Churchill Science

203, 206 and 205 are learning about different parts of the food chain. Here are two fun videos about decomposers:

This is a part of the Kalahari food chain we haven’t talked about yet – the decomposers!

This is about the scorpion, the snake, the hawk, and the Whiskers family. They hunt for bugs and they look for birds. When they see a poisonous millipede that they eat, they scrape off the poison so they could eat it. They also scrape off the poison from the scorpion.

And they look out for top predators. When they see a top predator, they huddle up together so they could protect themselves. When one of the pups is lost and the hawk is going to go get it, the Whiskers run and find it. In another video, the owl was looking at one of the meerkat pups and the meerkat was looking at the owl, and this is strange, but the owl can stay up during the day. The meerkats scare away the snake by making a lion sound and they distract the owl by putting their heads up and down, so they won’t get eaten or get hurt.

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Meerkat Manor mostly is about a family of meerkats called the Whiskers. The other family that is against them is called the Lazuli. The leader of the Whiskers is Flower. A cool fact is that the females are in charge. The husband of the leader is Zaphod.  They eat ants. Sometimes the Meerkats eat birds. They have a home underground and there is an “upstairs” and “downstairs”. They live in the desert in South Africa in the Kalahari desert.

In one part of the movie, the baby got lost because it wandered away. There were too many. When there are too many meerkats, it is hard to keep track of all of the babies. When you watch the video, it might get a little scary or sad. Some meerkats are very vicious. When one meerkat is by itself, it dies, and when they’re all together, they stay alive. When they stay together, they are called packs. They are very cute!

Please look at Meerkat Manor. We hope you look at our website!

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