Desert Animals

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Desert Animals… Cool Facts Every First Grader Should Know

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Desert Animals…

Cool Facts Every First Grader Should Know

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Tarantula• World’s largest spider• Some are so big they

can eat lizards, bugs, and mice.

• Hairs vibrate to inform them of nearby animals.

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Dromedary Camel• This animal

can drink 27 gallons of water in a few minutes!

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Javelina• Favorite

food Prickly Pear Cactus

• Mostly active at night and early morning

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Coyote

• Has a great nose that can smell very far away and even underground!

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Gecko

• At night their narrow eyes open to help them catch flies!

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Grasshopper Mouse

• Tiny whiskers help them smell grasshoppers from far away and also warn them about nearby coyotes.

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Rattlesnake• Rattle at the end

of their body warns off enemies before they attack with their poisonous venom.

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Jackrabbit• Blood vessels in

their large ears give off heat and keep their body cool.

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Roadrunner• Can run 15 miles

an hour.

• Two toes point forward and two point back which allows it to run fast and catch lizards.

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Gila Monster• One of 2

poisonous lizards in the world.

• Can go a year or more without eating (it lives off the fat in its tail!)

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Kangaroo Rat• Strong legs

make it an excellent burrower.

• This animal never needs to drink water.

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Horned Lizard

• Can shoot blood from its lower eyelid as far as 4 feet!

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Gila Woodpecker• Chisels out nests

in a Saguaro cactus and feeds plant’s food to its babies.

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Elf Owl• This nocturnal

bird feeds on insects it finds near around the Saguaro.

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Scorpion• Grabs victims

with its pinchers and stings them with the poison in its tail.

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Sidewinder• Moves along the

desert by throwing its body into two loops and pushes against the ground to create parallel marks.

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Sandfish• This creature

burrows into the sand and wiggles along so fast that it seems like it is swimming under the sand!