1. A tadpole is a baby frog.
Frogs start out as tadpoles in water and then change into frogs.

2. The pygmy owl is about as big as a small rabbit.
The owl is about 6 inches long and weighs about 2 and a half ounces.

3. The kangaroo rat is named for the way it jumps.
It comes from Arizona and hops like a kangaroo.

4. People who lived here a long time ago were called Hohokam.
The Hohokam people started living here and growing crops at least 2,500 years ago.

5. A ghost town is a place where people don't live anymore.
Ghost towns are places that people have abandoned. Most were mining towns. People left after there was not enough gold or silver to mine.

6. Bats are mammals.
Bats are mammals because they have fur and feed milk to their babies.

7. Pygmy owls make nests by using holes other birds drill in saguaros.
They recycle the nesting places left by other birds.

8. Bats live in many places.
Different kinds of bats can live in many sheltered places including caves, cracks under bridges, palm trees, and attics.

9. Snakes are useful because they eat lots of mice.
They help keep the mouse population from becoming too large.

10. Tucson has been a part of several different countries.
Under the Spaniards, this area was called Pimeria Alta. It also belonged to Mexico before the U.S. got it, and it was part of New Mexico Territory until it was separated out as part of Arizona.

11. A tarantula has 8 legs.
Tarantulas are spiders, and spiders have 8 legs.

12. Bullfrogs eat many different things.
They eat anything that they can catch, including fish, bats, birds, snakes, and other frogs. They are not native to Arizona and are a problem because they eat native species.

13. The most important thing for a Gila topminnow is water.
Topminnows are fish and cannot live without water.

14. A pygmy owl can eat something up to twice its size.
It must be hungry.

15. Before people became farmers, they hunted and gathered food.
They also lived in family groups, and moved about from place to place.

 

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