For this activity I needed to do a lot of researched to find the ultimate champion between the Anteater and the Aardvark, Using my research skills to analyze both animals, I believe the Aardvark is the clear winner.”

I evaluated them based on the following criteria:

• Best Habitat (On ground and Under ground)

• Best Accessories (Claws & Ears)

• Best Active Times (Day and Night)

• Best Fur (Long and short)

For this activity we needed to create our own unusual predator using the anteater but adding our own features (4 Features), I decided to create me unusual predator adding spikes to it’s back, horns on its mouth, a crocodile tail, and two tongues.

Resons Why I picked these 4 features:

4 Features:

1. Spikes, having spikes on its back can prevent predators like jaguars usually jump on an anteater’s back. Spikes would make it impossible to bite or grab them without getting hurt.
2. Horns would make the anteater’s long face much stronger and more useful. They would act like a bumper to protect its nose from bites and work like a tool to pry open logs so its claws don’t get worn out. The horns would also look very scary, like a rhino’s, which would keep predators away without even needing to fight.
3. Crocodile tail,  A crocodile’s tail is basically one giant, heavy muscle. It is so strong that just one swing (a “tail lash”) can break a predator’s bones or knock them right off their feet. If an anteater had this, it could protect itself from both the front and the back.
4. If an anteater had two tongues, it would essentially become a “super-eater,” allowing it to catch twice as many insects in half the time. This is a huge advantage because anteaters need to eat about 30,000 bugs every day but have to leave nests quickly before the colony’s soldiers start biting them. With two tongues, one could reach deep into tunnels to find the queen while the other sweeps up workers on the surface, or they could take turns so the muscles wouldn’t get tired from flicking so fast.

For this activity,I needed to create my own food web, firstly I needed to click the link to make my own copy of the “slide deck.” This will be my workspace where I can create my project. Before I started, I needed to watch the tutorial video. that showed me exactly how to organize my food web and how to place the arrows correctly.

Then I needed to label the animals from the African Savanna either  Predator of lion, Prey for the  lion or Both predator & prey by making a food web for a lion. This chart showed wich animals where preys, predators or both.  Something I learnt was that Wildebeest and water buffalo which are prey for lion can take out lions due to there strength and horns.

For this activity we needed to make a copy of the Predator vs Prey slide deck and classify each animal as either Prey, Predator or both of a Lion. Then I needed to take a screenshot of slide 2 after I’ve completed the activity

Lastly I needed to upload my screenshot of slide 2 to my blog.  Something thing I found out was that other lions kill lion cubs especially new male lions taking over a pride, frequently kill cubs that are not their own in a behavior called infanticide to bring females into heat and father their own offspring.  The difference between predator and prey is that predator is the animal that hunts other animals, and the prey are the ones being hunted.

For this activity I needed to create a pick-a-path quiz about invasive pests (predators) in Aotearoa and their native prey.  I looked at a example to get a clear visions of what I needed to do.  I made a copy of the template and included three pairs of animals and some even native to New Zealand.  I also got a HINT which was; HINT: try to trick your audience by asking “Who is the prey?” for one question!

After answering each slide I needed to include some facts depending on each predator and prey.  I found this task fun because I liked learning about animals I haven’t dug deep into detail with esspiaclly animals liked the pekapeka (NZ bat) and the possum.

For this activity I needed to fill out a template about a predator of my chose, Stoats (Stoats, Rats and Possum). I researched and answered questions on the that made me think deep and searched for a lot of information. Next I needed to make my own predator Card based on what predator I chose, which was a stoat. I needed to include it’s scientific name, weight, speed, threat rate and three facts about stoats.

I enjoyed this task very much because of the part where I had to design my own predator card, because I was able to design the card however I wanted it to look.

For this task we needed to create a animation of the tiger of our chose moving through it’s habitat, for me I have chosen the white tiger meaning I needed to create a animation where the white tiger is moving through India’s jungles, swamps, and grasslands because that is the habitat for a white tiger before they went extinct, the last sighting being in 1950s. But the white tiger left (over 200) are kept in zoos due to how rare there are (1 in 10,000 if born in the wilderness).

For this task we needed to create a fact file about a tiger of my choice, out of 9 different tigers I picked a tiger that isn’t part of the 9 but a white tiger, a variation of the Bengal tiger or sometimes the Siberian tiger (part of the 9).  This white tiger it very unique because unlike the others this tiger has white fur, black stripes, pink nose and blue eyes, which is very rare (1 in 10,000).

Facts I’ve learnt was that white tigers are born larger and reach adulthood faster then orange tigers. I also learnt that there are no more white tigers left in the wild but over 200 left in zoos because of how rare they are.

For this activity we needed to create our own animal trickster, using my imagination I was able to use AI to make a hybrid of a praymantis and a octopus.  I’cve I chose a octopus because there are known to be the masters at camouflaging, and the praymanits for it incredible hunting skills and big sharp forelegs.

This hybrid I named Mantipus, Mantipus has the ability to change colours to match its surroudings, and the ability to change its sking and texture to mimic it surroundings aswell.  Mantipus is the master at hunting using it huge for legs to catch prey and its 8 legs to make sure its prey doesn’t escape.  These 8 legs also help with sticking to anything around Mantipus.

For this task I needed to look closely at these animal tricksters and think like a scientist! My job was to decide which one does not belong and explain why.  I also needed to think about where the animals live, what type of animals they are, and what their “trick” is.
Something I enjoyed was learning about these animals especially there tricks to catch there preys, and there ability to camouflage.  Something I found challenging was figure ing out which animal didn’t belong.