DALLAS WORLD AQUARIUM

ORNATE HORNED FROG

• Ceratophrys ornata
• Eats large insects, small vertebrates, lizards, mice, earthworms and cockroaches
• Has vomerine teeth and teeth on the outside of the jaw to eat
• Leafy, muddy rainforests in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay
• Known as "mouth with legs" because its mouth is the size of its body

ORNATE HORNED FROG

• This frog burrows itself under the dirt to camouflage itself against predators
• Stable status: not legally protected

MOON JELLYFISH

• Aurelia aurita
• Filter feeders, larval brine shrimp, zooplankton
• Contain photo-receptive cells around edge of bell to help recognize light v. dark
• Found in warm, tropical waters by the coast lines
• As the oxygen rate in the water goes down, so does its respiratory rate

MOON JELLYFISH

• These jellyfish swam upside down and away from each other in their tank
• Stable status: can survive in polluted and poor oxygenated areas

SHORT TAILED LEAF NOSED BAT

• Carollia perspicillata
• Smaller fruits with seeds, bananas, figs, guava, plantain, pollen, insects
• Ultra sonic hearing and a keen sense of smell
• Hollow trees, tunnels, caves and deciduous forests of Central and S. America
• 70% of the worlds flowers are pollenated by bats

SHORT TAILED LEAF NOSED BAT

• All of the bats in the exhibit huddled together when they hung upside down
• Stable status: common and widespread in their native areas

WORKS CITED

• Moon jellyfish: http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=231
• Ornate horned frog: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/ReptilesAmphibians/Facts/FactSheets/Ornat...