Smithsonian National Zoo Park http://nationalzoo.si.edu

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What Am I?

• Vertebrate
• Vertebrates are animals that have a backbone

• Invertebrate
• Invertebrates are animals that do not have a
  backbone. Invertebrates are cold-blooded their
  body temperature depends on the temperature of
  their environment.

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Researched by
Caroline
Kerelos
Jack
Anthony
Isabelle
Julia V.
Jacob
Jarrett
Cameron
Alyssa
Michelle
Danny
Matthew
Dylan
Solange
Marissa
Natalie
Julia D
Devon
Kyle
Colin
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Bibliography
Enchanted Learning. http//www.Enchanted
Learning.com 1996 National Geographic Society
http//www.nationalgeographic.com/site /1996-2006
National Geographic Society.. Smithsonian
National Zoo Park http//nationalzoo.si.edu/ Spri
ng Peeper http//www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandi
ngES/Ecology/mpages/spring_peeper.htm http//www.c
lcookphoto.com/snowyman.htm San Diego
Zoo http//www.sandiegozoo.org/ Puffer
Pictures http//www.underworldphotography.com/puff
er.htm Snowy Owl http//www.clcookphoto.com/snowy
man.htm
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What am I? Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate?
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I am a vertebrate.

• I am a vertebrate because I have a backbone.
• I am a mammal.
• I have fur on my body.
• I feed my babies milk.
• I have live babies.

House Cat
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Cool Facts

• House cats usually do not like to swim
• House cats are meat eaters or carnivores.
• House cats have good night vision.

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What am I? Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate?
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I am an invertebrate.

• I am an invertebrate because I do not have a
  backbone.
• I am a mollusk.
• I have a soft body with eight arms.
• I lay eggs.

octopus
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Cool Facts

• If I lose an arm I will regrow another arm.
• I cannot hear.
• I like to eat small crabs, scallops, fish,
  turtles and sometimes other octopuses.

Octopus
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What am I? Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate?
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I am a vertebrate.

• I am a vertebrate because I have a backbone.
• I am a bird.
• I have feathers on my body.
• I lay eggs.

Black-Capped Chickadee
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Cool Facts

• I can remember where I hid my food for at least
  28 days.
• I like to eat spiders, caterpillars or seeds and
  berries.
• I am the state bird of Massachusetts.

Black-capped Chickadee
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What am I?Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate?
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I am a vertebrate.

• I am a vertebrate because I have a backbone.
• I am a mammal.
• I have black to brown fur.
• I give birth to live young.

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Cool Facts by Cameron

• The howler monkey is the loudest monkey and the
  loudest land animal.
• The howler monkey is the largest monkey in South,
  North and Central America.
• These monkeys live in trees in the rain forests.

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What am I?Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate?
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I am a vertebrate.

• I am a vertebrate because I have a backbone.
• I am a reptile.
• I have scales.
• I lay eggs.

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Cool Facts by Colin

• Boas like to eat monkeys, birds,and rodents.
• Boa constrictors have coloration that camouflages
  them they have varying patterns of
  cream,brown,tan,gray and black.
• They continue to grow all their lives, getting
  bigger and bigger each year.
• They can open their jaws very wind.
• When they hunt they squeeze their prey until it
  can no longer breath.

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What am I?Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate?
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I am a vertebrate.

• I am a vertebrate because I have a backbone.
• I am a reptile.
• I am covered in scales.
• The American Crocodile lays eggs.

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Cool Facts by Anthony

• The American Crocodile has 66 teeth.
• The American Crocodile has a forth tooth on
  either side of the lower jaw.
• There belly has yellow and green smooth scales.

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What am I?Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate?
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I am a vertebrate.

• I am a vertebrate because I have a backbone.
• I am a mammal.
• I have fur.
• I have live babies.

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Cool Facts by Isabelle

• Beavers cannot move quickly on land.
• Beavers weigh 30-70 pounds!
• Their best defense from predators is in water!

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What am I?Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate?
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I am a vertebrate.

• I am a vertebrate because I have a backbone.
• I am a fish.
• I have a torpedo-shaped body and 3 main fins.
• I give birth to 2-14 fully-formed pups that are
  up to 5 feet (1.5m)long.

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Cool Facts by Natalie

• Only the underbelly of the Great White Shark is
  actually white.
• In the fall, some females migrate to warmer
  waters (for example, southern California) to give
  birth.
• The teeth are located in rows which rotate into
  use as needed. The first two rows are used in
  obtaining food.
• Sharks primarily use their sense of smell.
• The Great White is the only type of shark that
  will go to the surface and poke its head up out
  of the water.

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What am I?Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate?
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I am an invertebrate.

• I am an invertebrate because I do not have a
  backbone.
• I am an insect. The Luna moth is a light green
  moth that has long curving tails on its hind
  wings and eyespots on all four wings.
• I lay very very tiny eggs.

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Cool Facts by Jarrett

• Its egg becomes a lime-green caterpillar with
  tiny orange spots.
• When they grow up to be an adult they never eat
  food they only mate and reproduce.

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What am I?Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate?
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I am a vertebrate.

• I am a vertebrate because I have a backbone.
• I have scales modified into spines.
• I lay eggs.

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Cool Facts by Solange

• Pufferfish have a small mouth and a tube shaped
  body when not engorged.
• A blowfish has a big dark eye surrounded by a
  white ring.
• Pufferfish are meat eaters.
• Pufferfish crush and grind up their prey with
  their teeth.

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What am I?Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate?
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I am a vertebrate.

• I am a vertebrate because I have a backbone.
• I am a mammal.
• I have a thick brown fur coat about the size
  of a cat.
• I give birth to live young

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Cool facts by Julia V.

• The sloth is a herbivore a plant-eater that
  eats at night.
• The sloth eats leaves ,tender young shoots,and
  fruit.
• The main of the sloth are are jaguars and Harpy
  Eagles.

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What am I?Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate?
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I am a vertebrate.

• I am a vertebrate because I have a backbone.
• I am an amphibian.
• I have slimy skin.
• I lay eggs.

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Cool Facts by Danny

• Newts are about three to four inches on average.
• The adults color varies from deep green to brown
  on top and the underbelly is usually yellow with
  dark spots.
• Newts eat, insects, worms, snails,and small fish.
• They have four legs. There are four fingers on
  each of the front legs and five toes on each of
  the hind legs.

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What am I?Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate?
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I am vertebrate

• I am a vertebrate because I have a backbone.
• I am a bird with white feathers with some black
  bars.
• A Snowy Owl lays eggs in a clutch.

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Cool Facts by Julia D.

• Their nest is lined with moss,lichen and feathers
• In order to look around they have to move their
  entire head.
• Snowy owls are carnivores who are stealth hunters
  they can easily sneak up on their prey since
  their fluffy feathers give them almost silent
  flight.

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What am I?Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate
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I am a vertebrate.

• I am a vertebrate because I have a backbone.
• I am a reptile.
• I have green to brown skin with scales.
• I lay eggs.

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Cool Facts by Jacob

• They are found in Central and South America.
• Their eggs are eaten by many animals.
• They use their powerful legs to swim and climb
  trees.

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What am I?Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate?
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I am an invertebrate.

• I am an invertebrate because I do not have a
  backbone.
• A scorpion is an arachnid.
• A scorpion gives birth to live young.

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Cool Facts by Kerelos

• Some scorpions live for 25 years.
• Some scorpions eat other scorpions.
• Twenty-five kinds of scorpions can kill people.
• A scorpion can paralyze a person.

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What am I?Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate?
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I am a vertebrate.

• I am a vertebrate because I have a backbone.
• I am a mammal because I have a backbone
• White fuzzy fur that is warm.
• It gives birth to babies.

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Cool Facts by Devon

• Polar Bears are up to 10 feet.
• Polar Bears do not drink water .
• It weighs about 1,700 pounds
• Polar Bears have two types of fur one to keep
  them warm and one to keep them from getting wet.
• Polar Bears have wide front paws with slightly
  webbed toes to help them swim.

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What am I?Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate?
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I am a vertebrate.

• I am a vertebrate because I have a backbone
• I am a bird.
• I have feathers.
• I lay eggs

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Cool Facts by Kyle

• African Gray Parrots easily learn hundreds of
  words and sounds.
• They lay 3 to 5 eggs in each clutch.
• They are about 13 to 16 inches.
• They weigh about a pound.

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What am I?Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate?
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I am a vertebrate

• I am a vertebrate because I have a backbone.
• I am a bird.
• I am covered with light brown feathers on
  my body and iridescent green feathers on my head.
• I lay eggs.

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Cool Facts by Michelle

• Females lay 5 to 14 greenish white eggs at a
  time.
• The male is called a drake.
• The female is called a hen.
• Mallards eat insects, worms, frogs, snails,
  slugs, small shellfish, grasses and other plants.

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What am I?Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate
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I am vertebrate

• I am vertebrate because I have a backbone.
• I am a fish.
• I have brown skin with tan spots and the skin has
  tiny scales.
• I lay eggs.

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Cool Facts by Caroline

• It is not a true eel
• The electric eel grows to be almost 8
  feet long.
• The electric eel is a long, snake-
  like fish.
• The electric eel eats other fish.
• The scales covering the body are
  tiny.

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What am I?Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate?
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I am a invertebrate.

• Im an invertebrate because I do not have a
  backbone.
• I am a crustacean.
• I have a shell.
• I give birth to live young.

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Cool Facts by Dylan

• The hermit crab is a type of crab that doesnt
  have a very hard shell.
• They eat worms, plankton and organic debris.
• The hermit crab is a crustacean.
• There are 500 different kinds around the world.

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What am I?Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate?
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I am a vertebrate.

• I am vertebrate because I have a backbone.
• I am a reptile who eats plants and lays eggs.
• I lay white eggs in a shallow pit and cover
  them with sand.

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Cool Facts by Matthew

• A Desert Tortoise has a shell that protects it
  from the extreme desert temperatures.
• It can live from 50 to 80 years.
• Its head is as long as a hand.
• Its tail is very small and skinny.

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What am I?Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate ?
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I am a vertebrate .

• I am a vertebrate because I have a
  backbone.
• I am an amphibian.
• My skin is brown to tan.
• I lay eggs.

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Cool Facts by Alyssa

• The spring pepper is a small tree frog.
• These frogs have a dark x on the back.
• This frog is about the size of a coin.

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What am I?Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate?
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I am a vertebrate.

• I am a vertebrate because I have a backbone.
• I am a amphibian.
• I have skin with no scales.
• I lay eggs.

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Cool Facts by Marissa

• Salamanders spend their lives near water.
• Salamanders eat insects, worms, snails and small
  fish.
• They are animals that begin their lives in the
  water breathing with gills later they develop
  lungs and breathe air.
• They keep their tail when they are adults.

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What am I?Am I a vertebrate or invertebrate?
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I am a vertebrate

• I am a vertebrate because I have a backbone.
• I am a mammal.
• I am hairy and live in Africa.
• I give birth to live babies.

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Cool Facts by Jack

• Aardvark mean Earth Pig in a language of South
  Africa.
• They have a sleek, dark brown coat, short legs
  with webbed second and third toes and hoof-like
  claws.
• Aardvarks eat ants and termites and are nocturnal.