Lesson Plans Bats (Kids' Planet) Includes a description and a drawing. Bears, Grizzly (Kids' Planet) Includes a description and a drawing. Bears, Polar (Kids' Planet) Includes a description and a drawing. Bisons or Buffaloes (Kids' Planet) Includes a description and a drawing. Bobcats (Kids' Planet) Includes a description and a drawing. Cheetahs (Kids' Planet) Includes a description and a drawing. Chimpanzees (Kids' Planet) Includes a description and a drawing. Lists Amphibians Bats (Smithsonian Institution) Provides a picture and detailed information about the bat. Bears, Giant Pandas (Smithsonian Institution) Provides a few pictures and detailed information about the bear from China that lives on bamboo. 1-02 Birds Cats (Awesome Library) Cats Alphabetical by Type (Acme) Cats Resources (Pegmih) Provides resources for cats, in alphabetic order by name of cat. 5-02 Chameleons (Acme) Chimpanzees and Other Primates (Info Service) Provides a list of resources on chimpanzees. Chinchillas (Awesome Library) Cows (Awesome Library) Cows Resources (Pegmih) Provides resources for cows, in alphabetic order by topic. 5-02 Multimedia Chimpanzees - Daily Life Videos (DiscoverChimpanzees.org) Provides short videos of chimpanzees eating, sleeping, and playing. Uses QuickTime (free) software to play the video. 8-02 Papers Aardvarks (African Wildlife Foundation) Provides facts and a picture. "Aardvarks specialized in eating termites as long as 35 million years ago. At night they go from one termite mound to another, dismantling the hills with their powerful claws." Antelopes (Hanover Zoo) Provides an article and pictures. Apes (Zoological Society of San Diego) Provides a description and includes pictures. 2-01 Australian Animals (Brevard Zoo) Provides pictures of some of the animals of Australia, such as the dingos, emus, cassowarys, wallabies, lorikeets, eclectus parrots, red kangaroos, and black swans. 8-00 Bandicoots (Australia4All) Provides basic information and picture of the various bandicoots. 5-01 Bat Facts (CloudForestAlive.com) Provides interesting and unusual information about the bat. 2-01 Bats (National Geographic Society) Provides basic facts on bats. 11-99 Bats (National Parks Conservation Association) Provides a drawing and basic facts. "Bats are the only mammals capable of true flight." 2-02 Bats (Zoological Society of San Diego) Provides a description and includes pictures. 2-01 Bats - Gray (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Provides a photo. 6-99 Bats - Gray (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Provides a short description. 6-99 Bears (Zoological Society of San Diego) Provides a description and includes pictures. 2-01 Bears, Black (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Bears, Brown (University of Michigan - Ballenger) Provides a picture and description. 3-00   Bears, Grizzly (National Parks Conservation Association) Provides a drawing and basic facts. 2-02 Bears, Grizzly (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Provides a photo of the grizzly bear. 6-99   Bears, Grizzly (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Provides a short description of the grizzly bear. Bears, Malayan Sun Bear (Oakland Zoo) Provides facts and a picture. "Smallest of the bear family, length about 4.5 feet. Height at shoulder of 2 feet." Bears, Polar (Hanover Zoo) Provides an article and pictures. Bears, Polar (Zoological Society of San Diego) Provides a description and includes pictures. 2-01 Bison or Buffaloes (Oakland Zoo) Provides facts and a picture. "They especially thrived on the Great Plains where some 30 million formed the biggest mass of large mammals ever to tread the globe." Bobcats (Oakland Zoo) Provides facts and a picture. "The decorative-looking hairs on the ear tips serve as antennae, increasing the animal's ability to hear the slightest sound. It is estimated that there is about one animal for every 1 to 2 square miles of chaparral, but they are rarely seen because of their remarkable protective coloration." Buffaloes (African Wildlife Foundation) Provides facts and a picture. "If attacked, the adults in the herd form a circle around the young and face outward. By lowering their heads and presenting a solid barrier of sharp horns, it is difficult for predators to seize a calf." Buffaloes or Bison (Friends of the Prairie Learning Center) Provides pictures and information on buffalo. 4-01 Buffaloes or Bison (Hanover Zoo) Provides an article and pictures. Buffaloes, Cape (Hanover Zoo) Provides an article and pictures. Camels (Hanover Zoo) Provides an article and pictures. Camels - Dromedary (Oakland Zoo) Provides facts, a picture and a movie. "Hump is a flesh mound not supported by bones. A reserve of fat (not water) is stored in the hump. Camels exhibit unusual tolerance for dehydration. Most animals perish when 20% of their body weight is lost. Camels survive a 40% loss of body weight without serious consequences." Caribou (National Parks Conservation Association) Provides a drawing and basic facts. 2-02 Carribou (Idaho Fish and Game) Provides a photo and a short description. 6-99 Cat Links (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Foundation) Provides pictures and information on wild and tame cats. 1-01 Cats, Small Wild (Zoological Society of San Diego) Provides a description and includes pictures. 2-01 Cats, Wild (Zoological Society of San Diego) Provides a description and includes pictures. 2-01 Cheetahs (African Wildlife Foundation) Provides facts and a picture. "The cheetah is smaller than the other two cats, but by far the fastest at speeds of 70 miles per hour it can run faster than all other animals." 1-01 Cheetahs (Hanover Zoo) Provides an article and pictures. Chimpanzees (African Wildlife Foundation) Provides facts and a picture. "Chimps sometimes chew leaves to make them absorbent and then use them as a sponge, dipping them in water and sucking out the moisture." 1-01 Chimpanzees (Hanover Zoo) Provides an article and pictures. Chimpanzees (Oakland Zoo) Provides facts and a picture. "For sleeping at night, each chimp (except infants who nest with their mothers) constructs a nest of vegetation 9-12 meters high in a tree. They are one of the few mammals that manufacture and use "tools." Chimpanzees (Oakland Zoo) Provides facts and pictures of chimpanzees, especially the endangered bonobo or pygmy chimpanzee. 5-00 Chimpanzees - Jane Goodall and Wild Chimpanzees (PBS Online and Nature) Provides information on chimpanzees, Goodall, and related resources. Also includes activities for children. 7-00 Chimpanzees - Our Closest Relatives (PBS Online and Nature) Provides information on chimpanzee lifestyles and shows how they have similarities to humans. 7-00 Chimpanzees - Used Tools 5 Million Years Ago (CNN - Dykstra) Provides results from a study of ancient chimpanzees, suggesting that they used rocks as stone hammers to crack nuts. Visitors sometimes misspell as chimpanzes, chimpanses, or chimpansees. 5-02 Chinchillas (Oakland Zoo) Provides facts and a picture. "It is the most valuable fur of any in the world, considering its size and weight. Wild chinchilla coats have sold for $100,000, and that was years ago. Their descendants are bred commercially throughout the world. Reintroduction attempts have not been successful." Cloud Forest Animals (CloudForestAlive.org) Provides pictures and interesting descriptions of animals that inhabit the cloud forests of Central America and the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor. Includes, for example, the spider wasp, guan, olingo, toucanet, howler monkeys, gray fox, viper, fruit bats, bananaquit, cyclosa spider, solitaire, skink, spectacled owl, ant lion, thrush, tink frog, nocternal katydids, chunk-headed snake, anole, trogon, spiny lizard, oropendolas, marine toad, coati, two-toed sloth, mottled owl, army ants, deer, redstarts, and screech owl. 2-01 Cougar - Puma or Mountain Lion (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Provides a short description. 1-01 Dingo, Wild Dog of Australia (Australia4All) Provides basic information and a picture. 5-01 Sea Lion, Steller (National Parks Conservation Association) Provides a drawing and basic facts. 2-02 Turtles, Sea (National Parks Conservation Association) Provides a drawing and basic facts. 2-02 Worksheets Bats Worksheets (AbcTeach) Provides dozens of printable worksheets by theme. 8-01 Camels Worksheets (AbcTeach) Provides dozens of printable worksheets by theme. 8-01

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