Common Garden Snails

A snail

name: Common garden snail

Scientific name:Helix Aspersa

Diet :leaves, plants,veggie

size: approximately 4-6 cm

More information:

  The garden snail is considered as a pest when gardening.This is because these snails munch on healthy leaves or shoots that gardeners grow.

   The garden snail is a slug with a shell.This snail is edible .It should be cooked if you want to eat it.
   
   Did you know ? If you want to know how old the common garden snail is,you can count its rings on the shell ? 

    If you want to know more about common garden snails you can check out  : http://www.ehow.com/about_6575728_life-span-garden-snails.html

Elephants

Name: Elephant

Scientific name: loxodonta

diet:  herbivorous 

More information:

elephants

     The elephant is a very large mammal . It has a life span of about 60 -70 years . 
     Elephants are , however,  an endangered animal as many humans hunt them down for their tusk , feet or bones .
      There are two species of elephant-the Asian elephant and the African elephant . Both population are dwindling . 
       Elephants are gentle even though they may appear to be big and scary. Everyone should step up and help to stop poaching. Or else , the elephants may become extinct 

Octopus

 Name: Octopus

Scientific name:Octopoda

diet: carnivorous 

more information :

     An octopus has eight legs , and eats many things ! there was an octopus which ate a shark too ! there are 289 different breeds of octopus . Did you know ? An octopus has 3 hearts ? It has 2 brancial hearts and 1 systemic heart! 
     Octopus can be eaten by humans too.It has many tentacles on its legs. 
you can check out  to http://answers.ask.com/Science/Biology/what_is_a_octopus for more information .

a drawing of an octopus 

  

A Poem about animals

A-Z Animals


A is for ant
Who lives on land!
B Is for baboon
who's butt is redder than the moon !
C is for cow
who really doesn't make me wow!
D is for donkey
who goes,"Knee knee!"
E is for elephant
Who is bigger than an island!
F is for fish
In the water they swish !
G is for giraffe
watching them on TV alone is not enough!
H is for  hummingbird
they're even smaller than a bowl of bean curd !

That's all for now !
next time until................................Z

common house lizards

 A common house lizard 

Name : Common house lizard/gecko 

scientific name : hemidactylus frenatus 

animal group: amphibian 

information : 

     The common house lizard is a native of Southeast Asia. To some people, these nocturnal creatures are pest.in some households , residents set up lizard traps , hoping to trap the lizard.  

     The common house lizard can grow to approximately 14 cm .It eats insects but is not harmful to humans. when it is alarmed, it will lose its tail on purpose . The common house lizard makes a chirping sound .it goes : "chheck chekk chikk " or something like that . in southeast asia , like Singapore and Malaysia , they are known as "cicak" which is in malay language .

LADYBIRDS

parts of a ladybird 

name : Ladybird

AKA :Coccinellidae , lady beetles ,lady bugs 

animal type: Insect

more about them : 

Ladybirds are beetles, that is why they can also be known as lady beetles .We can use the term 'ladybug' as well but a lady bird is more a beetle than a bug. But they are also not birds ,of course .

There are  different ladybird types,such as:24-spot ladybird,pine ladybird and heather ladybird,etc. you can find out more on :http://www.ladybird-survey.org/species_list.aspx

different types of ladybirds

nudibranchs

nudibranch

            Nudibranchs are shell-less mollusk and are part of the sea slug family. There are different species of them .

Here are some information on them:

Animal group: Invertebrate

Lifespan in the wild : It depends on the species of the nudibranch . 

diet: Carnivore

scientific name : Nudibranchia 

WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT : (1) How big are they (2) what other species are there . 

ANSWER : (1)   About the size of a teacup :) 

                    (2)    There are over thousands of species. e.g. Chromodoris vicina and Doriopsilla carneola .

HIHI :)

     I'm going to write about animals because I love them! I shall include marine creatures , birds, insects , mammals and much much more !!!! XD