DEADLYANDINCREDIBE ANIMALS t Many animals are deadly to other animals They are deadly to their prey and sometimes even to their predators Over many thousands of years these animals have developed incredible behaviors and features to find food to defend themselves from predators and to protect their young Deadly and Incredible Features and Behaviors Different types of animals have different deadly features and behaviors Deadly and incredible features include strong jaws razor sharp teeth and stingers or fangs for injecting venom into prey Deadly and incredible behaviors include stalking hunting and distracting prey before attacking and killing it Animals such as lions use their incredible size and strength to smash crush and rip apart their prey Excellent eyesight helps many nocturnal animals hunt their prey under the cover of even the darkest night The siafu ant uses its powerful jaws to bite into its grasshopper prey
DEADLY AND INCREDIBLE MINIBEASTS OF Minibeasts are some of the world's smallest animals Although they are small these incredible animals can be deadly What Are Minibeasts IN THIS BOOK In this book you will read about the top 10 deadliest minibeasts on Earth from number 10 least deadly to number 1 most deadly There are many different opinions about which minibeasts should top this list The minibeasts in this book have been selected based on their method of capturing killing and eating prey Minibeasts are small animals such as spiders bees worms scorpions and snails They are invertebrates The minibeasts explored in this book belong to the arthropod group An arthropod has a skeleton on the outside of its body called an exoskeleton which it sheds as it grows Arthropods can be sorted into smaller groups based on their features MINIBEAST GROUPS Invertebrates Arthropods Insects Arachnids All adult insects have six legs and most I have wings and three separate body sections head thorax and abdomen Examples emerald cockroach wasp Africanized honey bee P Siafu ant Japanese giant hornet All adult arachnids have two separate body sections cephalothorax and abdomen and most have eight walking legs Examples goliath birdeater tarantula wolf spider black widow spider deathstalker scorpion Sydney funnel web spider Brazilian wandering spider
FEATURES OF MINIBEASTS Minibeasts have lived on Earth for millions of years During this time they have developed deadly and incredible features and behaviors that help them survive Hunting for Food To survive in the environments in which they live minibeasts need to kill or paralyze and then eat their prey Most minibeasts use fangs or stingers to inject venom into their victims Some use their mandibles to crush their prey Spiders such as the black widow use a sticky web to trap prey The spider then uses its fangs to inject poison into the prey It then turns its prey into liquid and sucks up the remains through hairs on its mouth Japanese giant hornets crush their prey such as bees using their powerful
Protection from Predators That sIncredible Minibeasts have developed deadly and incredible features and behaviors to protect themselves from larger predators such as snakes and birds Some spiders have excellent eyesight and only come out at night while their predators sleep Other animals such as the deathstalker scorpion use their stinger and camouflage to protect themselves Tarantulas release tiny spiked hairs which land on their prey and make them itchy The hairs are especially annoying if they are breathed in by the prey or land in its eyes DEADLY FEATURES AND BEHAVIORS Feature Behavior or Use of Feature Minibeast Large mandibles pincers Crush hold and rip prey apart or claws Siafu ant Deathstalker scorpion Japanese giant hornet Fangs Inject venom to paralyse or kill prey Goliath birdeater tarantula Wolf spider Black widow spider Brazilian wandering spider Funnel web spider Camouflage Hide and stalk Spiders Scorpions Excellent eyesight Find prey at night in Box jellyfish Stinger Inject venom Scorpions Emerald cockroach Wasp Africanized honey bee Sticky or tangled webs Trap prey Spiders
