Hi its Cassowarygirl. Today we are learning about the fastest running animal on earth. You guessed it, a CHEETAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A cheetah is very very very very very VERY fast! A cheetah can run as fast as a sports car – 112km per hour! Wow thats so fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cheetahs have long legs and light bodies. This makes cheetahs perfect for catching its prey. A cheetah's life span is from 10 to 12 years – that means my brother would be a grandpa!!!
A cheetah isn't only famous for its incredible speed its also famous for its spot patterns. You can buy cheetah print clothing. Cheetahs have a black line under each eye. Those lines are to block the sun so the cheetah can look for is prey. Cheetahs climb on things like big rocks so they can get a good view so they can spot there prey.
Cheetahs are carnivores. A cheetah's main prey is the Thomson's gazelle. Cheetahs eat and drink very fast. They do this because there are lots of animals in the African savannah who want to steal a cheetah's lunch. Some people think that cheetahs roar but they don't roar at all. Believe it or not, but cheetahs actually chirp like a bird!
My article is now over.
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Cassowarygirl
Hello and welcome to the article that's about an animal that some people think are lazy and harmless but
actually are very aggressive, fast, great underwater and has a very very
very very (well you know what I mean) big mouth! Its the most dangerous
animal in Africa and one of the most dangerous animals in the world.
Yep, you guessed it – today's article is about hippopotamuses .
You might be thinking hippos are great swimmers but to tell the truth hippos don't even swim! Hippos walk on their tippy-toes instead of swimming their like underwater ballerina!
Hippos have a big big big big big mouth. I'm 8 years old but if I stood in a hippos mouth there would still be some room! With such a big mouth you might think that hippos are carnivores but the truth is hippos are herbivores – very big and dangerous herbivores! Now you know animals that eat plants can still be dangerous... very dangerous! Hippos are herbivores so each night hippos come out out of their rivers and take HUGE mouthfuls of grass to eat.
Hippos are herbivores but they still sometimes attack other animals that are in their territory like crocodiles and lions. Hippos can bite a 3 meter long crocodile in half but still sometimes crocodiles walk on top of hippos backs.
I know this is kind of gross but, to mark their territory, male (boy) hippos poop. But they don't just poop, the spray their poop every where! Don't only stay away from a hippo because they're the most dangerous animal in Africa also stay away from hippos because you might get sprayed with poop!
If you want to see a hippo just go to the zoo (or you can go on a safari in Kenya, Africa) because most zoos have hippos.
I know that you love hippos and I do too, but my article is now over.
bye-bye!!
cassowarygirl
