SUBJECTS: Science
YEARS: F–2
Meet Coco and Yoshi, two blue-tongue lizards.
Isabel says they make great pets. Find out what Isabel likes about them and how she cares for them.
Discover how she gets Yoshi to complete a daring trick! See how a snail helps!
Things to think about
- 1.What do lizards look like? What body covering do lizards have? Would a lizard make a good pet? Why or why not? Why do you think the blue-tongue lizard has that name?
- 2.What three things does a blue-tongue lizard do to scare off animals that want to kill and eat it? (These animals are called predators.) Look closely at the bodies of the lizards. What can you see? Do the lizards like the sun? What foods do Isabel's pet blue-tongues eat? How does Isabel get Yoshi to crawl through the tube?
- 3.Draw a picture of a blue-tongue lizard. What shape is it? How many legs does it have? Does it have claws? How will you show its body covering?
- 4.Where might you find blue-tongue lizards that are not pets? Think about what blue-tongues need, including sun. Where might they hide from other animals? What might they eat? If you had a blue-tongue lizard as a pet, where would you keep it? What would you put in that place to keep it healthy?
Date of broadcast: 26 Apr 2013
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