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1、www.readinga-Extreme AnimalsA Reading AZ Level Q Leveled BookWord Count:1,342Extreme AnimalsExtreme AnimalsVisit www.readinga- for thousands of books and materials.Written by Kathie Lester Illustrated by Signe NordinLEVELED BOOK QKNQWritten by Kathie Lester Illustrated by Signe NordinExtreme Animals
2、Level Q Leveled Book Learning AZWritten by Kathie LesterIllustrated by Signe NordinAll rights reserved.www.readinga-www.readinga-CorrelationLEVEL QN3030Fountas&PinnellReading RecoveryDRAExtreme AnimalsExtreme Animals34Many unusual animals have special stories to tell.They seem to go to extremes to g
3、et noticed.Something about each of these animals makes them different from other types of animals.It might be an ability,or a special talent,that makes them stand out.Is it their speed or their sizeor even their coloration?One is as tall as a two-story house,and another is as small as a mouse.Maybe
4、one can jump higher or hide in a small space;or they can see farther or scream louder.This book tells many odd,unknown,and fun facts about these unusual animals,and what makes them different and special.Read on to learn about some of the most extreme animals in the world.A giant blue whale is as lon
5、g as half of a football field.It is the largest mammal to inhabit the Earthnow or ever.Its body is so heavy that it has to be supported by water.If it were a land animal instead,a blue whale would be crushed by its own weight.A baby elephant can weigh 136 kilograms (300 lbs)when its born,and it will
6、 keep growing for thirty years.An average-sized adult elephant weighs as much as two pickup trucks,but some extra-large elephants have weighed twice as much.A grown male can reach a height of over fifteen feet.An adult giraffe is as tall as a two-story house.Its long,powerful neck and long legs make
7、 it the tallest land animal anywhere.A baby giraffe is already 1.8 meters(6 ft)tall when its born.Biggest1020304050Extreme Animals Level Q34Many unusual animals have special stories to tell.They seem to go to extremes to get noticed.Something about each of these animals makes them different from oth
8、er types of animals.It might be an ability,or a special talent,that makes them stand out.Is it their speed or their sizeor even their coloration?One is as tall as a two-story house,and another is as small as a mouse.Maybe one can jump higher or hide in a small space;or they can see farther or scream
9、 louder.This book tells many odd,unknown,and fun facts about these unusual animals,and what makes them different and special.Read on to learn about some of the most extreme animals in the world.A giant blue whale is as long as half of a football field.It is the largest mammal to inhabit the Earthnow
10、 or ever.Its body is so heavy that it has to be supported by water.If it were a land animal instead,a blue whale would be crushed by its own weight.A baby elephant can weigh 136 kilograms (300 lbs)when its born,and it will keep growing for thirty years.An average-sized adult elephant weighs as much
11、as two pickup trucks,but some extra-large elephants have weighed twice as much.A grown male can reach a height of over fifteen feet.An adult giraffe is as tall as a two-story house.Its long,powerful neck and long legs make it the tallest land animal anywhere.A baby giraffe is already 1.8 meters(6 ft
12、)tall when its born.Biggest1020304050Extreme Animals Level Q56SmallestA little Chihuahua looks as if its all ears!This friendly little dog is so small that it can fit into your pocket and go along with you wherever you go.It has a sweet temperament,but its very brave and will bark at dogs that are m
13、any times its tiny size.The tiny bee hummingbird is so small that it weighs less than the water in a teaspoon.From the tip of its long beak to the end of its tail,it measures less than 5 centimeters (2 in)long.The big-eyed tarsier monkey can be as small as a mouse.It lives in the hottest rainforests
14、 and sleeps in trees during the warmest part of the day.The tiny tarsier hunts for its food at night,when its big eyes provide excellent night vision.LoudestA blue whales cry,or song,is as loud as the noise of a rocket being launched.It will sing for as long as ten hours and its sound can be heard f
15、ar away in the ocean.A howler monkey earns its name.It uses its piercing howl at the beginning and end of each day to claim territory and to announce the best food locations.The howl can be heard by other monkeys up to 8 kilometers(5 mi)away.QuietestA tall,long-legged giraffe is one of the quietest
16、animals.It isnt quiet because its shyit just doesnt use its voice.Instead of sounds,a giraffe communicates with body language.Extreme Animals Level Q56SmallestA little Chihuahua looks as if its all ears!This friendly little dog is so small that it can fit into your pocket and go along with you where
17、ver you go.It has a sweet temperament,but its very brave and will bark at dogs that are many times its tiny size.The tiny bee hummingbird is so small that it weighs less than the water in a teaspoon.From the tip of its long beak to the end of its tail,it measures less than 5 centimeters (2 in)long.T
18、he big-eyed tarsier monkey can be as small as a mouse.It lives in the hottest rainforests and sleeps in trees during the warmest part of the day.The tiny tarsier hunts for its food at night,when its big eyes provide excellent night vision.LoudestA blue whales cry,or song,is as loud as the noise of a
19、 rocket being launched.It will sing for as long as ten hours and its sound can be heard far away in the ocean.A howler monkey earns its name.It uses its piercing howl at the beginning and end of each day to claim territory and to announce the best food locations.The howl can be heard by other monkey
20、s up to 8 kilometers(5 mi)away.QuietestA tall,long-legged giraffe is one of the quietest animals.It isnt quiet because its shyit just doesnt use its voice.Instead of sounds,a giraffe communicates with body language.Extreme Animals Level Q78Longest LifeThe big,slow,tortoise that lives in the Galapago
21、s Islands has a lot of time to explore its island home from one end to the otheras it can live for 150 to 200 years.Shortest LifeA mayfly usually lives only one day after it hatches into an adult insect.It has a lot to do during its short life,including finding a mate.It doesnt stop to eat or drink!
22、SlowestSnails dont hurry for any reason.You could take a nap or read a story while a garden snail slowly crawls across your shoe.FastestAn adult ostrich can run as fast as a racehorse.The tall,long-legged ostrich may look awkward when it walks,but its the fastest land animal on two feet.When its cha
23、sing something it wants to eat,an adult cheetah can run over 105 kilometers(65 mi)an hour.Thats as fast as a car drives on the highway.A peregrine falcon diving through the air can match the flying speed of an airplane.A peregrine can swoop down on its prey at over 322 kilometers (200 mi)an hour.Ext
24、reme Animals Level Q78Longest LifeThe big,slow,tortoise that lives in the Galapagos Islands has a lot of time to explore its island home from one end to the otheras it can live for 150 to 200 years.Shortest LifeA mayfly usually lives only one day after it hatches into an adult insect.It has a lot to
25、 do during its short life,including finding a mate.It doesnt stop to eat or drink!SlowestSnails dont hurry for any reason.You could take a nap or read a story while a garden snail slowly crawls across your shoe.FastestAn adult ostrich can run as fast as a racehorse.The tall,long-legged ostrich may l
26、ook awkward when it walks,but its the fastest land animal on two feet.When its chasing something it wants to eat,an adult cheetah can run over 105 kilometers(65 mi)an hour.Thats as fast as a car drives on the highway.A peregrine falcon diving through the air can match the flying speed of an airplane
27、.A peregrine can swoop down on its prey at over 322 kilometers (200 mi)an hour.Extreme Animals Level Q910Fun Facts About ReptilesSnakes have very sharp vision,but they never shut their eyeseven when they sleep.Snakes have transparent eyelids that slide down to protect their open eyes from dust.If a
28、lizards tail breaks off,a new tail will grow to replace it.The ability to lose its tail helps a lizard escape from animals that try to catch it.A tuatara looks like a small lizard with a third eye on the top of its head.This extra eye isnt used for seeing.The extra eye is a sensor thats used to meas
29、ure sunlight and heat.Fun Facts About Water CreaturesNo licking!The tongue of a big humpback whale weighs as much as a small car does.A type of lungfish can live for four years without food or water if it has to.If it stays very still,a crocodile can hold its breath for an hour underwater.But it can
30、 drown if it waits too long to take a breath.Extreme Animals Level Q910Fun Facts About ReptilesSnakes have very sharp vision,but they never shut their eyeseven when they sleep.Snakes have transparent eyelids that slide down to protect their open eyes from dust.If a lizards tail breaks off,a new tail
31、 will grow to replace it.The ability to lose its tail helps a lizard escape from animals that try to catch it.A tuatara looks like a small lizard with a third eye on the top of its head.This extra eye isnt used for seeing.The extra eye is a sensor thats used to measure sunlight and heat.Fun Facts Ab
32、out Water CreaturesNo licking!The tongue of a big humpback whale weighs as much as a small car does.A type of lungfish can live for four years without food or water if it has to.If it stays very still,a crocodile can hold its breath for an hour underwater.But it can drown if it waits too long to tak
33、e a breath.Extreme Animals Level Q1112A mudskipper is an athletic fish that can climb a tree.Even though its a fish,it can move faster on land than it can swim in the water.The flat,diamond-shaped halibut is the largest flatfish.It looks odd to us because both of its eyes are located on the same sid
34、e of its head.A kangaroo can lean back and balance on its big tail while punching and kicking with all four feet at the same time.A big,awkward-looking hippopotamus can run faster than a person.For a short distance,a hippo can run 48 to 64 kilometers per hour(30-40 mph).A camel can close its nose to
35、 keep out the blowing desert sand.It can also cool the air that it breathes in just by twitching its nose.Fun Facts About MammalsEvery zebra has its own pattern of stripes.Each zebra is slightly different.Most zebras may look alike to usbut not to other zebras.Extreme Animals Level Q1112A mudskipper
36、 is an athletic fish that can climb a tree.Even though its a fish,it can move faster on land than it can swim in the water.The flat,diamond-shaped halibut is the largest flatfish.It looks odd to us because both of its eyes are located on the same side of its head.A kangaroo can lean back and balance
37、 on its big tail while punching and kicking with all four feet at the same time.A big,awkward-looking hippopotamus can run faster than a person.For a short distance,a hippo can run 48 to 64 kilometers per hour(30-40 mph).A camel can close its nose to keep out the blowing desert sand.It can also cool
38、 the air that it breathes in just by twitching its nose.Fun Facts About MammalsEvery zebra has its own pattern of stripes.Each zebra is slightly different.Most zebras may look alike to usbut not to other zebras.Extreme Animals Level Q1314Fun Facts About InsectsA butterfly stands on its food.It has l
39、ittle taste bud sensors in its feet that tell it whether its standing on something good to eat.The ears of a cricket are located on its knees.To hear the chirping voice of another cricket,it turns its knees toward the direction of the sound.An ant is as sensitive to smells as a dog.Ants communicate
40、by sending out special smells to each other.One smell tells where to find food,and another smell tells other ants to run away from danger.Fun Facts About BirdsAn eagle is a very large bird,but it weighs very little.Its bones are hollow to help it fly at high altitudes without tiring.Its bones are so
41、 lightweight that its feathers actually weigh more than its bones do.A tiny hummingbird is fast and mobile moving quickly in many directions.Much like a helicopter,it can fly sideways,or up and down,or even fly backward.The eye of an ostrich is bigger in size than its brain.Its big eyes and tall bui
42、ld help it to see objects far away.ostrich eyeostrich brainExtreme Animals Level Q1314Fun Facts About InsectsA butterfly stands on its food.It has little taste bud sensors in its feet that tell it whether its standing on something good to eat.The ears of a cricket are located on its knees.To hear th
43、e chirping voice of another cricket,it turns its knees toward the direction of the sound.An ant is as sensitive to smells as a dog.Ants communicate by sending out special smells to each other.One smell tells where to find food,and another smell tells other ants to run away from danger.Fun Facts Abou
44、t BirdsAn eagle is a very large bird,but it weighs very little.Its bones are hollow to help it fly at high altitudes without tiring.Its bones are so lightweight that its feathers actually weigh more than its bones do.A tiny hummingbird is fast and mobile moving quickly in many directions.Much like a
45、 helicopter,it can fly sideways,or up and down,or even fly backward.The eye of an ostrich is bigger in size than its brain.Its big eyes and tall build help it to see objects far away.ostrich eyeostrich brainExtreme Animals Level Q1516What other extreme animals do you know?_A penguin is a bird that s
46、wims and walks with ease,but it cant fly.The bones in its wings are heavy and solid to help it steer a course in water.But those bones weigh too much for the bird to fly.A flamingo is bright pink because of the pigment,or color,in the food it eats.It has long legs to wade far out in the water to sea
47、rch for food.Would a flamingo be green if it liked to eat leaves?These extreme animals are the rock stars in the animal kingdomthey get noticed everywhere they go.You may already be familiar with some of them,but others you may never have seen or heard of before.As you have learned in this book,extr
48、eme animals come in many different sizes and shapes!Extreme Animals Level Q1516What other extreme animals do you know?_A penguin is a bird that swims and walks with ease,but it cant fly.The bones in its wings are heavy and solid to help it steer a course in water.But those bones weigh too much for t
49、he bird to fly.A flamingo is bright pink because of the pigment,or color,in the food it eats.It has long legs to wade far out in the water to search for food.Would a flamingo be green if it liked to eat leaves?These extreme animals are the rock stars in the animal kingdomthey get noticed everywhere
50、they go.You may already be familiar with some of them,but others you may never have seen or heard of before.As you have learned in this book,extreme animals come in many different sizes and shapes!Extreme Animals Level QWritten by Kathie Lester Illustrated by Signe NordinExtreme AnimalsLevel Q Level