Madagascar

​​ Madagascar
By: Mireya Mayor "Follow a scientist to an island unlike any other place. From leaping lemurs to red frogs, Madagascar is a world apart."

Make the following comments on the article: Respond to others also ​
 * Your ID || Key Ideas: What would you tell others about this article ||
 * blue15013 || That they should read it and that it is a very cool article. ||
 * red15097 || that there is a lot of information about Madagascar and the animals of Madagascar, also it is very interesting to read about all the animals. ||
 * ​orange344 || ​This article is about someone who has a job that has to do with the island of Madagascar. I liked this article and it talked about a lot of amazing animals. ||
 * green330 || This article hsa a tun of information about Madagascar, the animals that live there, and a lady who has a job workiong with the animals in Madagascar . ||

Please include your ID || love, yellow411 || Madagascar you have to not mind mud, be patient, not scare easily, be able to get close to predators and love lemurs. || what is the most dangerous animal to a human? || [|here is a link for the top 10 most dangerous animals.] || Please include your ID ||
 * Your ID || I learned || I have this question? || **Respond to others here**
 * blue15013 || a lot about animals, and there is a rain forest in Madagascar. || How a sifaka lemur can jump as far as 30 feet in one jump? ||  ||
 * red15097 || that most of all the animals in Madagascar are not found anywhere else in the world. also Madagascar used to be a part of Africa 165 million years ago. finally a Fossa, which is a little bit bigger than a cat, is Madagascar's top predator. || how a small little lemur thing is the top predator in Madagascar?! || First off the Fossa is closely related to the mongoose not the leamur. Second, the fossa is the top preador which means it hunts most and is feared a lot by other animals, but it isn't the most dangerous. The Nile Crocodile is. The Fossa is the largest carnivore on land when the Nile Crocodile is the largest in the water in Madagascar. Next the Fossa has no natural predators. The only thing that can eat them is the Nile Crocodile which hardly happens. Finally, the Fossa is one of the few carnivores on Madagascar. Orange344 ||
 * orange344 || I learned about how Madagascar used to be attached to Africa, but slowly drifted away. I also learned that 3/4 of the animals there are endemic. The tomato frog, fossa, and chameleon were stated in this artical and I learned about them. I also learned that the Aye-Aye is a type of leamur! || Are all lemurs endemic? || Yeah, i think it is cool how Madagascar used to be attached to Africa. I did'nt know 2/3 of the animals were endemic. That is a good question.
 * yellow411: || I learned if you want to study animals in
 * green330 || I learned that Madagascar was once a part of Africa. The tomato frog spends days buried in mud and the panther chameleon can sit still for hours. The panther chameleon has colors that can blend in with the rainforest so they're hard to spot. There are 90 species of mlemur that live on the island of Madagascar. || Why do tomato frogs live in mud? || The reason they live in mud is because they need to stay cool and if they did not they would die from over heating. ||
 * Respond to my question below:**
 * Your Id || What would you like or dislike about a trip to Madagascar? || **Respond to others here**
 * blue15013 || I would like to be able to see all the animal in the rain forest and I would not like all the mud and waiting to see all the animals.http://www.enchantedlearning.com/africa/madagascar/colormap.GIF ||  ||
 * red15097 || i also would like to see all the animals. but the treacherous journey there would not be fun!. [|lemurs] ||   ||
 * yellow411: || i wouldn't like the bugs, but i'd like seeing lemurs! || green330:I don't like bugs either so I know how you feel about being with bugs all around but I think it would be cool to see a lemur. ||
 * green330 || I don't think I would like the weather in a rainforest. I think it would be a cool place to visit and fun to take pictures of all the different animals and of the sceneray. || blue15013: I agree because the rain forest would be very wet and i do not like being wet. ||
 * Vocabulary Builder**: Choose a vocabulary word you learned from your reading. There must be no duplicate words
 * Your Id || Vocabulary Word || Definition ||
 * blue15013 || mammal || animal that feeds milk to its young ||
 * red15097 || endemic || found only in one place ||
 * yellow411: || sloshing || walking ||
 * green330 || skittered || ran ||

green330 || this is a madagascar teal((: isn't it soo cute looking?!?! ||
 * Your ID || Picture Extra Credit ||
 * red15097[[image:file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/MSNYDE%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-2.png]] || [[image:fossa1.jpg width="390" height="298" caption="this is a Fossa"]] ||
 * yellow411: || [[image:file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/MSNYDE%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.png]][[image:file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/MSNYDE%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.png]][[image:file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/MSNYDE%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-3.png]][[image:file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/MSNYDE%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-4.png]][|awh isnt it the cutest thing you've ever seen?!] ||