THE SAVANNAH AND ZEBRAS

By: Thalia Hosten

The name of my animal and the description A zebra is a horse like creature with

White-and –Black stripes. Each zebra has a different striped pattern. Just like the pattern of snowflakes and fingerprints no 2 patterns are exactly the same. Sometimes they use the pattern of the stripes to tell each other apart Scientists have many theories about why zebras have stripes . Zebras make yipping sounds to warn the herd.

THE Name of my habitat and description

The name of my main habitat is the grassland but I am doing the savannah. There are many different kinds of grasslands from the African savannah to the short grass prairies of west North America . There are several great examples of grasslands in the world I don’t know where to start. Grasslands are scattered with life, with many animals that rely on each other and the materials and shelter that are provided. Grasslands have mostly grass for food then the carnivores eat the herbivores.

The diagram of my animals food chain and explanation

The zebra eats the grass and the gazelle eats the grass to because they are herbivores The lion eats the gazelles and zebras because they think they taste better . The vulture eats the lion, gazelle and zebra when they’re dead . The vulture is a decomposer which means that they eat the rotting animal.

My animal is… My animal is a herbivore because it

eats plants for example grass, shrubs, twigs, leaves , roots and bark.

The adaptations of my animal

A zebra has long legs to help it run fast to get away from predators! It also has black-and-white stripes to help it blend in with the surroundings and each other so the enemy can’t pick 1 out of the herd. The zebra has white stripes to rebound the sun’s heat .It also has big ears to let the heat out of it’s body so then it won’t get to hot!

FUN FACTS Did you know that zebras are born with

brown-and-white stripes the darker the stripes the older the zebra

Plain zebras have a tail about half a metre long Wild zebras live in Africa The ears of a zebra show it’s mood the ears

are facing backward when it’s annoyed so their kind of like horses.

The zebra is a member of the equidae family which involves the donkey and horses

Zebras have great hearing and eyesight

THALIA’S THINKING I think that humans should not get

involved with habitats because zebras are an endangered species because they want the fur for clothing , rugs and blankets .I think some people hunt zebras for the meat because they think they are tasty but I don’t . There is more farmland needed in Africa because the nation is very poor so if they get more farmland they can turn it into animal conservation areas so then the zebras will have a nice happy life with a very little chance of extinction!

THE PREDATORS OF THE ZEBRA The predators of the zebra are the lion,

wild dogs, cheetahs, hyenas and leopards. They like to hunt zebras and other herbivores because they think they taste better than other carnivores because carnivores eat meat and if you eat meat and then someone eats you they would gag because the bacteria is starting to grow inside they prey’s body .If you eat a herbivore and you’re a carnivore it will taste better.

Predators in Action

MORE OF THALIA'S THINKING Some people pay other people to kill

zebras and that’s just cruel if you ask me I think we should just leave them alone so they can have a good life again with no chance of extinction. I say we need to save the zebras because they are such beautiful creatures. It makes me want to cry when I hear a zebra is killed because some selfish idiot wanted to make a quick thousand bucks. It is so sad. That somebody would do such a thing.

WHAT HUMANS ARE DOING TO THE SAVANNAH People are building towns and villages that cover

up the beauty of the grassland. We are also cutting down the trees in the savannah that all the animals need to survive including zebras. Well I think that is not fair that people are burning down the trees. Animals are being killed by humans for some weird reason . More farmland will be needed as Africa's population grows. So then they can breed more animals tat are endangered and then make that land into an animal conservation area. The entire savannah may even disappear. African nations are very poor so if they use the farmland for conservation areas .They might even succeed with keeping the environment alive not dead!

WHAT THE SAVANNAH LOOKS LIKE AFTER IT’S DESTROYED The savannah is being destroyed that

means the space of the savannah is shrinking . That means that people are building towns, villages and cities over top . Which is damaging the environment. That also means that makes it harder for the animals to survive. The trees have ash all over the place from burning them down and the grass is singed. The grass is paved over too.