ANIMAL+LIFE+IN+ANTARCTICA


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The animal life in Antarctica is amazing. There are so many different types of creatures it would take forever to find out all of them. The four main animals in Antarctica are penguins, seals, whales and birds. Great Introduction - concise and informative - Mrs W.

Penguins are one of the most well known animals in Antarctica. There are 17 different types of penguins. They are the emperor, king, adelie, gentoo, chistrap, rock hopper, macaroni, royal, fiord land crested, fioland crested, erect crested, snares island, yellow eyed, fairy, magellanic, humbolt, african and galapago penguin. Penguins eat krill, squid and many different types of fish. Penguins live 75% of their lives in the water, hunting their food. You have written a well structured topic sentence that introduces the subject of the paragraph clearly.

There are six different types of seals. These are the weddell, ross, crabeater, leopard, elephant and fur seal. Some seals live further south than any other type of mammal in the world. Seals live most of their lives in the water. But they have to return back to land to breed. Seals mainly breed on the shore of Antarctica.

Whales are the biggest mammals on earth. The blue whale has a heart the size of a small car. There are eight different types of whales. They are the killer, sperm, blue, fin, humpback, minkie, sei and southern right whale. Whales have a blow hole. Blow holes are like whales nostrils. Whales can’t breathe through their mouth so instead they breathe through their blow hole. Whales move by moving their tails up and down, they can’t move their tails side ways. Whales move to warmer waters to breed during winter. They move in groups called pods.

The most common birds that live in Antarctica are the albatrosses, cormorants, fulmars, gulls, pretrels, terns, skues and sheatbills. Birds mainly live in Antarctica after winter. Some birds travel 50 kilometers across ice to reach breeding grounds. Only nineteen species of birds breed in Antarctica.

All of these animals are an enormous part of Antarctica and the continent wouldn’t be right without them.

You have written a well structured and informative report - well done. Your writing would benefit if you were to answer these questions in your report. Why wouldn't Antarctica "be right without these animals? - can you explain why these animals are unique to Antarctica and to the world - why are they important, why are they special, why should we look after these animals and the environment they live in? Can they survive in other places rather than Antarctica? Remember that you are trying to convince others that Antarctica is an important part of our world, that is unique and must be looked after by all people. Mrs W







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