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Writers Mackenzie Kubal Enmanuel Ibarra Aylie Giblin
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Art.com flicker.com europeworld.com King Cheetah By: Enmanuel Ibarra
Have you heard of a king cheetah? A king cheetah has a different fur coat
than a normal one. The king cheetah is a still a cheetah.
King cheetah
The king cheetah has a different type of fur than a normal cheetah fur. They
have stripes running down their back and cheetahs just have spots. The king cheetah
spots join to make the lines on its back. They also have softer hair and longer hair than
a cheetah. Scientist were disagreeing about the king cheetah. Some thought that the
king cheetah was a different species. Other scientists thought that the king cheetah
was the same thing as a cheetah. Two cheetahs were born with the same stripes as a
king cheetah. They were born from a normal cheetah so they are grouped in with the
cheetah. The first king cheetah seen was in Zimbabwe Botswana in 1926.
A king cheetahs life
King cheetahs eat the same food as a normal cheetah. They eat Thomson’s
gazelle, Grants gazelle, Savanna hare, Impala, Springbok, dik-dik, Steinbok, Wilde- King Cheetah en.wikipedia.org beest, Topi, Reedbuck, eland, and Kori bustard in East Africa. They hunt in the day. The lines on their face, that look like tear drops help them to bring down the glare
from the sun just like football players put on black lines under there eyes. They will
hunt in the morning or in the afternoon. Cheetahs can only run for a short time. They
run 300 to 600 yards. They go 60- to 70- miles per hour. One of their prey, the ga-
zelle, can run fast in a short time to 40 miles per hour. So the cheetah has to get close.
They have to get at least thirty yards to the gazelle. The gazelle might hear the cheetah
but the cheetah will wait for the gazelle to forget. It has to surprise the animal before it
can run fast. When they catch the gazelle, it will bite its throat and suffocate it. When
it’s dead the cheetah eats it.
As you can see the king cheetah may look different to a cheetah but there the same
thing. They eat the same things, they live in the same place, and the do the same thing.
The strips are the thing that makes them different.
Horses by: Mackenzie Kubal
I love horses! They are fun to ride, groom, and you can use them to do useful tasks. The first horse I rode was named Sadie, and it was at a children’s farm. I was only about 3 and after that first ride, I fell in love with horses! My favorite birth- day party was a riding party I had last year. Horses are a big part of some of my favorite memories. We think that horses were originated from Asia and were tamed by nomad people. Horses have long been important to humans in many cultures. Horses actually came to America from Europe; brought over to the new world on boats. There is Hedweb.com only one species of nomadic horses but all together more than four hundred species. Horses are mammals and herbivores (eat grass). They can weigh anywhere from 120 pounds to 2,200 pounds. Most horses are domesticated (tamed). Exception for only one type of horse (from Mongolia), all wild horses came from domesticated horses. Horses come in five different colors--brown, chestnut, bay, and black. Those five colors can produce many colors ranging from white to black and even spotted. Many breeds were used for purposes that match the qualities of the breed. For example, strong, heavy horses like draft horses are used for pulling. Nimble horses such as thoroughbred horses are good for show jumping and dressage. Even though our use for horses has changed through the years, horses are still used today for pleasure riding, farm work and to help with herding livestock. Horses also do new working activities such as participate in po- lice work, entertainment, therapy, sports, and more.
Because there are approximately 75million horses in the world, there are many interesting facts about horses. The oldest horse in the world so far lived until age 62 and was from Eng- land. The largest horse in the world was named Samson and was over 7 feet tall. He was also the heaviest horse in the world and weighed over 3,000 pounds! Average horses drink up to ten gallons of water a day. Oddly, horses do not vomit and do not breathe out of their mouth. Horses are a valuable part of the world’s cultures—both in history and to- day. Most of all, I love horses because they are sweet, sensitive creatures that are fun to ride.
Page 4 Intro Dama Gazelles Are all ga- zelles the same? What on earth do they eat? Where on earth do they live? How do they live? Mating? Peo- ple want to know. Gazelles may be almost extinct but they are not forgotten. Habitat Dama Gazelles live in the African savannah, grasslands, and sub-deserts. Gazelles mainly live alone but, sometimes live in groups/herds. Males usually get along but occasionally they lock horns. Eating Habits In general, all gazelles eat plants. They eat animals/zoom/ Gazella_dama_001.as shrubs, grasses, and woody plants. When food is just pthdb=imh&AN=imh622 out of reach gazelles can stand on their hind legs to 065 get it. In one way gazelles are kind of like girl scouts, always prepared. If a gazelle is munching along on some grass and a predator (cheetah) comes along the gazelle can get out of there without worrying about finishing chewing. How? The gazelle eats like a cow! First, the gazelle swallows the grass, shrub, ect. mainly unchewed. Then when the gazelle knows it’s safe it brings the food back to its mouth to finish chewing the food. Mating Did you know females mature at one and a half years to two years but males only mature in one year? Females are pregnant for six and half months before having a baby gazelle. Twinning is very rare. Conclusion Gazelles are very interesting because we don’t know much about them yet they are almost ex- King Cheetah By: Enmanuel Ibarra
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Emanuel Ibarra
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