Mantis Shrimp

                                                                      Mantis Shrimp

Mantis Shrimp also  goes by the name prawn killers.Did you know mantis shrimp  is in the Carnivore family? The Mantis Shrimps scientific name is Odontodactylus Scyllaurs. 

Mantis Shrimp eat Fish,Crabs,Worms & Shrimp including the Mantis Shrimp! They are aggressive,violent predator,using there sharp claws to or slice through prey with quick,slashing motion.

Mantis Shrimp mostly live in the shallow parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Mantis Shrimps predators are  basically animals that are taller than a yard .

Reading

 

For this weeks reading work we made a mutant superhero.

Reading

 

For this weeks reading we were practising on our inference skills. I hope you like my reading work for this week, please leave a comment.

Pygmy Seahorses.

                                                  Pygmy seahorses

There is seven different species of the Pygmy seahorses in the world.Pygmy seahorses are 2cm in size being on of the smallest types. There scientific name is hippocampus bargibanti . They are found in the Indo West Pacific Ocean where the other 7 species are found.

Pygmy seahorses are very good at camouflaging.They live in sea fan coral which comes in the colour of purple and orange.The Pygmy seahorses change colour to is there a purple orange so that they can camouflage and hide in the coral.

Baby Pygmy seahorses are very different to adult Pygmy seahorses because they start of brown.The female and male do the courtship dance to make there baby.Baby Pygmy seahorses start there life the males brood pouch.

Pygmy seahorses eat small crustaceans and they are a group of crabs.There predators are large fish and sharks.

The coral reef is getting destroyed because of climate change,fishing nets,pollution.

How to make Sapasui

 For writing  this week we had to do something based of Samoa because of course it is  Samoan Language Week. I chose to write a recipe about a delicious Samoan dish Sapasui.

Ingredients: Beef,2x packets of vermicelli noodles,Soy sauce,Canola oil,2x bubs garlic,lx large brown onion and 1/2 ginger root.

1. Slice meat into bite size pieces and cook on the stove with oil over medium heat 

2. Now get your vermicelli noodles and soak them in cold water to soften them- set aside

3. Peel and crush garlic

4.  Peel and crush ginger

5. Peel and slice the onion

6. Trim vermicelli with scissor to shorten the noodles- drain

7. Add ingredients to meat one at a time 

8. Start by adding 1/2 a cup of oil-stir

9. Add a handful of onion- stir

10.Add garlic-stir

11. Add remaining onion-stir

12. Leave for a few minutes then add enough soy sauce to cover the meat ( a generous pour)

13. Simmer for a few minutes before  adding the vermicelli-bit by bit keep stirring 

14. Stir until all the noodles have turned brown

15. Add one cup of water

16. Cover and leave to cook for 5 minutes 

17. Serve with rice or taro

18.Sit back and eat your delicious Sapasui.

Reading W5 T2 Samoan language week

 This weeks reading was all about the Samoan culture because it is Samoan language week. I did this reading with Ashlyn.

We enjoyed this weeks reading because we learnt more about the Samoan culture.

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