Showing posts with label Planet Earth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Planet Earth. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Planet Earth

100 years ago. 1.5 billion people on Earth
Today- 6 billion

Winter in Antarctica- (-70o), penguins inhabit this place. Dark and cold. Polar bears emerge from "den" in spring.
-cubs take 1st steps.
Rely on mothers milk. Mother must hunt seals for food.
1/2 of newborn cubs die during first year of life.

Every year- 3 million caribou migrate across arctic tundra
-hungry wolves hunt new born calves

Russian leopards- thick fur to help in cold.

Japan- cherry blossom of spring.
Some forests may be small, but are more than 50% of Earth's flower life.
-42 different bird species

Seals breed in summer
-great white shark- hunt seals

Deserts- 1/3 of lands surface.
In Africa- Elephants travel from desert in search for H20, buffalo as well.
-Heading for swamps
Arrival:
Hyenas hunt,
-birds
-buffalo