January+MRD

January 2015

This week for my science discovery I chose to research, white faced monkeys. I chose to do this because, over the summer when I went to Costa Rica, I actually got to see and feed these monkeys right out of my hand! They were everywhere in Costa Rica, where ever we went, we saw a group of them. Their life span can range from 16, all the way to 40 years old! The average liter size is, just one monkey. Their predators are, humans, snakes, and Eagles. Their prey are fruit, leaves, and insects. They usually live in, high tropical forests and wet lowlands. White faced monkeys can weigh anywhere from 6.4 - 8.6 pounds, and 13.8 - 18 inches in size. White Faced Monkeys are mammals. In my opinion, these monkeys are one of the cutest and nicest species. Feeding these monkeys mangos right out of my hand was something I will never forget.

January 2015

This week for my science discovery I chose to research, Elephants. Elephants can live to be up to 40 years old! Elephants are the largest land-living mammal in the world. Elephants can actually swim, they use thier trunks as snorkles in deep water. Elephants trunks can grow to be up to 2 meters long! Some people and scientists believe that the elephant trunk is made up of 100,000 muscles, but no bones. A female elephant is called a cow, they start to have calves when they are only 12 years old, and are pregnant for 22 months Elephants can get sunburnt, so they cover themselves with sand. Elephants are the only mammals, besides humans to have chins!