C8 - Missoulian, Monday, September 2, 2013
Proud partner in Community Education Presents SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2013
Natural diversity is amazing, giving us millions of plants and animal species on this planet. They live in every type of niche in every ecosystem on land, in the sea and in the air. Here are some of the largest living animals today. Use this actual size one-foot ruler to calculate how large these creatures are compared to you — the large number shown with the animal gives its average size and the number of rulers needed to measure it!
By Helen Driggs
Goliath Frog
Home: Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea in western Africa Length: 1 foot Weight: 7 lbs.
Chinese Giant Salamander
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Home: China Length: 6 feet Weight: 60 lbs.
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Red Kangaroo
Home: Australia Height: 7 feet Weight: 200 lbs.
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Siberian Tiger Ostrich
Home: Central and southern Africa Height: 9 feet Weight: 300 lbs.
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Home: Eastern Russia Length: 11 feet Weight: 850 lbs.
Home: Worldwide Length: 8 feet Weight: 1,800 lbs.
Hyacinth Macaw Home: South America Length: 3 feet Weight: 4 lbs.
Polar Bear
Capybara
Home: Arctic Circle Length: 10 feet Weight: 1,500 lbs.
Home: South America Length: 4 feet Weight: 150 lbs.
Emperor Penguin
Home: Antarctica Height: 4 feet Weight: 99 lbs.
Giant Centipede
Home: South America Length: 1 foot Weight: less than 1 oz.
Giant Anteater
Home: South America Length: 8 feet Weight: 140 lbs.
SOURCES: World Book Encyclopedia, World Book Inc.; http://animals.sandiegozoo.org; http://memphiszoo.org; www.livescience.com; www.fws.gov; www.arkive.org; www.animalfactguide.com
At a bookstore near you: Two full-color World of Wonder compilations: “Plants & Animals” and “People & Places.” © 2013 Triefeldt Studios, Inc. Distributed by Universal Uclick for UFS
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