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= = AN INQUIRY INTO: THE NEEDS AND BEHAVIOUR OF THE ANIMALS AT CCB...

By: Sofia Alvarez, Juliana Andrea Enriquez ===

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CONLCUSION:
====there are so many persons that think that animals are bad, cruel i mean that they are very bad things because of their behaviour but are they right?? i dont think so, as many persons know animals have their instints and they do what they need to....... a lot of kids at the CCB bother the poor animals such as the ones that throw rocks to the pellares, the ones that kick and chease the ducks, there are such many people that treat very bad school animals and sometimes they simply need to respond such as the ones that when the kids bother pellares they can attack and thruth that is not good to see them when they're angry because for example there are some stories that sayed that if a pellar attacks you they can live you without an eye and you know this some similar stories for a lot of animals, and thats why we need to know that we cannot simply start to bother an animal even though if it is small, big fat and all the difference they might have to us, because if we do it they can attack us........====

====so really is not to said to persons that they cannot touch the animals what i have try to tell is that the point is not to kill them, to make them feel bad,because this was long time ago their home, but, the person came and start to construct a lot of buildings and each time the animals home has been decreasing and decreasing and if we dont care about them we are not going to have more animals, and i can promese you that that wouldnt be nice....so if we know that if we start to bother them, to make all that bad things that until know we have make to them we are not going to be happy because they are simply going to show as their behaviour, they reaction throw all the bad things that we the people have make to them!!!====

INFORMATION
**What are the basic needs for a animal?**

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The ducks eat a fact based on maize and soybean. Duck this feed is usually added crushed grains and wheat and oats are fed also with some vegetables. ======

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 For a domestic ducks such as the ones we have here in the school farms the best habitat for a duck is a normally sized bowl with the minimum height of 60 cm and it is provided with drinking and feeding. It is important to know that the bird will grow and we must expect that the space in which it develops can be small for him in the future. You can use a small pile of straw for use as a bed. It's a good idea to have a pair of ducks that are not so alone. ======

Ducks are birds. They are also called "waterfowls" because they are normally found in places with water, like ponds, streams and rivers. They are related to geese and swans. The duck is the smallest of them all. Ducks also have shorter necks and wings and a stout body. They can live from 2-12 years, depending on breed.

Ducks have webbed feet, designed for swimming. Their webbed feet act like paddles for the ducks. A duck waddles instead of walks because of its webbed feet. Do you know that the duck's feet cannot feel cold even if it swims in icy cold water? Well, the reason for this is because its feet have no nerves or blood vessels

Another special thing that the duck has is its water-proof feathers. There is a special gland that produces oil near the duck's tail which spreads and covers the outer coat of the duck's feathers, making it water-proof. Beneath the water-proof coat are fluffy and soft feathers to keep the duck warm

Ducks keep clean by preening themselves. They do this by being able to turn their heads completely backwards, and putting their beaks into the feathers on their wings, breast and back. They preen themselves very often.

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Ducks give out a special sound. Listen to the sound of ducks [|quacking] here. However, not all ducks quack. The Wood Duck does not quack, it gives out a [|"squeal"] instead.======

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Ducks were once wild until they were domesticated by the Chinese over 1,000 There are still many different breeds of wild ducks. Most of the farm ducks are of a breed called "Pekin". It is harder to tell a male from a female with the Pekin ducks because they look almost the same. The male has two to three curly feathers on top. Pekin ducks have white or cream colored feathers and orange colored bills. These ducks do not fly and do well in captivity. They are also excellent for egg and meat production. The Pekin duck originated from China and is the most popular breed in the United States, having been first brought by ship from China to Long Island, New York in 187======

Ducks are found in wetlands, marshes, ponds, rivers, lakes and oceans. This is because ducks love the water. Some species of ducks migrate or travel longs distances every year to breed. Usually they travel to warmer areas or where the water does not freeze so that they can rest and raise their young. The distance may be thousands of miles away. Ducks are found everywhere in the world except the Antarctica which is too cold for them

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The duck's mouth is called a "bill". Normally, it is broad and flat and has rows of fine notches along the edge called "lamellae". The lamellae helps the duck to grip its food so that it will not slip off. However, ducks bills come in different shapes and sizes. The shape of the bill and body features will determine how the duck hunt for its food======

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The males (drakes) are usually the brightly colored ones while the females (ducks) are usually a dull-colored brown so that they can hide be camouflaged from their enemies when they are in their nests.====== The Wood Duck in the picture is an example of the colorful male. The males use their colorful plumage to attract females. However, they will lose or molt their colorful feathers when the females are busy hatching the eggs. The males will now look like the female in color and will be unable to fly temporarily. They will molt again in early Fall (autumn) and get back their colorful feathers and be able to fly again. The females also molt. They replace all their feathers, get new ones after their babies or ducklings are hatched.

The production of eggs is affected by daylight. When there is more daylight, the ducks will lay more eggs. In the months of July to December when daylight is short, they slow down their production of eggs. Sometimes, they stop laying eggs completely during these months. To prevent this from happening, farmers use artificial lighting so that the ducks have about 17 hours of light a day to produce eggs efficiently.

Ducks, like other animals, are useful to human beings. They provide us with eggs and meat to eat. Some ducks provide us with feathers are used for stuffing quilts and pillows. The feathers are usually from the Eider duck. Thus, the name "eiderdown" for stuffed quilts. To line their nests, the females pluck feathers from their breast. Their feathers are harvested in Iceland where they are found everywhere along the coast and are a valuable source of income for the people here. Eiders feed on mussels, sea snails, crabs, shrimps, barnacles, catch fish, dig for snails and eat other small crustaceans and some sea-weeds.

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= = =chiken : The chicken is domestic and farm animal. They male is called Rooster and the female is called Hen. They live 5 to 10 years. There are more chickens in the world than any other speciesm, there are aproximatley 175 species of them. Chickens are omnivores.... so what do they eat? well chickens eat worms, insects, seeds, grains, snails, slugs, fruits, vegetables and many other foods. =

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 Like any other animal cycle, some animals pray chickens and eat them like hawks, bobcats, snakes, skunks, owls, raccoons and foxes. ======

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 Chickens lay eggs to reproduce, and they lay 300 eggs per year. When the hen is laying they will sit on them to keep the eggs warm and saved from other animals. ======

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 Some types of chickens are Bantams, plymouth, marans and leghorn. ======

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=goose: As part of the waterfowl or wildfowl group, geese are made for the water. Except for the Cape Barren goose, which has adapted to be more of a landlubber, most geese have webbed feet, a streamlined body and thick plumage, which makes them extremely buoyant. =

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 Goose Lifestyle: Geese are medium to large birds and migrate long distances from overwintering sites to breeding grounds. All geese eat a vegetarian diet, feeding on grasses, seeds and grains. ======

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Mates for Life: Geese usually mate for life, though a small number will separate and find another mate. A smaller number of eggs are laid each season and both parents protect the nest and young, which usually results in a higher survival rate for the young geese ======

==== PEACOCK: The peaock is a bird from india, but can live in every part of the world. They are large and colorful .The body size is 35 to 50 in (90 to 130 cm); Tail, 5 ft (1.5 m). It wigth 8.75 to 13 lbs (4 to 6 kg). This bird lives aproximatley 20 years in wild. ==== ==== The diet of this bird is omnivore wich means they will eat a variety of foods. Their diets include grains, berries, small insects, scorpions, mice, seeds, grasshoppers and locusts, leaves, flower petals, entire small plants, corn, and even pieces of chicken. Wild peaock will eat plants, snakes, insects and grains. ====

Peacocks like forest, hillside streams. They are mainly found in idia, sri lanka, and pakistan.
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squirrel : The Squirrels belong to a large family of medium sized rodents called the Sciuridae. This family includes four types of squirrels, the ground squirrel, the chipmunks, the red squirrel and the prairie dogs. Here in school we have the Red squirrel which lives in the trees and also sometimes they come to ground to search some food. We have seen 2 types of relationship with the squirrel the bad one, and the good one. The bad one is, when a squirrel comes to ground to search some food some kids start chasing her to get her, so she starts running and running and sometimes when they run too much their heart start to work harder and later she dies, also another type of bad thing is some kids in preekinder leave the left of their fruits on the trees so the squirrels can come back down and eat it, it sounds a good thing but it isn’t because the squirrels get used to not search food and just wait till the kids feed her, but what happens when the kids go out of school for vacations?, the squirrel doesn’t know how to search food and then she die. Also we have the good one but this one is too short because the only thing that kids do to make her live better is leave her alone with her habitat. =====

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 When squirrels are breeding, Squirrels breed once or twice a year, and give birth to a varying number of young after three to six weeks, depending on species. The young are born naked, toothless, helpless, and blind. In most species of squirrel, only the female looks after the young, which are weaned at around six to ten weeks of age and become sexually mature at the end of their first year. =====

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 Unlike rabbits or deer, squirrels cannot feed upon cellulose and must rely on foods rich in protein, carbohydrates, and fat. In temperate regions, early spring is the hardest time of year for squirrels, because buried nuts begin to sprout and are no longer available for the squirrel to eat, and new food sources have not become available yet. During these times squirrels rely heavily on the buds of trees. Squirrels' diet consists primarily of a wide variety of plant food, including nuts, seeds, conifer cones, fruits, fungi and green vegetation. However some squirrels also consume meat, especially when faced with hunger. Squirrels have been known to eat insects, eggs, small birds, young snakes and smaller rodents. Indeed, some tropical species have shifted almost entirely to a diet of insects. =====

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<span style="font-size: 1.06em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Squirrels prefer to live where there is much of food. Usually this is an area with nuts, seed and fruits. Squirrels also like to live in a place where there is much of grass and plants, because also they eat them. Squirrel have to live in places that have trees, even if it’s a city. This is because squirrels build nests in trees, for their baby’s. It keeps the baby squirrel safe from harm when they are very young and left alone while the parents squirrels are searching for food. Red squirrels live in forests usually but here in school they live in trees of the school. The gray squirrel lives in trees at the city. But in winter the 4 types of squirrels live in tree trunk holes so they can keeps themselves and their babies warm. =====

====<span style="font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><span style="color: #c41212; font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">bats: Bats can be found in almost every part of the world except where it is very, very hot or in the really cold areas and on some remote islands. They live on all continents except Antarctica. You can find more species of bats where the weather is nice and warm. Those warm spots are near the equator and are called the "tropics" and "rain forests." ====

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<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Many bats find trees to be the perfect place to roost and spend time taking care of their babies. Some bats actually live under big leaves and by using camouflage they can hide from harm and danger. There are other bats that roost under the bark of trees, while still others just hang from the branches ======

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Perhaps the place where most people think bats live is in caves. And a lot of bats do find these big underground caverns a perfect place in which to raise their babies and to sleep during the day. Bracken Cave in Texas has close to 20 million Mexican Free Tail bats living there.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">At times bats may use houses or buildings as a roosting site. Even though these places are not as good as their natural habitats, these man-made structures do offer them protection and are much like their preferred roosts.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Wherever there is a bridge, there might also be bats living under it. Even the noise of a busy road overhead doesn't seem to scare them. As the sun sets, they begin their night flight out to look for food. It's a beautiful sight to see.Some bats may find old mines that are no longer being used and set up their colony there. People often like to explore these mines and when they do, they disturb the bats. Putting a heavy grate at the mine opening protects the bats. Not all mines are good for bats. **They must be like the caves in which bats also live.**


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">There is another type of home in which bats will live, but often other animals or insects will get in it first before the bats can . These are bat houses that many people build hoping bats will move in. **

bats eat fruits, insects and sometimes blood, but the blood is from cows and horses ( At school we dont have that type of Bats ).

but also here is a web page about the food that bats eat []

Checklist to Avoid Problems with Backyard Wildlife

 * || * Do not use not use plastic garbage bags. Use sturdy metal or tough plastic garbage cans with tight lids. Secure cans so that they cannot be knocked over.
 * Put your garbage on the curb the morning of pickup.
 * Wild animals are not pets. Do not feed them.
 * Put only a small amount of bird food out at a time.
 * Do not leave pet food outdoors at night.
 * Screen all exterior accesses to buildings, including, including vents, chimneys, attic fans, dryer vents and areas around soffits and rain gutters. Use 1/4" mesh hardware cloth.
 * Install screens in all windows and doors.
 * Fill in holes around foundations. Screen crawl spaces and cover window wells.
 * Trim vegetation to prevent it from covering foundation walls. Allow two feet between the vegetation and the building.
 * Trim tree limbs away from the roof.
 * BE SURE ALL ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY YOUNG, HAVE LEFT BEFORE SEALING OFF AN AREA. AN ANIMAL TRAPPED IN ITS DEN WILL DIE OF STARVATION. BE AWARE OF THE TIMES OF YEAR WHEN YOUNG MAY BE PRESENT ||

ANIMAL CRUELTY IS HAPPENING
==== Many children between 10 and 14 are exploring their self-image and reflecting upon their relationships with others. Studies indicate that children of this age are still strongly affected by violence, so discussions about animal cruelty should still be kept free of details about the violence. Nonetheless, the issue can be raised directly—if delicately—with most of these children. Adults should make it clear that they do not condone violence in their own thoughts and behavior. Children of this age are finely attuned to the words and actions of adults, and still rely on them as role models. ==== ==== Parents, teachers, and trusted adults can also discuss with 10- to 14-year-olds how they would act if their peers or friends treated animals cruelly. By couching the advice in terms of what you would do if you were in a given situation, you can help children overcome peer pressure and follow what they know is right. These children may encounter others abusing animals—knowing that they are in the right and will be supported for standing up to it is very important at this age of strong peer pressure. ====

= = = Prior Knowldege : = ==== ﻿the animals need food, a home and such many things so they can survive, one of the very important things that the animals need i sthe care and the reszpect of the children at the schools specially at the CCb ====