SUPER SURPRISE THURSDAY #66
Check out the picture, read the clues and give it a guess on what animal it is!
- I live in the ocean.
- I can only be found in the waters off Australia.
- I can not breathe fire.
WHO AM I?
SUPER SURPRISE THURSDAY #66
Check out the picture, read the clues and give it a guess on what animal it is!
WHO AM I?
YEAR OF THE DRAGON FRIDAY!
Well folks, we’ve reached the end of our dragon theme week! We hope you have enjoyed our first theme week! We sure had fun searching the world for real dragons! Today we went searching into the fascinating insect world to find a dragon that flies! We bet you guessed our animal! Let’s meet…
MEET THE EMPEROR DRAGONFLY!
Range/Habitat: Europe-Asia/ near ponds, lakes
Diet: carnivore: tadpoles, butterflies
Length: up to 4” wingspan
Conservation Status: common
Fun Facts:
Emperor dragonflies are beautiful bugs! We love their iridescent colors! They can fly up to 25-30 miles per hour! WOW! Edmond wants to race some Emperor dragonflies! Who wants to join us?
YEAR OF THE DRAGON THURSDAY!
We’re on day four of Year of the Dragon theme week and we have a biiiig lizard for you today! We bet you’ve guessed who it is by now! Well, have you? We’re heading to a special place called Komodo Island! Have you guessed it yet?
MEET THE KOMODO DRAGON!
Range/Habitat: Indonesia-Komodo-W Flores islands/open woodlands-savannas
Diet: Carnivore: carrion, pigs
Length/Weight: 6 ½-9 ¾ ft/ 155-300lbs
Conservation Status: endangered
Fun Facts:
Komodo dragons are awesome! These large reptiles have some amazing adaptations! We were surprised to learn that they could eat up to 80lbs! WOW and Ellie thought elephants could eat loads of food! These lizards definitely earned the name dragon!
YEAR OF THE DRAGON WEDNESDAY
Who’s ready to meet another dragon? We’ve travelled back to the land down under today to find this dragon. This dragon lives in the water and not on land! So grab your scuba gear and let’s dive in to find this wild and strange dragon!
MEET THE LEAFY SEA DRAGON!
Range/Habitat: Southern Australian oceans/near kelp and sea grass
Diet: Carnivore: mysid shrimp, plankton
Length: up to 14”
Conservation Status: near threatened
Fun Facts:
Leafy sea dragons are the official marine emblem of South Australia! We think they’re pretty awesome with their strange leafy appendages! They look kind of like aliens! These special cousins to the sea horse are protected in Australia.
YEAR OF THE DRAGON TUESDAY
We’re continuing the Year of the Dragon celebration today with a lizard from down under! And yes this little guy has dragon in its name! Are you ready to board the plane and head to Australia? Let’s do this!
MEET THE BEARDED DRAGON!
Range/Habitat: Australia/arid woodland- desert
Diet: Omnivore: insects, vegetation
Length: 12-18”
Conservation Status: common
Fun Facts:
Beardies as they are often called are pretty cute if you ask us! We love that they make themselves look bigger! Scary!! What adaptation would you like to have to protect yourselves from predators? Edmond said he would like to fly and Ellie said she already has all the protection she needs because elephants are soooo big!
NEW YEAR MONDAY
Happy Chinese New Year! It’s the Year of the Dragon and we’re celebrating with a dragon themed week! That’s right folks, all the animals we feature this week will have dragon in their name! Pretty awesome! Believe us when we say that finding these five animals wasn’t easy, there are no mammals or birds with dragon in their names! But we did find some reptiles! So are you ready to meet your first dragon? Let’s do this!
MEET THE THAI WATER DRAGON!
Range/Habitat: Thailand-Cambodia-Vietnam-Chinese/rainforests
Diet: Omnivore: insects, vegetation
Length: 2 ½-3 ft
Conservation Status: common
Fun Facts:
We think Thai water dragons are pretty neat! Not only are they cute, but they can climb trees and swim too! Wow, these reptiles are athletic and amazing! And they’re pretty cute for dragons J!