tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633466533683944100.post5592090473415354217..comments2024-03-26T23:38:39.659-07:00Comments on Mrs. Yollis' Classroom Blog: Science: Meet a Hedgehog and a SnakeMrs. Yollishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08553708205781596148noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633466533683944100.post-12198558315949226472017-06-08T21:08:08.989-07:002017-06-08T21:08:08.989-07:00Dear Mrs. Yollis,
I really enjoyed Sally the tig...Dear Mrs. Yollis,<br /> <br />I really enjoyed Sally the tiger salamander’s visit.<br /> <br />First the Sally the Salamander is an amphibian. (It means they can breath in and out of water.) All salamanders can eat one scorpion under water. Isn't that cool? <br /> <br /> The salamander felt like a hot dog but it was a little bumpy and slimey. Salamanders They have lungs, They also have tiny little holes called pores. Sally is 12 years old. Did you know that a salamander an grow to be 5 1/2 feet long. <br /> <br />From,<br />BriannaBriannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633466533683944100.post-5704507275595985782017-06-06T19:00:22.786-07:002017-06-06T19:00:22.786-07:00Dear Ms.Yollis,
I actually liked two animals ...Dear Ms.Yollis,<br /><br /> I actually liked two animals the most, and couldn't decide which one I liked better, so I wrote about them both. I liked the gopher snakes because I think snakes are so fascinating. Their rough scales were very neat to touch. The gopher snakes’ tongues looked so cool because they looked like dragon tongues. It was fun learning interesting facts about the snakes --- like how they can make their muscles tight so that they can hang on trees. I also liked the hedgehog because it was so adorable. Its adaptations were awesome to learn about --- like how they have quills as a protection. The gopher snakes and the hedgehog were my favorite of all the animals.Prestonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633466533683944100.post-20796142588684278982017-06-06T15:01:27.898-07:002017-06-06T15:01:27.898-07:00Dear Mrs. Yollis,
Here’s part two of my commen...Dear Mrs. Yollis,<br /> <br /> <br />Here’s part two of my comment! Enjoy!<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />We learned about the hedgehog as well. The hedgehog is a little animal with pointy <b>quills</b>, a cute face, and a roll-up-into-a-ball able body. The hedgehog’s quills are made of<b> keratin</b>, like your hair and your nails, which means that they grow back. The quills are crossed, side to side. You may be thinking, “What about when the baby is born?” Well, if the baby was born with full on quills, it would poke the mom’s stomach. They are actually born with soft quills, about as soft as your hair, and after a couple of weeks, they harden into attack quills. When I say “Attack quills,” I mean that they use their quills to attack predators. When a predator comes up to it, the hedgehog will curl into a ball. When the predator comes running to eat it, the quills will get stuck in his or her face. Then, with the hurt animal behind him, the hedgehog backs up into the animal to put more quills in deeper <b>pierced</b> into the skin. Although they are <b>feisty</b>, they are very cute. Their little faces are amazing! But don’t touch them, you’ll get poked.<br /> <br />Finally, we learned about gopher snakes. Right off the bat, no, gopher snakes do not eat gophers. Snakes can eat an object only three times the size of their head. The gopher snake got its name because the snake hides in gopher holes to cool it down since he is <b>cold blooded</b>, which means the temperature of the air is the temperature of their body. So on hot days, these snakes hide in the shade of gopher holes to cool down. The snakes hide in gopher holes to cool down. Gopher snakes are <b>carnivores</b>, which means that they eat meat. This snake is a <b>constrictor</b>. Constrictor snakes are not poisonous. Did you know that snakes smell through their tongues? When you see a snake shaking his tongue rapidly, they are smelling around? Snakes have <b>forked tongues</b>, and one side of it smells to the east, and one to the west. To eat their prey, snakes wrap around the prey until it cannot breath, and then eat a tasty meal. To me, with their <b>scales</b>, snakes kind of feel like footballs or basketballs. A weird feeling, that is.<br /> <br />I think my favorite animal was the kinkajou.<br /> <br />What was your favorite animal and why?<br /> <br />Cordially,<br />Elie <br />Elienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633466533683944100.post-71572865027137773482017-06-06T15:00:02.720-07:002017-06-06T15:00:02.720-07:00Dear Mrs. Yollis,
I loved Wildlife Experience! M...Dear Mrs. Yollis,<br /> <br />I loved Wildlife Experience! Ms. C brought wild animals to our class, and we even got to <i>touch</i> them. So far, Ms. C brought a tarantula, a kinkajou (a.k.a. A honey bear) which is endangered, a gopher snake, and a hedgehog. They were all so interesting to learn about!<br /> <br />When she brought in the tarantula, I saw that everyone got the chills. We learned that a tarantula has eight eyes, has eight legs, has hair on its back, and sheds skin. A spider is an <b>arachnid.</b> That means that it has eight legs and two body parts, the head and the stomach. Spiders have eight eyes because they can’t move one eyeball around, so they use eight eyeballs to look in each direction. They have hair on their back as a <b>physical adaptation.</b> When a predator comes on up, the tarantula starts <b>rubbing</b> the hairs so they fly up while the predator’s mouth is open. Since the hairs are very <b>course</b> and spiky, they go into the predator’s throat and the predator’s mouth starts to get itchy. There he is, while the tarantula is running away. A tarantula also sheds, or <b>molts</b>, his or her skin. If your pet tarantula is laying on its back, he is not dead, he is molting! After a couple of days, you’ll see a bigger, new spider.<br /> <br />We also learned about a <b>kinkajou</b>. A kinkajou is basically a cat-monkey. He has pointy ears, a long tail, fur on their skin, and a long, six-inch tongue. Kinkajous have long tails to wrap around objects to hold on if they’re going to fall. Kinkajous also <b>pollinate</b>. Just like bees, kinkajous love nectar. They suck the nectar with their six-inch tongue. Not so much like bees, while drinking the nectar, pollen gets stuck onto his body. But it gets stuck on his face! He goes from flower to flower pollinating with his face. Kinkajous also love honey and other sweet things. That is why in some places, he is called a honey bear.<br /> <br />Sadly, Mrs. Yollis’ blog only lets comments be 4,096 characters! Part two of the comment is coming!<br /> <br /> <br />Warmly,<br />Elie<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Elienoreply@blogger.com