Flamingos are a famous pink animal. How many other pink
animals can you think of? (There aren’t too many famous ones!)
Maybe you thought of pigs or worms. Here are some pink animals
we think should be famous: these pink toads and this pink lobster!
You know that dogs (and cats) can be different colors—though
not pink. But a different, unusual pet can be pink…
Boa constrictor snakes are usually brown and black. But rarely,
they’re born with different colors! Look at these colorful pet boas!
Most praying mantises are green. Being green helps them hide in
green plants. (This is called camouflage.) But...
...this praying mantis isn’t green! It can’t hide in green leaves!
How could being pink help this praying mantis? Any ideas?
Pink praying mantises look like a type of pink flower! Pretending
to be a flower helps it catch bugs to eat!
A few years ago, a person in Louisiana (USA) spotted this pink
animal swimming in the water. Can you tell what it is?
It’s a dolphin—an albino dolphin, which means its body can’t make
dark colors (like gray). Instead, albino animals are white or pink!
Check out this pink underwater coral. If we look at it up close
(on the next slide), we might see something pink hiding in it…
Here’s the animal moving. You may be able to see its eyes.
Can you guess what it is yet? You’ll get a clue on the next slide.
Here’s what their whole body looks like! Can you tell what it is
now? (Hint: think of another underwater animal that is this shape.)
It’s a type of seahorse—the tiniest kind in the world, no bigger
than your fingernail. They live their whole lives hiding in the coral!
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