Well, I guess I was a little dissapointed: there was no monkey... But I guess I should have known that there would have been a really really tiny chance that they would actually bring a monkey. But nevertheless, it's not like she didn't bring other animals. And we got to learn things related to our science unit. Yesterday, she brought four animals, all from different classes: mammals, birds, and reptiles, and a "surprise animal."
We learned how to distinguish mammals from the other creatures, as well as birds, amphibians and reptiles. For example, mammals have fur, drink milk, are born alive, are endothermic (fancy name for warm-blooded) and have floppy ears. And what she brought was A TIGER!!! AND WE ALL GOT TO TOUCH IT IN THE END!** Next, birds had feathers, could fly, etc. For that one, she brought a hawk. At the end, we got to touch the different kinds of feathers, like to help fly, for decoration... For reptiles, who have scaly skin, we got to see a snake! And feel it!** Last but not least, we also got to see a lizard but couldn't touch it because of the salmonella. The surprise: an armadillo, which I thought was sooo cute! And we got to touch it! ***
This zoo experience was really fun and we really should keep planning things like these!
Spread the love of science ~Pippin14
* ehh, I'm just kidding! she didn't bring a real tiger. In the zoo, one of the old tigers died, so it was his carcass/fur, but we did get to feel it.
** same for the snake, not real but we got to feel the skin
***armadillo WAS real, but since it was really nervous, we couldn't touch it but she brought us a shell and stuff so we could feel it.
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The zoo reminded me... Do dolphins and whales have ears? They should because they are mammals but I can't imagine them with ears.
I'm not sure... maybe, like snakes and other animals, they have a small opening which leads to their inner ear so they can hear.
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