Basically this is my powerpoint that I presented while

1. Kyle Young Presents Carnivores

2. Carnivores as a whole Any animal/mammal that derives it’s meat/flesh from other animals for energy and nutrients The term carnivore means “meat-eater” Predation or scavenging Important to Ecosystem Lions Tigers and Bears OH MY!

3. SEAL (SEa Air Land) Organs for capturing and disarticulating prey. (Such as sharp teeth claws and beaks Comes from all environments Sea, Air, or Land.

4. “Finger Licking Good” Lions are voracious carnivores Requires up to seven kilograms (15lbs) of meat per day Major component of their diet is the flesh of large mammals ( such as this african buffalo Mate up to four days

6. Snakes (vipers) One of the most feared carnivores Filled with protein degrading enzymes called proeases Causes blood loss from cardio damage Makes decision on how much venom to release on different occasions Death from venom is usually caused by loss in blood pressure

8. Can withstand diseases that would kill any other creature

9. Waits for a larger scavenger to eat first when his dinner has to thick of a hide to open his beak

10. Acute sense of smell to help catch their prey

11. Seldom attack healthy animals

12. Adapted to the diet of dead prey

14. Skeleton made out of cartilage instead of bones which allows more flexibility

15. Most dangerous sharks

17. The REAL Tasmanian Devil Devil’s whiskers help it locate food Can take prey up to the size of large kangaroos Eat 40% of their body weight in 30 mins Solitary animal that does not form in packs Are opportunistic and eat carrion more than live prey

19. Prey must come in contact with one or two trigger hairs and the plant will close in less than 0.1 second

20. Takes 10 days to digest victims

22. Cats and dogs can co-exist with humans which make humans and carnivore relationships very diverse

23. Seals foxes and bobcats are used for hunting fur or food.

25. Credits Music provided by Guns n Roses-Welcome to the jungle LL Cool J (Shark’s Fin) Lil Wayne Louisanimal Grand Master Flash The Message Sources http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/projects/MarsSim/SimHTML/info/whats-a-carnivore.html http://www.nhptv.org/NatureWorks/nwep10a.htm All images literature and music were arranged By Kyle Young This has been a Kyle Young Production All rights reserved © 2010