I know what a mantis shrimp AND an anomalocaris is! I love frogs and sea turtles and my whale shark Whale-y goes everywhere with me!
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Learn MoreI love finding frogs and looking at creatures in the water! At the zoo I spent a reallyyy long time looking at the Amazon milk frogs and tarantulas and hissing cockroaches and scorpions. I like going to the lake with mommy because there's so many animals in there. I have sea creatures all lined up on my bathroom floor and I know all their real names. My favorite stuffy is Whale-y — he's a whale shark. Whale sharks are the biggest fish in the whole entire ocean and they don't even bite you!
Whale sharks! That's why my stuffy is named Whale-y — he goes everywhere with me. Whale sharks are the biggest fish in the whole ocean but they're really nice and just eat tiny stuff. I also love mantis shrimps because they punch SO hard and can see colors people can't even see! And I really love frogs because they start as tadpoles which is so cool, and sea turtles, and eels. I just really love ocean and water animals the most.
Fishing and looking for creatures! I catched a huge fish on my very first cast at grandma and grandpa's lake and it was bigger than daddy's! I like going on adventure walks with mommy where we look for frogs and animal tracks. And swimming — I did swimming lessons and now I swim in the real lake! I like finding cool stuff outside like rocks and bugs and anything that's alive and slimy.
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