has black/brown, orangey stripes. They have black and white spots in the middles. Their ears are small and round. The tiger lives in Asia, Siberia, Sumatra, Indochina and India. My animal eats meat. They eat large and medium sized animals such as deer and bears. They are almost extinct because they are losing their habitat.

By Marley Elmoznino

I can prowl.

I am a quetzal and I am a poor flyer.

The name of the animal I am researching is the quetzal. It is a solitary bird. My animal has bright colors of greenish-blue, yellow, green, white, red, and an eye that is black. The quetzal lives in South and Central American rainforests. My animal feeds on lizards, bugs, and insects that are young. When they are older they feed on fruits, mostly wild avocado. The kinkajoiu, the gray squirrel, the Ornate Hawk eagle, and owls attack it. The quetzal is close to extinction.

By Jess Kegley

I am a poor flyer.

I am a red eyed tree frog and I can leap.The name of the animal I am researching is the red-eyed tree frog. The red-eyed treefrog is bright green with blue on its side. It has bulging red eyes that scare away predators. It grows to be two to three incheslong. Red-eyed tree frogs live in lowland tropical rainforests in Central America and North-ern South America. Red-eyed tree frogs are carnivores that eat mainlyinsects. The red-eyed tree frog’s predators are snakes, bats,spiders, and birds.

ByKyle Signora

I can leap.

I am a Scarlet Macaw and I can fly.

The name of the animal I am researching is a Scarlet Macaw. The macaw has black eyes surrounded by a bright yellow eye rings. The macaw is about 35 inches long. It has whitish skin around the eyes and lower beak. The Scarlet Macaw is native to evergreen forests in the American tropics. They can be found in tropical rain forests of Central and South America, including Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil. Macaws eat fruit, seeds, and nuts.

By Dylan Harlow

I can fly.

I am a toucan I can perch.

The animal I am researching is a toucan. It is a bird that has a bright colored beak. It has green skin around the eyes. It has a yellow head and chest with a red border. The toucan is about 20 inches long. It is a poor flyer. The keel-billed toucan lives in South America. Toucans live in small flocks in the lowlands of the rainforest. Toucans eat mostly fruit. They also eat bird eggs, insects, and tree frogs. By Andrea Kathe.

I can perch too.

I am a jaguar and I can pounce.

The name of the animal I am researching is the jaguar. My animal has whiskers and long retractable claws. It has a long brownish-yellow fur with black doughnut shaped spots. Plus the jaguar has a long tail. It can grow to be 4 to 6 feet long. The tail is 2-3 feet long. Jaguars can live in rainforests, swamps, deserts, and shrubby areas from South and CentralAmerica. The jaguar eats mammals, reptiles, birds, and eggs. They are an endangered animal due to loss of habitat and hunting.

By Olivia Rugg

I can pounce.