Our finished Christmas Art

Christmas fun with our buddies

Today we made stained glass window pictures by colouring and then brushing oil over our art work. They are very colourful!

Matthew's Siamang Gibbons Report

Siamangs

Introduction:

Male Siamangs are slightly bigger than female Siamangs.

Background:

Siamang gibbons have been swinging at the top of trees for many years.

Characteristics:

The Siamangs have a throat sac that can inflate to the size of their head. It makes their voices louder. Their voices can travel up to 3 kilometres

Diet/habitat:

Siamang Gibbons are found on the island of Sumatra. Siamangs are omnivores... they eat lots of fruit which is 75% of their diet.

Adaptations:

They have a big tail and long arms to help them swing around.

Jaw Dropping Facts:

The Siamang Gibbons real name is Hylobates Syndactylus. There hands  are called brachiations. They weigh up to 13kg.

Extinction:

There are more than 1,000 left in the world. In 100 years there is a 20% chance that Siamang Gibbons might be extinct   

Conclusion:

I hope there will always be Siamang Gibbons on earth.

By Matthew

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Jake's Siamang Gibbon Report

          Siamang Gibbons

Introduction:

Siamang Gibbons lives in Malay Peninsula Sumatra.

                                                                                         

Background:

Siamang Gibbons had larger numbers before people started cutting down their habitat and the number started decreasing. Siamangs are  mammals and they’re very hairy.

Characteristics:

Siamang Gibbons have  large sockets on their throats.  They are the colour grey and can blow up to the size of their heads. Siamang Gibbons can be fierce so watch out!

Diet:

Siamang Gibbons are omnivores. 75% of their diet is fruit, leaves, flowers, seeds, treebark and tender plant shoots.

Adaptations

Siamang gibbons have the ability to rotate their shoulder sockets and their long strong arms.

“Jaw dropping facts”:

Their Super family is Hominoidea.

Siamang Gibbons mate at 5 to 7 years old

Extinction:                                     

Siamang Gibbons are a threatened species and are worth saving.

Conclusion:

Siamang Gibbons  make a very loud noise to let other animals know where their territory is.

By Jake

BaiLin's Siamang Gibbon Report

Siamang Gibbons

Introduction                               by BaiLin

Siamang Gibbons live in Sumatra.

Characteristics

The Simon Gibbon has a large socket on it’s throat.

Diet

The Siamang Gibbon is an omnivore. 75% their diet is fruit, leaves, flower, seed, tree bark and tender plant shoots.

Adaptations

Extra long fingers and strong arms to grip and swing through the trees are the Simon Gibbons adaptations.

Jaw dropping facts

The scientific name is Hylobates Syndactylus

The size is 4464 centimetres the weight for 4 to 3 kg age of sexul Matarilty5 to 7 years.

Extinction

Siamang Gibbons are facing extinction.

Conclusion  

I hope Simon Gibbons will never become extinct.

Skylar's Panda Report

Pandas

By Skylar

Introduction:

The Chinese panda comes from Southwestern China. It belongs to the   bear  family... it is an omnivore.

Characteristics:

The panda has very strong paws that can grip well. They are very good climbers but their eyesight is very poor.

Diet and habitat:

Although it's classed as a flesh-eater it’s normal diet is bamboo and very occasionally bamboo rats and small birds. The panda spends two thirds of a day eating.

Adaptations:

The panda’s adaptations are it’s molar teeth. It’s teeth are used for crushing bamboo.

Jaw dropping facts:

The panda has the largest molars of any carnivores. The giant panda spends 16 hours eating.

Breeding:

The mating is the only time they can breed. A mother panda can have two cubs at a time but if she does the second one is unlikely to survive.

Conclusion:

Only 1600 pandas are left in the world. People are killing them to get their fur. Now it is illegal to kill them

Emma's Elephant Report

Elephants

By Emma

Introduction:

There are two types of elephant, the Asian elephant and the African elephant. Female elephants are called cows and male elephants are called bulls. A group of elephants is called a herd.

Background:

Today, there are an estimated to be 45,000 - 700,000 African elephants and between 35,000 - 40,000 wild Asian elephants.

Diet:

Elephants dig for water to drink. They can drink 210 litres a day! Elephants can spend hours collecting leaves, twigs, bamboo and roots which they eat. Elephants are herbivores.

Adaptations:

The elephant's  trunk can tear off branches. They can suck up water as well to clean themselves. They can use their trunks to break bamboo.

“Jaw dropping” facts:

Elephants are the largest land-living mammal in the world. Elephants can eat at least 150 kg of plant food each day. That is about as much as 1,000 apples or pears. An adult elephant needs to drink around 210 litres of water a day.

Extinction:

Elephants are threatened because people kill elephants to get their tusks.

Conclusion:

Today, elephants are kept in zoos to protected them and to breed.

Wilmer's Elephant Report

Elephants

There used used to be lots of species of Elephant (including the Mastodon) but now only two exist (African and Asian) and they are at risk of extinction.

Background:

In past times there was the oldest type of elephant called the Moertheres. Then came the Trilophodon with four tusks and a longer trunk. Next the platybelodon which was very unusual due to no tusks and a trunk mixed with a mouth! Mammoths were furry and had two tusks and a modern trunk. Next they split into two main Elephant species- Asian/African.

Characteristics:

African elephants have big ears for cooling while Asian elephants have smaller ears. African Elephants have bigger tusks while Asian elephants have smaller tusks.

Diet/Habitat:

Their diet is: trees and plants (like the bird of paradise). The habitat for Asian Elephants is the rainforests of Asia. African elephants lives in deserts in Africa.

Jaw dropping facts:

Female elephants are called cows, male elephants are called bulls and baby elephants are called calves. Elephants use their trunks as snorkels.

Adaptations:

Their Adaptations are: Trunks- without them the Elephant would become extinct fairly quickly. The trunk can suck water, like a vacuum, squirts it like a broken vacuum and hold the food.  African elephants have ears for cooling.

Extinction

African elephants have bigger tusks which means hunters LOVE them. One tusk will cost more than 10,000 euros so the bigger the better.  Asian elephants are safer however also endangered.

Conclusion:

As said before, Elephants are at the risk of extinction and we need to take action now or these beautiful animals will no longer exists.

By Wilmer

Samantha's Zebra Report

The Zebra

Zebra’s live in Africa. They are vegetarians. Zebra’s live in the equidae family along with the donkey and horse.

Characteristics:

There are 4 species of zebra:

1.The Grevy’s Zebra, 2.The Plains Zebra, 3.The Mountain Zebra, 4.The Hartmann's Zebra

Diet:

Zebras eat grass and leaves for their diet.

Habitat:

Zebra’s live in the grasslands and deserts of Africa.

Adaptations:

Zebras each have a pattern of stripes, pointed ears and sturdy legs that help them to survive in the wild.

Did you know:

Zebras run on their toes. They have a layer of black skin under the black and white stripy fur that covers their bodies. When they sleep they stand up. Also A zebra's ears tell the mood that they are in.

Conclusion:

Zebras are very interesting creatures. Zebra crossings have been named after the black and white stripes of the Zebra.

By Samantha