AFRICAN WILD DOG!

By: Joseph

What Is That?..........................................................................................................................................3Habitat…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………4Food………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………5Life Cycle………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….6Life Cycle of a Dung Beetle……………………………………………………………………………………………….7Dung Beetle VS. African Wild Dog………………………………………………………………………………..8Life Cycle of a Tyrannosaur………………………………………………………………………………………9Tyrannosaur VS. African Wild Dog…………………………………………………………………………….10Where it Lives……………………………………………………………………………………………………………11Physical Characteristics……………………………………………………………………………………………12Fun Facts……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….13Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………………………………….14Glossary…………………………………………………………………………………………………….15

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WHAT IS THAT!?

You are traveling through Africa, when an ear flicks up beside you. You look and see a Hyena! Wait, no a Wolf! Wait, no, WHAT IS THAT THING? It’s a Lycaon Pictus, an African Wild Dog! And what a beautiful animal! Now let’s see what he can do!

I see you!

HABITAT

African Wild Dogs live in grasslands in Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa. African Wild Dogs do not migrate. African Wild Dogs live in arid areas.

Nice and cozy,

just how I like it.

FOOD

The African Wild Dog eats Gazelles, Warthogs, and Rodents. The African Wild Dogs sneak up on prey. African Wild Dogs hunt in packs of 12 or less members.

Hello, lunch.

LIFE CYCLE First, a live pup is born

Then, at about 4-5 months the pup is already looking like dad!

Now it’s time to leave mom and dad (2 years)

Bye-Bye!

Love is in the air! Mating Time!(4-5 years)

The sad part (11 years)

LIFE CYCLE OF A DUNG BEETLEBaby is produced in egg

Baby hatched!

“Teenage” dung beetles go and mate

The sad part

1. Born live, not in an egg2. Stays with its mother

and father for 2 years3. Life span is 11 years

1. Produced in an egg2. Mother and father

abandon eggs3. Life span is about 3

months

1. They both mate

2. They both live on land

African Wild Dog

Dung Beetle

Both

African Wild Dog VS. Dung Beetle

LIFE CYCLE OF A TYRANNOSAUR

Baby is produced in big egg

“Tyrannobaby” hatched!

Ready or not, here I come!

Baby is now hunting with mama.

Now time to leave and mate

The sad part

TYRANNOSAUR VS. AFRICAN WILD DOG

1. Born in an egg2. Lives to 70 years

1. Hunt with

parents2. Live with

parents for short

time3. Mate

4. Lives on land

1. Born live2. Lives to 11 years

TyrannosaurAfrican Wild Dog

Both

Where they live

African Wild Dogs live in South Africa and areas around it.

I’m over here!

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

An African Wild Dog is brown, white, and black. It has large ears and 4 toes. It weighs 75 pounds. It is 2-3 feet tall. It is 43 inches long.

2-3 feet

43 inches

FUN FACTS

1. A female can give birth to a litter of 5 pups!

2. A full-grown can run 50 MPH!3. It can climb 5 feet up trees!4. It is a carnivore, so it only eats meat, meat, MEAT!5. Although African Wild Dogs do not migrate, a lot of the food they eat does!6. Cubs play-fight, and that teaches them to hunt.7. There are only about 4000 African Wild Dogs left!8. When a male is angry, it will show its teeth and snarl.9. When a female is angry, she growls and folds her ears back.10. It can hear a rat through 3 inches of brush!

Don’t mess

with me!

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. www.a-z animals.com2. www.Factsheets.org3. Google.com\search4. Wildnet.org\wildlife5. Natgeographic.com6. www.kidsplanet.org

GLOSSARYLycaon Pictus- the scientific name for African Wild DogMigrate-to travel a long distance to get away from somethingArid-hot and dryProduced-to be createdLife span- how long something livesSnarl-a noise similar to a growlBrush-dry plants and grassMate-breed

Hmm… Now what does that

mean?