Yesterday I saw a documentary about cheetahs on channel 413 ( Nat Geo Wild) on my Star hub television box! Cheetahs are actually the fastest animal in the land. Its speed is 112km/hour and can stalk prey from 200 to 300 meters away. Its hunting speed is 64km/hours in sprint

The cheetahs are carnivores that means meat-eaters like me ! Their main are antelopes and gazelles. If their is no antelopes or gazelles they just another prey like elephants, rabbits and much more.

Cheetahs are covered in over 2000 black spots. They  weight from 21 to 72 kg , they are taller than the leopard but are shorter than the lion. Typically yellowish tan or  greyish white, the coat is uniformly covered with nearly 2,000 solid black spots. Did you know that greyish white are some zoo’s as they are endangered right now and has less than ten thousand in the world.  They are also mammals.

They also have cousins like the pumas, panthers, lions, leopards, tigers and much more.  They all are cousins as they all are cats and have fur. Did you know that many animals are white as there is a disease where the skin of the animal is white.

Did you know that the cheetahs nearest  cousins are the cougar and the jaguar.

A genome study concluded that cheetahs experienced two bottlenecks in their history, the first about 100,000 years ago and the second about 12,000 years ago, greatly lowering their genetic variability. These bottlenecks may have been associated with migrations across Asia and into Africa (with the current African population founded about 12,000 years ago), and/or with a depletion of prey species at the end.

The cheetahs lives at Cheetahs inhabit a variety of habitats – dry forests, scrub forests and savanna’s. they live in the African and Asian places.

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Photos of them

Yesterday while my family and me were watching the documentary on hippopotamus at Nat Geo Wild which is on channel 413 on Starhub and that is why I am writing this post. These animals – Hippos are actually very aggressive as they kill at least a hundred people every day. Did you know that the scientific name  for a hippopotamus is called a Hippopotamidae. Did you know that the hippopotamus is actually a mammal and is a herbivore the weight is from 2000 to 4000 kg.

Hippopotamuses are large mammals, with short, stumpy legs, and barrel-shaped bodies. They have large heads, with broad mouths, and nostrils placed at the top of their snouts. Like pigs, they have four toes, but unlike pigs, all of the toes are used in walking.

Hippopotamuses are stout, naked-skinned, and amphibious members (and the only living members) of the family.  Do you know that their closest living relatives are the whales and dolphins. The Hippopotamus have three chambered stomachs like the camel and are classified under the group Pseudormiant(  pseudoruminants have three-chambered stomachs while ruminants have four chambers.)

Did you even know the name hippopotamus came from the Ancient Greek ‘River Horse’ and a baby hippo already weights 45 pounds.

There are actually many hippos an I am going to name you some!

• Pygmy  Hippos
• African Hippos
• The Common Hippos
• Indian  Hippos

These are all the hippos I know !

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Last week on Friday, the 4 August 2017 to Saturday, 5 August 2017 was my Primary 4 camp. During the camp my classmates and me were separated into groups with other classes. My group had three people who are from my class. My group was also sixteen people big.

The activities in the camp were :

• Abseiling
• Dragon Boating
• Campfires
• Team Building Games
• Low Ropes

These were the activities there was at the camp.

Abseiling, this activity is about making you trust the equipment. The equipment is the safety rope, the helmet and the safety harness. there are four holes  which are the : leg holes, the waist hole and the belly button hole, These are the holes which will secure your body from falling at a rapid speed.

Dragon Boating is a water activity where you get on a large canoe where it fits over 10 people. We were brought to the kallang water sports area to do it. I think the boat is made out of metal or wood. The goal here is teamwork because if every one rowed at a different pace the boat might tip over. While we were Dragon boating, we learned how to stop, stop the boat to tip over, move forward and backwards.

Low Ropes, is a course where you must trust the group mates. In low ropes you must walk on the ropes and try not to fall down. The course was formed by the strong ropes and the poles in the school. After this we had an amazing lunch.

After we came back from Dragon Boating we played some team-building activities and then had some delicious dinner and then started the campfire by letting our vice-principle to light up the camp fire.  During the camp fire we sang songs and then did some performances and even a magic show.

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