Wildlife Experience Visit
Its body is covered in short yet sharp quills and is often mistaken for a larger rodent that has larger quills. This animal can be found in the dry savannahs of Africa. Can you guess what animal came to our classroom today?
A hedgehog!
It may be difficult to identify this little hedgehog, since he is almost completely curled up into a ball.
This hedgehog, Tucker, uses his quills to protect himself in his habitat. However, the way in which he uses his quills are part of some of his behavioral adaptation.
Isn't he adorably adorable?
Isn't he adorably adorable?
But that's not all. We also had the opportunity to meet a local bird. This bird is even part of Calabasas' city symbol.
You have most certainly seen the red tail hawk soaring above you. The Wildlife Experience rescued this bird from Northern California and has had her for about 15 years!
We learned many interesting facts about both animals as well as many other birds.
Please write a comment about either animal that is a least 3 sentences long. Choose a behavioral or physical adaptation you thought was most interesting and tell your classmates how this adaptation helps it survive!
You must have at least 2 compound sentences.
I wonder what animals we will see tomorrow!
Dear Room 9,
ReplyDeleteFrom our wildlife experience the most interesting adaptation I learned for the Hedgehog is the physical adaptation. The hedgehog's adaptations is that when a predator comes near the hedgehog the hedgehog rolls its body into a circle and when the predator comes to the hedgehog then the sharp quills go into the animals face! When that happens the animal can not get the quills out of its face. If a dog gets quills in its face we can get it out and if a animal in the wild gets quills in its face they can not bring them out and they get killed from that. Have you ever seen a hedgehog before?
Warmly,
Kimia
Dear Room 9,
ReplyDeleteThe Hedgehog has an amazing behavioral adaptation.
For example, the hedgehog can roll into a ball and protect its self from prey.
The hedgehog has prickles all over its back and this also helps the animal protect themselves from getting eaten by another animal. When they roll up, only their prickles show on their face and they are left alone. Even the king of the jungle, a lion, is afraid of it!
From,
Evan
Dear Room 9,
ReplyDeleteI had a great time seeing a Hedgehog and a Red Tailed Hawk! My favorite animal was the Red Tailed Hawk, which is why I am going to type the Behavioral and Physical adaptations of this animal. The physical adaptation is the female bird is bigger, But why? You ask. That’s because the female has to protect the nest, so she has to be big enough to fight of owl, crows and more. The male is smaller since he has to find food for his family, and when you are smaller, you are faster. Those are the Physical and Behavioral adaptations of a Red Tailed Hawk. I am wondering what the next animals are going to be. Are you?
Sincerely,
Judah
Dear Room 9,
ReplyDeleteI chose to write about the hedgehog because it is a very interesting animal. In my opinion, this animal is very protective and cute. One of the physical adaptations it has is its long sharp quills that protect it. For example, if a wolf was trying to eat the hedgehog, the hedgehog would curl and jump up to poke the wolf with its quills. The wolf will get stuck in the quills, so it will try to pull its face out. In doing this, the wolf is actually digging the quills in its face; therefore, the wolf dies because the quills infect it.
Did you ever get to touch a hedgehog?
Your loving hedgehog friend,
Ben
Dear Room 9,
ReplyDeleteI think the hedgehog and the red-tailed hawk are both incredible animals! The hedgehog has very helpful adaptations. Because the hedgehog has a behavioral adaptation, it can protect itself against other animals, including predators. When an animal comes to close, hedgehogs will jump up and down at an animal or predator to warn it that if it gets any closer, it will get the quills stuck on its face. The hedgehog also has a physical adaptation . It has is it its “thorns,” called quills, all over its body (except for on its stomach area). Its quills help the hedgehog survive in the wild by protecting itself from being eaten. What was your favorite animal that Mrs. C brought in? What animals do you think she will bring in tomorrow?
Your friend who is eager to see what animals are coming tomorrow,
Sophia S.
Dear Room 9,
ReplyDeleteMy favorite animal was the hedgehog because its quills looked cool! The hedgehog has a physical adaptation and it pokes its enemies with quills so it will not die. I like the hedgehog!
From,
Jacob
Dear Room 9,
ReplyDeleteI would like to talk about the Red Tail Hawk's adaptations that I learned about in class today. One behavioral thing that the female does is spreads its wings around their nest to keep prey away from her babies. The males hawks use their claws to catch and hunt food for their families, which is another behavioral adaptation. An interesting fact that was told to us today about the baby hawks less than one years old, is that their tails are black and white strips. When they turn one, their tail turns red which is and example of physical adaptations.
Will tomorrows animal be a cotton tail rabbit?
Warmly,
Jordyn
Dear Mrs. Broussard,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed seeing the hedgehog and the red tailed hawk today in class. My favorite animal was the hedgehog because he looks interesting with his spikes and has a little cute face. A hedgehog is much tinier than a porcupine. One behavioral adaptation of a hedgehog is that it jumps up and down in front of a predator to try and poke it with its quills. One physical adaptation of the hedgehog is that they have quills on their back to poke a predator if the predator tries to eat it. Mother lions teach their babies not to go near hedgehogs or porcupines because the mothers don't want the babies to get hurt when they are out in the wild by themselves.
Dear room 9,
ReplyDeleteToday we saw a red tail hawk and a hedgehog. The coolest behavioral adaptation the hedgehog had was its ability to curl up into a ball to protect the soft side of its body. Quills pointing in all directions on the outside of hedgehog’s body is the physical adaptation the animal uses to poke or puncture a predator. I loved observing both of these extraordinary animals.
Sincerely,
Braeden
Dear Room 9,
ReplyDeleteI loved Tucker, the hedgehog, because he was nervous about showing himself to the ‘’BIG CROWD’’ or in this case our class, and he gathered the courage to let us take a peek at him. We were not allowed to squeal or laugh, so we had a very difficult time controlling our reaction. He had small, black eyes with a round, black nose. He was so adorably irresistible! He had spikes covering his back, and a flexible neck, so you would see spikes when he curled up on a ball. This is a physical adaptation because when a predator comes near, the spikes will stand up, and when they try to bite him, the quills will get stuck in the predator’s face.
Do you think hedgehogs are interesting?
From,
Zoe
Dear Room 9,
ReplyDeleteToday a few interesting animals came to the classroom. My favorite animal that came was the adorable hedgehog. That was the first time I saw one in real life. It was a male hedgehog and it's name was Tucker. The owner told us about some physical and behavioral adaptations a hedgehog has. One physical adaptation of the hedgehog is its quills which they use to show other predators that they are dangerous. Also, a hedgehog's quills are smaller to porcupine's quills. What were your favorite animals that came in?
Sincerely,
Raana
Dear Mrs. Broussard,
ReplyDeleteI think the red tail hawk has a really cool behavioral adaptation and Tucker has a really cool physical adaptation. One of the red tail hawk’s behavioral adaptation is that the hawk poops before it takes off. It does this because it wants to make its body as light as possible so it can fly very fast. Tucker’s physical adaptation is very cool too. Tucker is a hedgog. He puts his quilts in different directions and when the animal comes to eat it, the animal will get poked. These animals have cool adaptions. Don’t they?
From,
Aanshi
Dear Room 9,
ReplyDeleteI am going to talk about Tucker the hedgehog since I liked him more than the red tailed hawk.The physical adaptation from the hedgehog is that he curls up in to a little ball so the predator that is going to attack the hedgehog will try to bite the hedgehog and then the quills on the hedgehog's body will stick in to the predator's face or somewhere into their body. There is one soft thing on the hedgehog's body,it is the stomach. So, the hedgehog curls up into the ball so his belly won't get hurt. That is a very cool adaptation.I wonder what animals we will see tomorrow?
Sincerely,Lev