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Dolphins
What are dolphins? Dolphins are marine mammals that can be found worldwide, lakes and oceans. Mostly found in shallower waters, they can grow between 1.2m (4 ft) up to 9.5m (30 ft). Dolphins can weigh from 40 kg up to 10 tonnes. ( an orca or killer whale). There are about 40 species of dolphins. Because they are friendly and playful they are so close to human beings. Being carnivores they only eat fish and squid. But different species eat different types of marine creatures.

Where is the dolphins habitat? Most dolphins live in all oceans around the planet Earth. Some also live in important rivers. Not all species lie together, so for most species there is an environment. As an example, the Pink dolphin live in the Amazon River. Like the bottle-nose dolphins, they live in all oceans around the world except for the Arctic and the Antarctic oceans. So different species live in different areas.

What do dolphins eat? Different types of dolphins eat different types of marine creatures. Some species of dolphins eat cods and mackerels, and some eat squid. A dolphin would normally eat fish, squid and shrimps. Dolphins don’t chew, they always swallow their food whole. Did you know an adult dolphins eats 4 % - 5% of their body weight. But a nursing dolphin will eat up to 8 % of its body weight.

 What is the lifespan of a dolphin? The lifespan of a bottle-nose dolphin in 20 years or sometimes less. The oldest dolphin to have lived was recorded in Marineland, Florida. The female dolphin reached her 56th birthday that would have been in February 2009. Animals that get better health care is then a result of them living longer. What are a dolphins senses? Sight: Surprisingly dolphins have very good eyesight. Even though they are a bit colour blind, it doesn’t really matter to dolphins. Did you know that the dolphins eyesight can be so good that they can snatch a piece of fish out of a trainers hand without hurting the trainer. That shows how careful they can be to humans. They can see clearly both inside and outside of the water. Hearing: The hearing sense of a dolphin is actually more important to them then their sight. Dolphins can hear better in the ocean due to the sounds bouncing off objects under the water. If a dolphins is blindfolded and sent to the ocean, it can find its oath very easily due to their hearing skills. Did you know that dolphins can hear over 10 times better than a human adult. Can dolphins get threatened? Yes, dolphins can get threatened. By both their enemies and humans. By enemies I mean bigger sharks. Dolphins don’t have much natural enemies, but some species have no enemies at all. Sometimes they get threatened by bigger sharks like the bull shark, the dusky shark, tiger shark and the great white shark. They mostly get threatened by bigger dolphins like orcas, (killer whales) can sometimes have smaller dolphins as their prey. It is though very rare.

Zainab How does rain form?

Do you know how rain is really formed? Rain is formed in the sky, from the fluffy clouds that hang above. They get formed when a little droplets of water get evaporated from the ground below. This is called condensation. Condensation is the water that gets collected as droplets on a cold surface. Water is made when the warm air gets risen into the air. The warm air is called vapour. The vapour is created when the suns heat hits the water, and that is what creates warm vapour. The warm vapour is called evaporation. The water droplets that get formed get created from the evaporation that evaporates from the surface of the earth. When the little droplets move around and bang into each other, they become bigger and heavier droplets. After that when the droplets get too heavy for the cloud to handle, the droplets fall to the ground. That is when precipitation falls. Precipitation is another word for rain.

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Toondoo Comic
My Toondoo comic below is all about Road Safety. The message in my comic is that we should look bith ways before crossing the road.

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Should mobile phones be allowed at school

I strongly believe that mobile phones should be allowed at school. Some students just feel safe with mobile phones at school. Here are a few reasons why mobile phones are allowed. First of all, mobile phones are just like safety lines. If we are going to be home late, we can contact our parents. For example, a couple of years ago there was a gunman walking around in the junior school, all students got sent home an hour earlier because it could still have been unsafe around the school. If an emergency happens at school and the people in the office would try contact our parents but there are a lot of parents to contact. Imagine if there was a natural disaster and Mr Linington started calling our parents, there are so many parents it would take forever. If we call and tell our parents ourselves our parents will be able to find out if we are safe and ok. Last but not least, if a student uses public transport to get to school thier parents are able to ring and find out if they reached school safely and in time. Also if a student is late to school and they are still using public transport they know that they have a mobile phone so they can let their teacher or even the school office know they are going to be late. My opinion is that we should have mobile phones at school in case of emergencies and to keep us safe. Do you think mobile phones need to be taken to school? Zainab