Thursday, September 22, 2011

Animal Myths 9/22/11

*myth: a popular story that is thought to be true.

Animals do some pretty strange things. Giraffes clean their eyes and ears with their tongues. Snakes see through their eyelids. Some snails can hibernate for three years. But other weird animal tales are hogwash. Read this National Geographic Kids article (right-click and open in new window) and find out how some of these myths started—and why they're not true.

READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE FIRST BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE QUESTIONS. There are 5 pages to the article.
1. Why can it be bad if penguins look up at low-flying airplanes?
2. Explain what the parotoid glands on a frog can do to predators and humans.
3. If you see a baby bird on the ground, why should you NOT touch it?
4. What are ostriches doing when it looks like they're burying their heads in the sand?
5. Pick any animal and make up your own animal myth. Have fun with this one and be as creative as possible.

9 comments:

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Andrew said...

1.Because penguins are birds but not fling birds.
2.It would run away from their predatorsand humans.
3.Because the female bird would get mad and peak you
4.Because when they get scared they put their heads in the ground.
5.I like dogs and dogs are cool dogs can fech and you can walk a dog i think dogs are cool because their awesome.

Abel said...

1.It could be bad because they can start to panic and leave their nests.

2.The parotoid glands on a frog can cause many poisons to humans and predators.

3.You should not touch a baby birdon the ground because the mother can get upset or the baby bird may be trying to fly.

4.Ostriches are making sure that that their eggs are away from any harm.

5.Sharks eat Humans because they think there turtles.

Ashley said...

1.They can get scared leave their nest. 2.It can make you SICK! 3.It may be learning how to fly! 4.They are ether bilding a nest or turning over eggs! 5.Why feral cats are known as ``wild cats>,they are not wild they are just raised in the wild!

tristen said...

1. They can panic and leave ther nest.
2. I can irrtat the mouth and human skin.
3. Beacuse it is most likely learning to fly.
4. Ther moveing ther eggs to keep them safe.
5. Legend has it that ther is a talking shapeshifting moose that can take shape of what ever it wants

Natalie said...

1.Lowflying airplanes can make penguins get scared and leave their nests.

2.The parotoid glands have a bad poison.

3. The bird could be learning to fly and and probably dosnt wanna be bothered.

4. They dig holes in the dirt to make nests for them to lay eggs.


5.The reason the cat scratches humans is because they see humans as animals.Your probably thinking just cut their nails mistake cats nails or "claws" are known to grow back in a minute!! p.s im a dog person and i hope your one too.

noe said...

1.It could make penguins panic leave their nests

Kristian said...

1.They can get scared and run away from their nest.
2.It could cause poisons to humans and predators.
3.You should not touch it because it is probably trying to learn how to fly.
4.They are building a nest so their eggs will be protected from harm.
5.People say, if you eat a eagle's eggs, you will turn into a eagle.

JAMIEN said...

1. Because the oil might fall and they will die.
2. parotid glands have an nasty poison.
3.They are probaly learning to fly.
4.They are bulding a nest to plant put th ebaby eggs in.
5. The word coming from the old lady up the steet is that there is a...no good dirty roten bug stellen pink prary dog namded tamon that says akuna matata