MINIBEASTS

Did you know?

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Mini-beasts

are amazing!

There

is always something new

to learn.

Here

are a few moreinteresting

factsabout mini-beasts you
may not have known!

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EATING HABITS
Here are some weird things that some minibeats like to eat:
solid wood,
animal droppings
rotten food ?

Doesnt that sound delicious?

This is very good for the environment
because they recycle lots of waste materials!

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CAMOUFLAGE
Mini-beasts are great at
disappearing into the background.
They use camouflage to protect
themselves from being eaten or to
help them creep up on and catch
other creatures.

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EXPLOSION OF COLOUR
Some mini-beasts dont want to be
camouflage. Some have bright colours.
Bright colours are often a warning to
predators like birds. It meansthat the
creature tastes nasty or is poisonous,
so predators know to leave it alone.

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GREAT PRETENDERS
Lots

of mini-beastspretend to bewhat
they are not,to fool other creatures.
The scorpionfly has a sting that makes
it look like a scorpion but the sting is
harmless. It is just there to put other
creatures off attacking it!
The Peacock butterfly has patterns
that look like eyes on its wings to fool
predators like birds.