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The DesertAnimalsOf the

Himalayas

FindingSnow

Leopards

TheExpedition

FigurativeLanguage

This desert covers 1/3 of

Mongolia – it is called “the dry

sea” by the Chinese.

What is the Gobi?

This is dried by the desert sun, is not smelly, and is used for fuel.

What is manure?

This animal can drink up to ¼ of its 1200 pound weight

at one time (27 gallons)! It can carry 100 pounds of cargo for 30 miles, swim,

wrestle and outrun a horse!

What is a camel?

This is a sweet, pressed goat cheese which starts out soft like

cottage cheese, but bakes hard in the

desert sun.

What is aaruul?

Wildflowers (purple asters, yellow daisy-like flowers), bright lichens (some electric yellow, some orange), mint, rosemary, and wild

onions

What are “rich, desert

surprises?”

This is Mongolian’s wild

horse.

What is a Takhi?

This is a small baseball-sized

critter with bright black

eyes and “elf-like ears.” It is found in deserts

from China to Egypt.

What is a long-eared desert hedgehog?

These are wild goats and are a favorite food for

the snow leopard.

What is an ibex?

These animals have long thick coats that hang down to their

ankles.

What is a yak?

A short-eared

relative of the rabbit.

What is a pika?

This is sometimes a broken steel

radiator and is used to keep a

trapped cat from running away

What is a drag?

Removing top predators upsets

the entire ________.

(fill in the blank)

What is ecosystem?

23 photos of a herder’s goats!

What are camera trap results!

This is the centerpiece of

the Snow Leopard Trust’s

conservation plan…

What is Snow Leopard

Enterprises?

DAILY

DOUBLE!

1. estimate the cat’s weight

2. sedate the cat with a syringe and hypodermic needle mounted on a 6 ft. pole

3. measure the cat (weight, length, etc.)

4. take a tuft of fur for genetic tests

5. tag the cat

6. give a shot of antibiotic

7. attach radio collar

What are steps to document a captured snow

leopard?

These are new statistical methods to monitor the snow leopard population

– such as: taking pictures, documenting tracks, collecting scat

(poop), looking at markings and scratches.

What are sign surveys?

This is testing that is used to identify one animal from

another using coding

sequences.

What is DNA?

This was an old (12-13 years old) female snow leopard who was about

85 pounds, had 3 broken canine teeth,

was missing 1 ear, and whose head was

covered with healed wounds.

Who was Green?

This was a female snow

leopard that Tom was tracking who had 3 cubs! This

was the only time tom saw snow leopard

cubs in the wild!

Who was Yellow?

This is made from yak wool felt and filled

with Gobi stones.

What is a Yaki-sack?

Identify the underlined form of figurative

language: “Prowling along ridges, slinking below

skyline, it’s as invisible, yet as powerful, as the

wind.”

What is a simile?

Identify the underlined form of

figurative language: “Their sheep, goats,

yaks, horses and camels are meat, milk, and money.”

What is alliteration?

Identify the underlined form of figurative

language: “That spring day, their receiver

antenna had just picked up a signal from across the narrow valley: Ping.

Ping. Ping.

What is onomatopoeia?

DAILY

DOUBLE!

“We hear deep, meaningful grunting –sounds a

mountain might speak. And, then, over the rise, we see them. Gangur’s yaks are

coming home….The shaggy herd gallops toward us.

The yak’s thick coats hang down to their ankles”

What is imagery?

Identify the underlined form of

figurative language: “The scenery before

us seems heavy with emptiness.”

What is a metaphor?