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Five pieces of information below are true and one is false. Can you figure out which it is? 1. The tongue of a giraffe is a bluish-purple and is strong enough to grasp the foliage from the thorny acacia tree. They can also use their tongue to clean their nose. 2. There are nine subspecies of giraffe each with different pattern markings and each giraffe has its own individual markings. 3. Giraffes will rub their necks together as a sign of friendship. 4. All giraffes have horns called ossicones. 5. A giraffe can close its nostrils to protect it from sandstorms and ants. 6. Giraffes have to splay out their legs or kneel down to drink. They are vulnerable to predators when drinking.
GIRAFFES BLEND TONGUES PATTERNS TICKS SLEEP HANG SPOTS PREDATOR BONES NECK GROWS OXPECKER
The patterns on a giraffe’s body are not just for looks. They camouflage us. We can blend in with the shadows and shafts of light that filter around trees and bushes. Color all of the giraffes you see in the grove of trees.
Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways, and diagonally.
S R E K C E P X O
X S W
T I C K S I S H R
N O K E R R T R E
S E N O B A P E D
P E C G P F E L A
A P N K U F E P T
N A C D N E L B O
H S T O
O S N R E T T A P
O R G I K P
P S S
X R
PATH NAPS
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Standards Link: Life Science: Animals have different structures that serve different functions in survival.
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