Gemsbok

Description


It has a fawn brown coat with a white belly,a black mane &tail and white markings on it’s head.It’s horns grows straight and over a metre long.


Habitat


The Gemsbok lives in the semi-desert grasslands of the southern half of Africa.


Eating Habits


Only grass and fruit.It does not eat meat.


Interesting Facts


The Gemsbok also has a number of special features that helps it to conserve water.They survive by getting water from fruits and vegetables and can withstand temperatures ranging up to 45 degrees Celsius . They spend most of the day inactive and in the shade.


By Mareli

African Civet

Description: The civet has a long fluffy tail. It also has a slender body. Some civets have stripes or spots some have both. Civets also have long snouts.


Habitat: civets live in forests, deserts and savannahs. Civets also live in  Madagascar, Asia and Europe.


Eating habits: Some civets are carnivores and eat small birds, lizards and all small animals. Others are omnivores and eat fruit.


Did you know??? The civet is part of the dwarf mongoose and the genet family. Civets also live alone in the wild.

By Tyler Reynolds in Gr 6

Lynx

The lynx is very shy, but it's a pretty common animal in Sweden.

It looks like a big cat, but the lynx has got tufts on their ears.

It doesn't happen that often that a human meet a lynx.

The lynx fur is beige with brown spots, and on the stomach it's white.

The lynx tail is short and it's black.

It often lives in our mountain/forest regions.

On the winter the lynx eats rabbits and roedeers, and on the summer it eats birds and small rodents.

Because of their tufts on their ears, they can hear better. They have the best hearing of all cat-animals.

by: Emelie, Elsa, Jacob B, Daniel T and Nathalie B

Wolf by Ellen, Gustav, Paula and Victor T-L

Hi!

Wolfs has a dog look.
The wolfs weight is about 45-50 kg.
Height at the withers is about 80-90 cm.
It is greyish-yellow, white and dark on the back. 2008 there was about 250 wolfs in skandinavia.
Wolfs eat venison, moose, beever, badger and grouse. When the wolf is about 8-10 weeks old they get to move more freely. A wolfpack consists of one female and one male and theirs puppies. It`s usually the case that the puppies leaves their parents when they are about one or two years old, but sometimes the puppies can stay one more year.

Common seal

  The Common seal has a smooth body with two backfins and two little fins like arms . They have a nose they can close. They live in nordic and middle seas. They are about ten to fifteen thousend seals in the Swedish oceans. They live near stones and reefs, and far away from land.

They eat almost only fish, they eat about four kg of fish per day. They eat these fishes: cod, herring and sand-eel. The special with the Common seal is that they can dive down to twohundred meters.

/ By Jacob S, Daniel L, Harald and Robin.

Wolverine

Wolverine is a predator. It looks like a small bear with a big tail. The wolverine deliver their babies in the snow. They often get 2-3 babies and they mate between april and june.

The wolverine can run up to six miles without rest. It can live until they are about 12 years in the wild but in a zoo they can live until they are about 17 years old.
The wolverine is 70-85 centimetres long, a male weighs 18 kilograms and a female weighs 13 kilograms.
In Latin the wolverine is called Gulo gulo.


By: Olivia, Dani, Fredrik and Alexander

Otter on Skansen

The otter has a long and rough body. The otter has web on their toes and they lives in water.

You can find the otter in Skandinavia. It does'nt say how many otters there are in Sweden but we know that the otters became sacred in Sweden in 1968.

The otters is a mustelid and are related to the wolverine and the badger.

The otter is very shy and can hide very well. The otters can be six years old in the wild but they can be up to 15 years old on a Zoo!

By: Amelia, Carolina, Niklas and Lucas