Snow+Leopard+Poem

Intro Poem (Description)

I am a Snow Leopard, I am a haunter, haunting for my ancestors, I have a beautiful soft gray coat, covered with ringed spots of black on brown.

Acrostic Poem (Status and part of diet)

Snow Leopards, Need to feed, On, Wild Boars, Wild Sheep, Gazelles, Hares, Markhor, Bobak, Tahr, Marmots, Mice, and Deer.

Leopards, Even need wide, Open space to roam around in, Part of the reason why they, Are endangered is people kill them for there own fur examples: Retaliatory, killings such as poaching, Despite Nepal's continual effort to save the, Snow Leopard, its long-term viability is threatened by the conflict from livestock depredation.

Interview (Reproduction)

R: Hello… S.L.: Hi… R: When is mating season? S.L: It is in January and March. R: Breeding season is? S.L: It is in December and March. R: How many do you give birth to? S.L.: 1 to 5 cubs, blind and helpless. R: What is the average litter-size? S.L: It’s an average of 2-3. R: How long does it take for the cubs to mature? S.L: Females around the age of 3, males around the age of 4. R: How long is the gestation period? S.L: A gestation period is about 13-15 weeks. R: When do the cubs leave? S.L: By the age 2, they set off to make territories of their own. R: Thank you, for your time.

Friendly Letter (Behavior)

Dear young,

I am a Snow Leopard, I do not roar, I'm most active in the early morning and late afternoon, I den in rocky caverns and crevices. Sincerely, All Snow Leopards

Expository (Habitat)

The snow leopards ranges include alpine meadows, treeless Rocky Mountains, and rhododendron forests. Most of their range occurs in Tibet and other parts of China. Associated with steep rocky slopes, and arid shrub land, grassland or steppe vegetation.

L' SNOW LEOPARD'S CAFE MENU (Diet)

BREAKFAST Wild Sheep Side of Mice or Deer. . . $3.00

Gazelles Side of 4 Hares. . . $2.25

LUNCH

Wild boars Side of 8 or 10 Mice or Deer Limbs. . . $4.25

6, 7, or 8 Hares With side of 3, 4, or 5 Mice. . . $5.15

DINNER Makhor 2 or 3 Bobak. . . $26.16

3 Tahr Side of 4 Marmots. . . $14.02

DESERT Ice Cream Mice, Deer, or hare flavored 1 scoop. . . $.25 2 scoops. . . $.75

CUP Small. . . $.50 Medium. . . $.75 Large. . . $1.00

The meaning of the Food

Wild boars Boars (a type of wild pig) are not native to North America. They were brought here from Europe, first by the Spanish explorers in the 1500’s (for food) and later in the 1900’s by people who wanted to hunt the pigs for sport. The wild boars you see today are the great grandchildren of European boars brought here a long time ago. They are NOT pink with curly tails. Wild boars are large - sometimes 5 feet long, and weigh up to 300 pounds. They have stiff black fur and straight tails. The males (boys) have tusks that curl out of their mouth. They are not long like an elephant’s tusks, but they are still 2-5 inches long and can really hurt you! (Girl boars have smaller tusks that don’t stick out much.) Sometimes wild boars will breed with pot-bellied pigs. The babies will probably grow up to have black fur and straight tails, but they may have fat bellies and a white stripe on their foreheads.

Wild Sheep undomesticated sheep

Gazelles