14 Disgusting Facts About Animals Activities

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14 Disgusting Facts Crossword.........................................................................................2

14 Disgusting Facts Word Search #1................................................................................3
14 Disgusting Facts Word Search #2................................................................................4
14 Disgusting Facts Scrambled Words ............................................................................5
14 Disgusting Facts Compound Words Match................................................................6
14 Disgusting Facts Syllables ............................................................................................7
14 Disgusting Facts Definitions.........................................................................................8
14 Disgusting Facts Alphabetize .......................................................................................9
Find Your Own Disgusting Fact.....................................................................................10
14 Disgusting Facts Maze ................................................................................................11

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14 Disgusting Facts Crossword

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3. __ eat the ticks and fleas that they pick off other's bodies.
4. __ eat by shoving their stomach out of their mouth.
6. __ pee all the time.
7. __ use their eyes to push food down their throat.
8. __ fart enough methane gas each day to fuel a car for 20 miles.
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1. __ __ drink their weight in blood every night.
2. __ eat their own young if they don't gain weigh fast enough.
4. __ like to slurp their victim's guts.
5. __ vomit through their nose.
9. __ poop through their mouth.

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14 Disgusting Facts Word Search #1

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14 Disgusting Facts Word Search #2

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14 Disgusting Facts Scrambled Words

Unscramble the following words.
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sheros

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cime, tras (2 words)

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grofs

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primeval stab

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14 Disgusting Facts Compound Words Match

Make a single compound word from two words below. Draw a line between the two words that
make a compound word. Then write the compound words on the lines below. Each boxed word
may only be used once.

Flies

Ever
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14 Disgusting Facts Syllables

Draw a slash mark (/) between the syllables in each of the following words.
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Biggest

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Mining

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Saliva

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Lizard

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America

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Monkeys

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Insect

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Swallow

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Problem

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Pressure

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14 Disgusting Facts Definitions

Each of the following words was defined in the story. What do these words mean?

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Flammable

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Proboscis

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Grooming

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Esophagus

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Bladder

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14 Disgusting Facts Alphabetize

Put the following words in alphabetical order. Rewrite the words in the correct order on the lines
below.

Vampire Bats

Monkeys

Frogs

Apes

Spiders

Cows

Eyes

Owls

Mice

Animals

Rats

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Roadrunners

Starfish

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14 Disgusting Facts About Animals Activities 9

Find Your Own Disgusting Fact

Can you find a disgusting animal fact of your own? It must be true. You cannot make it up or it
isnt a fact. To find a fact, look in books about animals and on reliable internet websites. Then
write the wacky fact in one sentence.

Now write a paragraph that explains more about the fact, the same way we did in the book.

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14 Disgusting Facts Maze

Help the owl find the owl pellets.

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