MY TOP 5 ORGANISMS GRACE PERINCHERIL HUMANS Habitat: Earth Humans are the smartest animals on earth. We are omnivores, we eat plants and meat. Humans are vertebrates. We are different from other animals because we are thoughtful, creative, and have advanced problem solving skills. Our brains allow us to read, write, calculate and do more than one thing at a time. DUMBO OCTOPUS Habitat: Deep sea floor of all oceans Dumbo octopuses are very rare animals. They are named after Walt Disneys Flying elephant, Dumbo. They have this name because if their floppy ears. 18 Species of dumbo octopuses have been discovered. They eat worms, bivalves, pelagic copepods, and other crustaceans. ELEPHANTS Habitat: Africa and Asia Asian elephant African elephant African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth. They are slightly larger than their Asian cousins and can be identified by their larger ears that look somewhat like the continent of Africa. They eat grass, tree leaves, flowers, wild fruits, twigs, shrubs, bamboo, and bananas. African elephants eat as much as 660 pounds in a single day! Asian elephants have long been important to humans. Whether it's their key role in the Hindu religion and culture, their longstanding use for manual labor or their current conflicts with the exploding human population -- elephants have always fascinated us. VENUS FLY TRAP Habitat: bogs and wet savannahs (North and South Carolina, Florida, and NJ pine barrens) A Venus Fly Trap is one of the most amazing plants in the world. Their jaws-of-death move with lightning fast speed to trap the unlucky bug that lands on one of the plant's sweet pads. Venus Fly Trap leaves have sensors that detect motion inside its mouth. After one is moved, the trap gets poised to snap shut. After a second hit, it snaps shut! This two-hit requirement keeps a Venus Fly Trap from closing on water, wind, or a still object such as a leaf. TITAN ARUM Native Habitat: Rain forest on the Indonesian Island of Sumatra The Titan Arum is an amazing flower. When it blooms, instead of emitting a pleasant fragrance, this beautiful flower emits a stench that resembles rotting meat or garbage. Fortunately, it lasts only for three days and happens once in every six or seven years.