Learning to summarise.

The hairy frog defends itself by breaking it’s

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All living things are part of the food chain. They are constantly searching for other living things to feed on while desperately trying to stop other things from eating them. They have learned ways to behave and have the body parts they need to protect themselves and their families from predators. Some have hard shells and spikes which make them hard to eat. Others have sharp teeth and razor sharp claws, or they can run very fast. Here are three interesting ways that animals avoid being someone else’s dinner. 

The Texas horned lizard has a startling method of defending itself. If it feels threatened it is able to squirt streams of blood from its eyes, usually aimed at the mouth or the eyes of the predator. If the predator has the lizard in its mouth it will drop it and try to wipe off the blood allowing the lizard to escape. The blood also has an unpleasant taste. Many animals have learnt to avoid bad tastes, as they often mean poison.  

The opossum is famous for a most cunning trick to avoid being someone else’s dinner. It is called “playing dead”, but the truth is it is not a trick. When in extreme danger the opossum gets so anxious that it will collapse and appear to be very dead. It will remain in this state for hours. It also gives off a very unappetising dead smell. This is usually enough to discourage most predators who prefer to eat fresh meat that they have killed themselves. 

Then there is a special termite who will give up its life to protect the nest it belongs to. When danger approaches, the oldest members of the nest are sent out as suicide bombers. They are no longer any use for the work in the nest. But during their life they have been storing a special liquid in a pouch on their back. As the enemy approaches, the termite will

squeeze the pouch making it explode. This sends a sticky liquid over the enemy which kills it. Unfortunately it also kills the termite. 

 Some species of sea cucumber will defend itself by ejecting sticky tubes over a potential predator which the potential predator will entangle themselves in while other species of sea cucumber spew out their internal organs which they grow back.       

The hairy frog defends itself by breaking it’s hind toe bones which come out like cat claws and retract back when the threat is gone.

The sabre tooth tiger protected itself by attacking the enemy with it’s long, sharp canines. This meant that many creatures didn’t mess with it. Unfortunately the Dire Wolf was smart enough to attack the smilodon. 

street art summary

 

Word-	My prediction-	Dictionary definition-
Gallery	A place for art.	An art museum.
Mural	A piece of art on a wall.	A painting or other work of art executed directly on a wall.
Graffiti	The illegal act of defacing or word based art.
Theme	A type.	Topic, subject.
Commission	A request for a piece of art.	The act of requesting the creation of a piece, usually on behalf of another.
Illegal	A crime.
Expression	A feeling you get from a piece of art.	The feeling you perceive from something you see.
Gesture	Thumbs up, the finger.
Contrasting	Red and green, blue and orange, purple and yellow.

This piece of art was created by Owen Dippie. It’s on the back of the Isaac Theatre Royal. It’s visible from Armagh street. It looks like a ballerina coming out of the pupil of an eye while the Iris becomes the ballerina's tutu.

A summary of ¨The Magpies¨ by Dennis Grover.

 This summary is of The Magpies by Dennis Grover. The goal was to summarise the poem in a minimum of 60 words and a maximum of 70 words.
Firstly Tom and Elizabeth bought a farm, used bracken for their bed. Secondly we get a description of how hard Tom worked and what colour Elizabeth’s lips were. The third part is about their years of work and the growing pine. The other parts are how all the crops went to the mortgage man, Tom’s gone insane because Elizabeth’s dead. Now the mortgage corporations can’t give the farm away.

The New Zealand Falcon

Picture from rnz.co.nz

  New Zealand Falcon. 

 The New Zealand Falcon ( also known as a Karerea) is New Zealand's only falcon while it's commonly mistaken for a common swamp harrier. Only 3000 - 5000 mating pairs are left in existence. The conservation status they put them under is near threatened but I personally believe that their more on the critical because of their numbers. The reason that their numbers are so low is because of farmers shooting them as their considered as pests by farmers.                                                                                                     

This is a call from independent juvenile (chaffinches in  background)     

                       

1. Why did I choose this bird?
I choose this bird because I always wanted to have one for a pet.

2. What countries is my bird from?
This bird is found in New Zealand.
3. What is this bird afraid of?
This bird is afraid of Scarecrows, Owl decoys, and rubber Snakes.

4. Is my chosen bird smart?
Not really. It's lucky that it's slightly more intelligent than an Owl.

5. In what ways is my chosen bird dangerous or special?
It's dangerous because it's not well known but that's what makes it special.

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Harry Potter's heroes journey.

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