SCAVENGER HUNTCreature Features

Is red

Is green

Is blue

Is brown

Has spots

Has stripes

Has spots and stripes

Has feathers

Has scales

Has a shell

Has whiskers

Is covered in fur

Has no fur at all

Has pincers

Has many legs

Has a long tail

Has spikes, spines, or quills

Is bigger than you

Is smaller than you

Could !t in the palm of your hand

Something to Talk About. What characteristics make you unique? What characteristics do you share with some of the animals at the Zoo? Which animals are similar to you? Which are different from you?

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Animals come in a remarkable variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. Find an animal at the Zoo that:

*Make it more challenging by !nding animals not pictured above.

SCAVENGER HUNTHome Sweet Habitat

Animals live just about everywhere on earth, from the depths of oceans to high mountains to the hair on your head! An animals home is called its habitat, and it contains everything the animal needs to survive and reproduce. A species’ habitat may be large or small, in trees or underground. Some animals need lots of space within their habitat to roam and !nd food, while others never leave their very small space.

Find an animal at the Zoo that lives:

On land

In trees

Underground

In lakes and rivers

In deep oceans

In a desert

In a rainforest

On mountains

*Make this activity more challenging by !nding animals not pictured above.

Something to Talk About. What’s in your personal habitat? What do you need to live comfortably? What is similar about your habitat and the Zoo animals habitats? What is different?

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In grasslands

In your backyard or neighborhood

Find an animal at the Zoo that:

Needs a large area

Needs a small area

Lives in groups or colonies

Lives alone

School and Backyard Watch

After learning about the animals at the zoo, have fun exploring the wildlife

in your area. A good way to do it is by taking a field trip around your school, or just

around the block! It may surprise you to find so many animals on a playing field or close to your home.

Here is a mini field guide describing some of the native animals that you

are likely to come across.

1. Blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata) – 11 inches in length. It is a blue bird with a crest. Blue jays have a black collar, and a white belly.

2. Lubber grasshopper (Romalea guttata) – 3 inches. Young are black with yellow and red markings. Adults are yellow, with black markings and red wings. They eat plants, and are toxic to the other animals.

3. Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) – 17 inches long, plus a 12 inches long hairless tail. Opossums have an elongated muzzle, hairless tail, and short limbs. They are nocturnal (so, they will not be around during the day), and females have a pouch (marsupial).

4. Mourning dove (Zenaida macroura) – 12 inches in length, a light brown bird with black spots on upper wings and pink legs. Morning doves have long tapered tails, and their call is a long mournful oowoo – woo.

5. Green anole (Anolis carolinensis) and brown anole (Anolis sagrei) – Both are about 7 inches. The green anole is native to Florida and can change colors from green to brown. The brown anole (not native) is always brown. They feed on insects and display their colored dewlap (a throat fan) to attract females and defend territory.

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Amazing Animals Scavenger HuntDirections: As you tour the Oakland Zoo see how many of these animals

you can find!

An animal covered with scales

An animal with brightly colored feathers

An animal with long, gray hair

An animal with a long tail

An animal that can hide in the trees

An animal without eyelids

An animal that lays eggs

An animal that feeds its baby milk

An animal with hardly any hair

A bird with feathers that can t fly

Amammal that can fly

An animal that carries its baby in a pouch

A reptile that has no arms or legs is a

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Animal Behavior HuntDirections: Check off each behavior as you see it. Describe on the lines under thebehavior.

Agonistic behavior (fight, stare, chase, hit)

Communication behavior (vocalize, scent mark, display)

Courtship behavior (lick, rub, display)

Feeding behavior (forage, eat, chew cud)

Locomotor behavior (walk, run, swing, fly)

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Maintenance behavior (scratch, lick, rub)

Parental behavior (groom, carry, nurse, protect)

Play behavior (chase, wrestle, climb, play with toy)

ZOO-PER BINGO

What animals can you spot while at the Zoo? Find !ve in a row to win!

Up for an extra challenge? Answer the bonus questions at the end of each row and column to !nd out what all the animals have in common!

We are found on which continent?

We are found on which continent?

We are found on which continent?

We are found on which continent?

There are not many of us left. What are we?

We are carnivores.

What do we eat?

We are all from the same class. What are we?

We are all from the same order. What are we?

We are herbivores.

What do we eat?

There are not many of us left. What are we?

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Cheetah

Goliath Bird-eating Tarantula

Cuban Crocodile

Asian Small-clawed Otter

Sumatran Tiger

Kori Bustard

Keel-Billed Toucans

Roseate Spoonbill

Malay Great Argus Pheasant

Guam Rail

Western Lowland Gorilla

Golden Lion Tamarin

Free Space

White-cheeked Gibbon

Orangutan

Scimitar-horned Oryx

Howler Monkey

Black-tailed Prairie Dog

Przewalski’s Horse

Asian Elephant

Black and Rufous Giant Elephant-Shrew

Blue Poison Dart Frog

Black-footed Ferret

Clouded Leopard

Gharial