Canary

Tiny hatching canaries by Monika Pakeka

       A canary is a small finch, originally from the Canary Islands and Madeira, but introduced into Europe several hundred years ago. It is the most popular of all cage birds because of its cheerful singing and friendly nature. Canaries have been bred in captivity so long that many remarkable varieties have developed, scarcely resembling the greenish little bird of Madeira. The topknots of some, the long, slender shapes of others, the yellows, browns, reds and blacks seen in their plumage are all unnatural. The Scotch fancy canary, with his long, slender, curved body, bent almost to a semicircle, is one of the strangest results of breeding.

More About Canaries From The Web:

• How to Take Care of a Canary & Finch as Pets
• Best Trained Canary by Cazuza Roxy

Sea Cucumbers

sea cumbers are sold according
to their weight and species.

      Sea Cucumbers, or Holothuria, the name of a group of sea animals, belonging to the same branch of starfishes, sea urchins and sea lilies. They are covered with a tough, leathery skin which is perforated with holes, through which the foot-tentacles protrude. The animals are capable of contracting and extending themselves to several times their ordinary length, and they will reproduce to an extraordinary degree parts of the body which are cut away or destroyed. They abound along the eastern coast of Asia, and some species are edible.

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• How sea cucumbers can help the ocean
• Why Sea Cucumbers Are So Expensive
• Zanzibar Sea Cucumber Training 2019
• Sea cucumbers, an unknown resource

Echinodermata starfishes, etc...

Scorpion: 11 Elemental Facts

There are approx. 20 species
in the United States.

       Scorpion, the name of a group of animals belonging to the same class as the spiders.

11 Elemental Facts About Scorpion:

1. They live in tropical and warm temperate regions, and are not found in America north of Nebraska.
2. In the southern part of the United States there are about twenty species.
3. The body consists of two parts, one containing the head and thorax and called the cephalothorax, and the other a long, jointed abdomen, the last five segments of which form a tail.
4. Four pairs of legs and two pairs of mandibles or pincers are attached to the cephalothorax; the second pair of pincers resemble a lobster's claws.
5. The abdomen contains breathing pores and the last segment of the tail is armed with a sharp poisonous sting, the poison being secreted by two glands at its base.
6. The eyes vary in number from six to twelve, according to the species.
7. Scorpions are usually black or yellowish in color.
8. The young are carried on the body of the mother for several days after birth. They cling to her body by the pincers.
9. Scorpions remain hidden in crevices and under rocks by day, and are active at night.
10. They feed upon insects and spiders, and are dreaded by man because their sting causes a serious and painful wound, though it is seldom fatal.
11. The poison should be sucked from the wound as soon as possible, and the wound bathed with ammonia, which should be also taken internally. 

More About Scorpions from The Web:

• Scorpion at The San Diego Zoo
• Scorpions by ScienceDirect
• Insects and Scorpions - Health and Safety from CDC

Crafts About Arachnids:

• Draw a Design from A Spider's Web
• Craft a Ruote Pasta Web
• Draw a Shaded White Spider Web

Sepia Or Cuttlefish

Watch Kisslip Cuttlefish Changing Colors from

Monterey Bay Aquarium

       Sepia, the name of a cuttlefish, also of a pigment used by painters to produce a beautiful brown color prepared from the secretion of an organ in the cuttlefish, called the ink bag. The original black color is changed to brown by dissolving in caustic potash. This solution, after boiling and filtering, forms the sepia of commerce. The black coloring matter obtained from the ink bags is marketed, after undergoing several processes, as India ink. 

More About Cuttlefish From The Web:

• Cuttlefish Use Hypnosis to Hunt
• Can Cuttlefish Camouflage in a Living Room?
• How To Clean Squid or Cuttlefish - without bursting the ink sack (If you were harvesting fish for sepia ink, you would need to know how to remove the ink sack

Cheetah

Leopard on top, Cheetah on bottom.

       Cheetah is an animal of the cat family, found principally in Africa and India, and most commonly known as the limiting Jeopard. It derives this name from the fact that it can be trained to hunt antelopes and other like game. The cheetah has a little longer body in proportion to its size than the other cats, and its legs are slender. It can maintain a greater speed for a short distance than can any other land mammal. 

More About Cheetahs From The Web:

• Learn About The Cheetah at the Smithsonian's National Zoo
• The Cheetah's Wild Life
• You Can't Outrun a Cheetah by Animalogic

Crafts About Cats:

• Paper cut of a very fuzzy cat (template)
• How to draw a Halloween Cat
• Old-Fashioned Halloween Silhouettes (templates)

Chameleon: 5 Foundational Facts

Chameleon a genus of lizards, natives of the Old World, but found also in the Southern United States and the West Indies.

5 Foundational Facts About The Chameleon:

1. The best-known species has a naked body six or seven inches long, and feet and tail all suitable for grasping branches.
2. The skin is cold to the touch and contains small grains which in the shade are of a bluish-gray color, but which in the light of the sun become a grayish-brown or tawny color.
3. The chameleon possesses the curious power, however, of changing its color, either in accordance with its surroundings or with its temper, when disturbed.
4. Its power of fasting and habit of inflating itself gave rise to the fable that it lived on air, but in reality it feeds upon insects, taking its prey by rapid movements of a long, sticky tongue.
5. In general habit chameleons are dull and sluggish. They are often kept as pets.

More About Chameleons From The Web:

• Beautiful Footage: Chameleons Are Amazing by National Geographic and The Illegal and Secretive World of Chameleon Ranching

Watch a Chameleon Chang Its Colors by 

The Animal Box Office.

Whose Eyes Are These?

       Teachers or parents may print out the animal eye chart to quiz their kids about whose eyes are these. Here are the answers:

1. Eye of Solitary Frog
2. "stalk eye" of Crab
3. Eye of the Toad
4. Whirligig Beetle Eyes
5. The Chameleon's Eye
6. Eyes of the Snail on Stalks
7. Cat's Eye
8. Moth's Eye
9. Eye of A Dog
10. Spider Eyes
11. Eagle's Eye
12. Grasshopper's Eye
13. Sheep's Eye
14. Eye of the Fly
15. The Cow's Eye

Numbers 4, 8, 12, and 14 are all compound eyes!

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