The first animal that we are going to tell you some awesome facts about is the ''Sea Dragon''. The ''Sea Dragon'' lives on the coast of Southern Australia. It is quite a harmless creature. It's really a fish called a Leafy Sea Dragon. These Dragons are the weirdest of all creatures. When you are looking through the water, they look like floating seaweed. Most fish are covered with scales, but Sea Dragons are covered with bony plates. These plates prevent them from wiggling like other fish. To swim they wave their leafy fins. They have no teeth. The predators can't tell if it is seaweed or the Sea Dragon. The Sea Dragon is a relative of the Sea Horse.
Sea DragonThe next animal that we are going to tell you some cool facts about is the Blue Crowned hanging Parrot.
Its diet is mainly fruit, nectar, and pollen. The number of eggs it lays is 2 or 3. Hanging parrots carry the nesting materials that they find under their wings. They live in Malaysia and Indonesia. This creature is cool because it sleeps hanging upside down with the four toes on each foot holding on to the branch. It is small and brilliantly-colored, with a dark blue patch on the center of its crown on its head. It is a strong flier and a very agile runner. This bird uses its beak like we use our hands. Males and females mate for life, with each bringing food for the other.
Blue Crowed hanging ParrotThe third of the five animals that we are telling you about is the Tokay Gecko. The lenght of the Tokay Gecko is up to 14 inches. It eats small snakes,birds and vertebrates. The amount of eggs it lays is up to 2. It lives in South Asia, in Asia people keep the Tokay Geckos as pets. The people consider them as good luck. Tokay Geckos hunt at night and use dim light to see. They also eat insects and bugs. They are very good climbers to climb they have pads on their feet. The females don't make as much sound as the males do. The females only make hissing sounds when they are in danger. When the tail falls or get torn off a new tail grows back.
Tokay GeckoThe fourth animal that we are going to tell you some awesome facts about is the Tufted Titmouse. The length of the Tufted Titmouse is about 5 inches long. The weight is less than 1 ounce! The diet of the Tufted Titmouse is insects,seeds,and berries. The number of eggs they lay is usually at least five. It lives in Eastern North America. It is a part of a large group called "tits". They have spicky crest of feathers on their heads. They nest in tree holes. Sometimes tits lay as many as 12 eggs at a time!!! The eggs are white with reddish speckles.
Tufted TitmouseThe last animal that we are going to give you facts about is the Green Mamba. The Green Mamba has a length up to 6-1/2 feet. It eats lizards and birds. It can lay up to 10 to 15 eggs.WOW!!!! It lives in Eastern Africa from South Kenya to Zimbabwe. It spends most of its time in trees and can run 7 miles per hour. When it hunts it opens its mouth and fangs come out. The Green Mamba tries to avoid humans. If someone gets bitten by the Green Mamba, the person need to go to the hospital right away.
Green Mamba