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What do you do with a tail like this?
Animals use their noses, ears, tails,
eyes, mouths, and feet in very different ways. See
if you can guess which
animal
each part belongs to
and how
it is
used. At the back of the book
you can find out
more
about
these
animals.
What do
you do with a nose like this?
If you’re
a platypus, you use your nose to dig in the
mud.
If you’re an elephant,
you use your nose to give yourself a
bath.
If you’re a mole, you
use your nose to find your way
underground.
If you’re a
hyen
a, you find your next meal with
your nose.
If you’re an alligator, you
breathe through your nose while hiding in the
water.
What do
you do with your ears like these?
If
you’re a jackrabbit, you use your ears to keep
cool.
If you’re a bat,
you”see”with you
r ears.
If
you’re a cricket, you hear with ears that are on
your knees.
If you’re a
hippopotamus
, you close your
eyes when you’re under water.
If you’re a humpback whale, you hear
sounds hundreds of miles away.
What do you do with a tail
like this?
If you’re a
giraffe, you brush off pesky flies with your tail.
If you’re a
skunk, you lift
your tail to warn that a stinky spray is on the
way.
If you’re a
lizard, you
break off your tail to get away.
If
you’re a
scorpion, your tail can give a
nasty sting.
If you’re a
monkey, you hang from a tree by your tail.
What do you do with eyes
like these?
If you’re an
eagle
, you spot tiny animals from high
in the air.
If
you
’
re a chameleon, you look
two ways at once.
If
you
’
re a four-eyed fish, you
look above and below the water at the same time
If you
’
re a
horned lizard,you squirt blood out of your eyes.
If you
’
re a brush
baby, you use your large eyes to see clearly at
night.
What do you do with
feet like these?
If
you
’
re a chimpanzee, you
feed yourself with your feet.
If you’re
a
water strider, you walk on water.
If you’re a
blue-footed
booby, you do a dance.
If you’re
a
gecko, you use your sticky feet to
walk on the ceiling.
If you’re
a
mountain goat, you leap from ledge to
ledge.
What do you do with
a mouth like this?
If
you
’
re a pelican, you use
your mouth as a net to scoop up fish.
If you’re a
n egg-eating
snake, you use your mouth to swallow eggs larger
than your head.
If you’re a
mosquito, you use your mouth to suck blood.
If you’re a
n anteater, you
capture termites with your long tongue.
If you’re a
n archerfish, you
catch insects by shooting them down with a stream
of water.