Adventures of the puzzle squad.Place: SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. Time: AUGUST Come on, animal lovers! The Puzzle Squad is taking a safari on the W gasa (oo-GAW-suh) Bush Line monorail monorail, railway system that uses cars that run on a single rail. Typically the rail is run overhead and the cars are either suspended from it or run above it. . We'll see animals from Africa, Asia, and Australia. While we're waiting, find these hidden pictures! * Compass * Canteen * Safari hat * Sunglasses * Camera * Butterfly * Monkey * Spider * Cactus * Bird GOATS GALORE Some strange things are happening on this goat hill. Goats love to eat many things, but this is TOO MUCH! Find and circle ten things that the goats shouldn't be eating. Answers: Hidden things include: chair, radio, belt, hat, fire hydrant, balloons, roller skates roller skates npl → patines mpl de rueda roller skates roll npl → patins mpl à roulettes roller skates roll npl , skateboard, Aerosol can, baseball, and bat. WHOSE BABY IS IT? Every day the keeper must check for new baby animals at the zoo. Connect the dots to see the baby that Beth is holding. Answer: A cheetah cheetah (chē`tə), carnivore of the cat family, Acinonyx jubatus, native to Africa S of the Sahara and SW Asia as far east as India. . A-MAZING KOALA koala (kōä`lə), arboreal marsupial, or pouched mammal, Phascolarctos cinereus, native to Australia. Although it is sometimes called koala bear, or Australian bear, and is somewhat bearlike in appearance, it is not related to true This koala should not be here. He belongs in the Animal Care Center. Help him find his way home. SAVE THE BIRD C.K. is wearing a shirt with a picture of a bird on it. These birds were almost extinct until the zoo captured some and helped the birds to breed. To find out the name of the bird, match the letters on the truck to the sign Chris is holding. Answer: California condor. COUNTING FRENZY Each day, the zoo keepers must count all the amimals to make sure that none of them are missing or hurt. Help Annie and Rick count all the animals on the Puzzle Squad pages. HAY, UP THERE! Dugan wonders why this tall stick has hay hanging from it. Help him figure it out. Connect the blue dots and then the red dots. MATCH UP, CATCH UP Ernest and Anita are helping the animal keeper list all the animals they see. Write each word on the list at left in the blanks under the animal it names. Answers: Giraffe giraffe, African ruminant mammal, Giraffa camelopardalis, living in open savanna S of the Sahara. The tallest of animals, giraffes browse in treetops at heights inaccessible to other leaf-eaters. A male may be 18 ft (5.5 m) from hoof to crown. , elephant, rhinoceros rhinoceros, massive hoofed mammal of Africa, India, and SE Asia, characterized by a snout with one or two horns. The rhinoceros family, along with the horse and tapir families, forms the order of odd-toed hoofed mammals. , flamingo, widebeest, zebra. FREAKY freak·y adj. freak·i·er, freak·i·est 1. Strange or unusual; freakish. 2. Slang Frightening. freak FLAMINGO Beth has noticed that one of these flamingos is not like the others. Can you find it? Now count the flamingos on these pages and multiply by 10. That's how many flamingos actually live in the park. Answers: There are 10 flamingos in the picture, and 100 flamingos actually Live in the park. MISSING MOM C.K. has spotted a baby wildebeest wildebeest: see gnu. missing from the herd. Can you find the baby wildebeest and draw a line to its mother? Answers: The baby widebeest is next to the giraffe's neck on page 22. SECRETS IN STRIPES These zebras are hungry. Too bad they can't eat the food hidden in their coats. Find these hidden pictures among their stripes: carrot, apple, bottle of milk, hamburger, potato, banana. |
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