Polar bears report writing

 Polar Bears

Polar bears are the largest meat eaters in the world. The scientific name for polar bears is Ursus maritimus which means sea bear. Polar bears are the largest land predators and also the polar bear's family name is bears.

Polar bears have white transparent fur but dark black skin. They have a long neck, a small head and partly webbed feet. Did you know that polar bears' fur is camouflage against the snow?

Polar bears can live in many different places like the Arctic, Canada, Norway, Alaska or Russia. Polar bears make ice-like shelters to cover a place to rest or a home. Cubs are born in small holes in the ground that the female polar bear digs out of the snow.

Did you know that 2% of hunts for polar bears are successful? Polar bears stay with their mothers for 4 years. When polar bears are born around the size of a rat. A polar bear's diet is mostly made up of seals. 

Written by Hinengawai

WALHT: describe the appearance of something	Self Assessment  😃😃😃😃
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Wetapunga Information report

Classification                                                                                                                                                      Weta are one of the heaviest insects in the world. Some people call them wetapunga. People call them wetapunga because that is the maori. Weta are becoming extinct.  

Description                                                                                                                                                    Weta can grow up to 10cm long. A weta egg is about the size of a single grain of rice an weta have a small mouth, 6 legs no nose and antenna that are twice as long as them. Weta have a strong exoskeleton that they use as protection. 

Location/ Habitat                                                                                                                                     Weta can be found in New Zealand. Auckland zoo is one of the many place's trying to help bring back wetapunga. Wetapunga are sometime transported to mobile private islands free of rats and predators were they can thrive.

Dynamics                                                                                                                                                     Did you know that weta malt up to 10 times. Malt means that they shed their skin but weta eat their skin after they shed it. Weta can lay up to 300 eggs in there life. But they can't fly