Friday 12 September 2014

The Blue Tongue Skink


The Blue Tongue Skink
Introduction
Blue Tongue  Skinks Live In Australia And New Guinea.The habitats Are forests,grasslands,rainforests and Deserts. Blue Tounge Skinks eat snails,worms,fruit and flowers.
The babies only hatch from soft shelled eggs from inside its mother.

Protection
The Blue Tongue Skink sticks out it's tongue to protect itself from predators.
A blue-tongued skink spends most of the day searching for food. When a predator threatens a skink, the lizard puffs up its body to look bigger.

At the same time, it opens its mouth and hisses while sticking out its bright blue tongue. The lizard puffs up its body to look bigger. At the same time, it opens its mouth and hisses while sticking out its bright blue tongue. 

The sudden flash of colors may surprise and confuse the predator just long enough for the skink to run away.

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By Esmae

2 comments:

  1. Hey Hub 8 of Stonefield school
    This is a nice Explanation Esmae.You have taught your reader and others where it lives, how they can protect themselves and what its scared of.You could add what it eat and what animal classification. Example: A dog is a mammal.But just keep the great work.

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  2. A very informative explanation Esmae! I find it interesting that the skink hisses out his blue tongue in defensive to predators! Keep up the great writing :)

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