Animal Discovery at the Bean Museum

Our Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum Field Trip 

on BYU Campus

This morning we met with Josh at the museum and he gave us an "Animal Discovery" Presentation in the East Classroom (by the big hippo).
Josh had us find clues and try and guess what animals he had brought to show us.
1) What animals have claws? Polar bears, cats, dogs, ...
2) What animals have hair/fur?  Dogs, kitty cats, cheetahs, polar bears, bears, people!
What animal has claws and fur? Cats, big cats, bears, etc.
3) Our third clue was a snow flake? What animal has claws, fur, and likes to live where it snows? A polar bear!  We saw a stuffed polar bear head and learned: Polar bears like to eat seals and swim in ice cold water. His fur keeps him warm. Why white fur?  To blend in with ice and snow.
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Our next three clues:
1) Snail shell?
What animal has a shell? Crab, turtles, snails,
2) Street Light on "yellow"
What does yellow light mean?  Slow down.
What animals have a shell and move slowly?  
3) Scales? Piece of skin from an animal.
Snail?! No scales. Crab?  No scales. Turtles?!  YES!  
We met Oatis, an African Spur Turtle
Why shell? Protection!
Moves slow.
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1) Fur 
2) Stripes 
3)bad smell?
Skunk!
Why smell? Because it farts! Raegan says. He smells gross so other animals won't eat him.
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Animal that lays eggs? Turkey ostrich chicken fish frogs turtles snakes
Crocodiles lots of egg layers.

Skin alligator a scales

Weebell wobble toy. No arms or legs? Snakes!
Victor the rosy boa snake. No arms or legs.
Why tongue out?  He's smelling!
Cold blooded. Ectothermic. Has to lay in sun. Doesn't produce his own heat.

Last animal.
Grasshopper in a sucker!

Fuzzy

Web

Fuzzy spider
Is it a tarantula.
Charlotte rose haired tarantula.
Why so many hairs?  Protection!  She can throw hairs like darts and it gets in skin and eyes and itches!  Charlotte is poisonous. Uses it to eat meat.
Moves slow except when getting bugs and then she is fast.