Their glossy silver fur sprinkled in black spots, snow leopards are a truly incredible species. They have round circular faces, with long sharp whiskers, big paws and sharp claws. A snow leopard is an animal that was endangered but it is not anymore.

Snow leopards are protected by their thick hair, and their wide feet act like snowshoes. Snow leopards can hop up to 50ft. They utilise their long tails for balance and as warmth to there body parts in the harsh weather. An adult snow leopard weighs from 75 to 120 pounds.

Snow leopards live in polar environments. They are based in Central Asia as well as other places. The weather rests at a temperature from 7 Celsius to -25 Degrees. Because of the weather snow leopards travel alone and walk to the top of mountains to catch there prey. Snow leopards eat goats, sheep, birds, monkeys and small mammals. After the snow leopard catches its prey they carry it up the mountain to their dens. Female snow leopards line their den with their own fur to keep the den warm and cozy.

A snow leopard has wide, short nasal cavities, so that the cold air warms up before it gets to the lungs. Even though where snow leopards live it’s a polar environment there still is trees, bushes, plants and other animals. A snow leopard does not roar it yowls. A snow leopard pulls its claws into its thick paw pads to clean them. Snow leopards are full of secrets and there is so much to learn about them.

What do you know? Tell me in the comments.

Bibliography:

100 facts about big cats

snowleopard.org

I love big cats

World book online

sites.google.com

Fired up, ready to go, there we were. At Bulleen ready to get on a bus, for a long ride to Toonallook, my favourite camp of the year.

My favourite part of camp was KING BALL!!! King ball is a fun game we play at Toonallook where you have to bounce the ball from your circle to the other persons circle, then that person has to catch the ball and through it into the next circle. If you don’t catch the ball then you are OUT. If you’ve ever played 4 square it is the same.

At camp it was so challenging to do anything without getting swarmed by mosquitoes. After one day one of the boys had 17 mosquito bites on ONE LEG. It was tragic. The third night was the worst, we had to build a tent in the woods and then sit around the fire playing games. The bad bit was that my tent mates and I left the tent open, and that resolved into a whole night sleeping with 15 hungry mosquitoes.

On camp I learnt that I can not carry a kayak even if there are other people helping me! I also learnt that if you cycle too close to the curb on the road you fall. (OPPS, I did that too many times) Despite that, it was an amazing to see so many cute cuddly koalas. The cutest koala was when we were leaving and it was hugging a tree and sleeping. (SO CUTE!) Another cute animal that we saw was a beautiful black swan gliding across the water, but wait for it, there was six cute, little, fluffy baby swans waddling after it. Nearly every single swan we past had at least two little, fluffy babies.

Overall camp is too good to be put into words. It was an amazing experience and I can’t wait to do it again next year.