Introduction Many animals live in this world They live in different places They live on land They live in the sea Some fly in the air They do different things to survive Survive means to stay alive They eat other animals They’re eaten by other animals Their bodies are built for their habitats Habitats are where they live There are many types of animals Some are stranger than others They look strange They act strange But there’s strange And then there’s really strange These stories are hard to believe They sound like fiction But they’re all true
Some animals are wild Some are tame
Texas Horned Lizards Texas horned lizards look strange They have a crown of horns They puff up They look really fat They look like a spiky balloon Their scales stick out This makes them hard to swallow This keeps predators away Predators are hunters Their eyes shoot blood They have ducts in the corners of their eyes Ducts are like tubes The ducts close up when the lizard is threatened This stops the blood flowing in their heads They swell up The blood pressure increases Then the ducts burst The blood can shoot 5 feet 1 5 meters They blind predators Predators get confused This gives lizards time to run away 6 chapter one
