Jim's interesting talk

A very nice man  named Jim came from Dublin Zoo to speak to us about the animals in the Zoo and all the great work that Dublin Zoo does. He brought some animal skins, teeth and eggs to show us. They are all from real animals! we were allowed to touch them and examine them.

This is an ostrich egg. Look how big it is!!

This is an elephants tooth. Elephants have only 4 teeth. Each set of teeth lasts for about 10 years. They can grow up to six sets of teeth. They begin to grow their first set of teeth from the age of 1.  Can you figure out how long an elephant can live for?

This is a tiger skin. It is from a real tiger. It was dried out and the skin underneath felt like cardboard. The fur on the top coat was still very soft.

This is an elephants foot. When an elephant walks he/she does not make a sound! They have no bones in their feet only soft muscle. If they did have bones in their feet they would break because of the weight of their bodies! If you want to walk as silently as an elephant you can put two sponges onto the bottom of your shoes.


A few questions to get you thinking:

• What is the difference between a monkey and an ape?
• Which mammal can live the longest?