An inquiry by Jonty and Bailey

1. Thorny devils
By Jonty and Bailey

2. contents
Physical features
Social behaviour
Habitat
Prey/predators
Pictures
Questions
Answers

3. PHYSICAL FEATURES
• They are spiky.
• They are orange coloured.
• They have a long tail.

4. Social Behaviour
The Thorny Devil is a strange looking, slow-moving lizard found in
Australia. They are sometimes known as the Moloch.
Not at all aggressive, the Thorny Devil instead, defends itself by
changing color to match its surroundings, hiding in small shrubs,
tucking its head under its body and showing false head, freezing or
moving in a shaking manner to resemble a leaf and puffing itself up to
appear larger. The Thorny Devil is primarily diurnal and during cold
nights burrows into the ground to remain warm.

5. Habitat
The Thorny devil lives in the australian outback it gets
very hot but at night it is cold so they dig burrows to
keep warm and save from predators.

6. Prey/ Predators
One of the predators of the thorny devil
bustards and goannas and prey is
insects .

7. PICTURES

8. Questions
Do thorny devils have a fake head?
Where does the thorny devil live?
What does the thorny devil look like?
How long do they grow for?
How long does the thorny devil live for?

9. Answers
yes they do have a fake head it is Just behind their head
In the Austrailian outback.
It is spiky so it does not look good to eat for predators
it grows for 4 years
the thorny devil lives for 20 years