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What is a Life Cycle and What is an Adaptation?
 * San Diego Zoo Video Conference**

Animals: 1. Parrots from Australia - galahs, Rose Breasted Cockatoo - 2 females - Berry Sisters - Cranberry and Raspberry - not on exhibit - own web page Adaptations - destroy crops, sharp claws - prehensel feet, sharp beak, wings, feathers to keep them warm - gray bark and pink colors Life Cycle - Adult long - hatch from eggs - bald, down Habitat - dry, 60s to 100s

2. Polar Bears - large paws like snowshoes, sense of smell, hide treats, thick fur and blubber, special diet, one may be pregnant; Web cam

3. Armadillo Santiago Three banded Armadillo - nocturnal Life Cycle - grandfather - 10 years old, eats insects, may live 15 to 20 years, warn, dry, grassy areas Adaptation - smells bad - good sense of smell, digs - claws, his shell - hard to eat him, look like a rock - protect from predators, shell stay warm, can run fast, dig holes and makes a nest

4. Mexican Milk Snake - Big Tex Life Cycle - teenager - 15 years (oldest in zoo is 55), hatch from egg, babies on their own, shed at 10 days old - are a constrictor; sometimes nocturnal and sometimes both, grow slowly throughout whole life Adaptation - Color - for protection; dart but not fast; feel vibrations - no ears; could bite; transparent eye lids; constrictor - sharp teeth like needles Habitat - warm - low 80s, shelter branches, leaves