The Fizzing Life of the Blue Poison Dart Frog!!!
Adult and young side by side.
I.Fizzing Blue Poison Dart Frog
In the wonderful world of the Amazon Rainforest there lives an amazing creature called the blue poison dart frog. Why the blue poison dart frog inspired me because it oozes poison to protect it's self. My journey with you in the understory will teach you more about this incredible life of the blue poison dart frog. Come with me and seek what I will tell!!
Army of blue poison dart frogs.
II.Welcome to my Family
The Blue poison dart frog is part of an interesting group called an army. This cool frog is related to the blue poison arrow frog. Which is something similar to the blue poison dart frog.The blue poison arrow frog has a lighter color of blue. The blue poison dart frog has an incredible family.
III.Look What I look Like
This terrific creature looks like a small blue and black sticky note. It has two bright colors blue and black spots on it's back. It can grow 1.2 to 1.8 inches long. The biggest it can grow up to is 2 inches long.
The four layers of the rainforets.
IV.Can You Find Me in the Rainforest
This sensational frog lives in South and Central America. In the rainforest it lives in the understory. Kids wonder do blue poison dart frogs migrate. No, they do not. The blue poison dart frog's range is South and Central America in the understory. They understory is the middle layer of the Rainforest.If it did live here in the United States it would die because it is FREEZING!!
V. Wonder What Delicious Foods it Eats
This great frog eats small insects. Such as fruit flies, newborn crickets, ants, beetles,fruit flies, mites, spiders, and meadow plankton. It gets it's food by it's long sticky tongue. Also it can get it's food by it's poison because if a prey scares it it oozes poison.
VI.More Enemies Then What I Thought
This mysterious creature has several enemiees. For example birds, fish, snakes, and bats. If it gets trapped by one of these enemies on the forest floor it will ooze the toxic poison and the prey will hopefully back away.
VII.Defense Hayaa
The amazing blue poison dart frog has a super cool way to defend itself. So, if other creatures want to eat this frog and it eats it it will automatically die. Also it will ooze the poison and the animal will back away. It's bright color will warn the other animals stay away.
VIII.Reproduction
This poison creature reproduces during the rainy seasons. Which are February and March. It takes two weeks until the frogs are born. There can be up to 44 eggs in one litter. When they are hatched the father takes them on their back and takes them for dips. Young poiosn dart frogs are called poison dart frogs.
First blue poison dart frog eggs.
IX. The Fantastic Relationship
The blue poison dart frog has a relationship with humans. The Natives use their poison for their blow darts. Natives usally boil them over a burning fire until some of it's poison bubbles. Then they take their darts and rub it in it's poison. Also they get the poison by they put the frog in a leaf and then they put it in the blow dart and blow to kill prey.
X. Pop Pop Population
The population of this outstanding creature is unknown for it's population, but vunerable because it's extremely small. The blue poison dart frog is endangered since human beings are cutting down the rainforest.
XI.Zzzzz Habits
The amazing frog 's sleeping habits are they are active at day. At night Zzzzzz sleeping at night. The frog sleeps in its cozy branches until dusk. When the frog is awake it eats food and hide from prey.
XII. Adaption
The frog adapted to the climate in Central and South America because when it's winter they stay in tree holes. Or they still roam the understory and the forest floor to stay warm. To get the food in the winter they still catch the bugs with their long sticky tongues.
XII. Habits
This outrageous creature habits are when its humid out ranging to 22 to 27 degrees Celius they roam the rainforest area to stay warm. To stay warm they roam the areas until they find the perfect area and hide under leaves . They hide under the leaves to stay warm.
XIV. Amazing Fantastic Characteristics
A couple interesting characteristics about the blue poison dart frog is that it's bright colors warn others to stay back. Another is when a prey wants to eat it and it does it dies automatically because this frog has deadly poisons. Last, but not least when this fasinating creature gets scared and can't go anywhere it will jump and land in a tree in the understory.
XV. Bye for Now
In the wonderful world lives the blue poison dart frog , and other creatures . If people keep destroying the tropical rain forest than the blue poison dart frog and other animals will be extinct. As human beings we should take action and stop the rain forest from being destroyed. Long Live the Blue Poison Dart Frog!!!
Bye for now little fellow.
Work Cited
Books- Lacey, A., Elizabeth The Complete Frog Dewey, Owlings, Jennifer Poison Dart Frog
Green, Jen Rainforests Snneden, Robert Tropical Rainforests
Encylopedia- Forester, C., Don World Book F.7 2007 Frogs
Website- aqua.com, frogs.com, nationalgeographics
Comments (1)
Ms. Davis said
at 8:00 pm on Apr 11, 2009
Hi Sara! You have been working very hard on your report - I can tell! Here are some suggestions to make it even better. You write that your animal lives in the understory of the rain forest. It would be good to describe exactly what the understory is! Also, do you have all the sections you need here? Your roman numerals are not quite right. Make sure your write in complete sentences, too. You have some fragments.
I love that your sense of humor comes through! Keep up the good work!
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