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  • 1. Contents: The PlainsClick an option to begin! Elephants and Baboons Rhinos, Lions, and Giraffes Pop Quiz The Forest Tigers and Bears Gibbons, Otters and Lemurs Pop Quiz The Oceans Walruses and Dolphins Polar Bears, Seals & Seal Lions Pop Quiz

2. The Plains Guinea baboons are an OldWorld Monkey, and the smallest species of baboon.Baboons ElephantsAfrican Elephants are the largestland mammal in the world, males growingfrom 12-13 feet, 7-8 tons (14,000-16,000 lbs)!Elephants grow their whole lives.Their trunks are used toThe average age for breathe, communicate, liftGuinea baboons is objects, and the trunk can25-30 yrs. hold up to 2 gallons of water! The trunk has two finger-like appendages that can pick up items as small as a dime! 3. The PlainsLionsMost of the The naturalhunting habitatis done of the Whiteby the Rhinofemales is thelions. Savanna The natural habitat of the Grasslands. African Lion is in the rich Rhinosgrasslands and sandy deserts. White Rhinos are not namedA lions roar can be for their color, but by the heard 5 miles away! Afrikaans word weit, meaning wide mouth. Giraffes tongues are able to delicately pluck leaves while avoiding thorns. Their tongues are blackGiraffes and can extend up to 20 inches! 4. The Plains Pop Quiz!!How long can a giraffes tongue extend? A. 30 inches B. 20 inches C. 10 inches Click here for theanswer! 5. The PlainsPop Quiz!!How long can a giraffes tongue extend? A. 30 inches B. 20 inches C. 10 inchesB. 20 inches! 6. The ForestTigersThe SiberianTiger is thelargest of alltigers, malesweighing upThe Kodiak is a species of brownto 616 lbs and bear, and the largest of the browngrowingbears.almost 7ftlong!The Kodiak bear has one of the The stripes on a tigers face is most like the thumbprint of a powerful human. No two are the same! senses of smell in Bears nature. 7. The Forest GibbonsRing-tailedlemurs livein aGibbons arematrilinealfound insocietythe upper(dominatedcanopies ofby a female).AsianLemursforests. Lemurs enjoy sunbathing! Gibbons swing quickly through trees with a hand-over-hand motion called Ottersbrachiate swinging. Otters let their collected clamssit in the sun so the shells will open.Then the otters wash their foodAsian Small Clawed Otters before eating!are the smallest in the world(2ft long and under 10 lbs). 8. The ForestPop Quiz!!The only enemy of the tiger is human. The gibbon enjoys which of the A. True following? B. FalseA. Singing duetsB. DancingC. Playing on the ground Click herefor the answers! 9. The ForestPop Quiz!!The only enemy of the tiger is human. The gibbon enjoys which of the A. True following? B. FalseA. Singing duetsB. DancingC. Playing on the ground True. The tigers habitat faces depletion, and being hunted byA. Singing! Gibbons mate for man poses a major threat. life and then enjoy singing with their partner! 10. The OceansWalrusesUnder itslayer ofskin,the walrusmay have Bottlenosedup to 6Dolphinsinches ofarefat! classified as toothed whales!Dolphins The walrus can dive up to 250 deep, Because of the dangers of fishermen and for as long as 10 minutes,pollution, the average life span of a and its sensitive bristles on its bottlenosed dolphin is 17 years in the wild. mustache are used to locate food! In an ideal environment, the potential age is 40-50 years!Click here for the walrus cam! 11. The Oceans Polar BearsSealsGrey sealsA polar can remainbearsunder waterstomach for up to 20Can holdminutes atmore than up to 475 ft.150lbs! Neither male or female seals eat The fur of the polar bear isfor the 4-6 week breeding period. actually not white. Each individual hair is a clear, hollow Sea Lions tube. The reflection from the sunSea lions have makes the fur appear white overexternal ear flaps. the bears black skin.They come to shoreto rest and breed. Click here for the seal/sea lion cam! 12. The OceansPop Quiz!! California Sea Lions mate for life. The walrus family name, Obobenidae, means which of A. True the following?B. FalseA. Tusk FighterB. Tusky Sea ElephantC. One who walks with his teethClick herefor the answers! 13. Pop Quiz!! The Oceans California Sea Lions mate for life. The walrus family name, Obobenidae, means which of A. True the following?B. FalseA. Tusk FighterB. Tusky Sea Elephant False. C. One who walks with his teeth In one season male sea lions can mate with up toC. One who walks with his16 females! teeth is the Greekmeaning for Obobenidae. 14. A-has: I have createdPowerpoint presentationsbefore, but never withhyperlinks. It was fun! I learned I could adjust the timing of the information in the slides manually. I was impressed with additional facts I learned about otters- particularly how intelligent they are with catching food and eating. 15. Credits: All information wasgathered from thewebsite of theIndianapolis Zoo.Indyzoo.org