Iran

Population:

69,515,000

Capital:

Tehran; 7,352,000

Area:

1,648,000 square kilometers (636,296 square miles)

Language:

Persian, Turkic, Kurdish, various local dialects

Religion:

Shiite and Sunni Muslim

Currency:

Iranian rial

Life Expectancy:69

 

GDP per Capita:

U.S. $6,800

Literacy Percent:79

                     

                                 Russia

 



Population:

143,025,000

Capital:

Moscow; 10,672,000

Area:

17,075,400 square kilometers (6,592,850 square miles)

Language:

Russian

Religion:

Russian Orthodox, Muslim, other

Currency:

Russian ruble

Life Expectancy:

65

GDP per Capita:

U.S. $9,700

Literacy Percent:100

 

                                                           Mongolia

  

Population: 2,646,000                                                                   

Capital:

Ulaanbaatar; 812,000

Area:

 1,564,116 square kilometers (603,909 square miles Language:                                                                                             

Khalkha Mongol, Turkic, Russian

Religion:

Tibetan Buddhist, Lamaism                                                

Currency:                                                                                     

Togrog/Tugrik                                                                                    

Life Expectancy:

65

GDP per Capita:

U.S. $1,900

Literacy Percent: 99

Pandas                                                         

High in dense bamboo forests in the misty, rainy mountains of China lives one of the world’s rarest mammals: the giant panda, also called the panda. Only about 1000 of these black-and-white relatives of bears survive in the wild. Pandas eat almost nothing but bamboo shoots and leaves. Occasionally they eat other vegetation, fish, or small animals, but bamboo accounts for 99 percent of their diets. Pandas eat fast, they eat a lot, and they spend about 12 hours a day doing it.

They digest only about a fifth of what they eat. Overall, bamboo is not very nutritious. The shoots and leaves are the most valuable parts of the plants, so that’s what a well-fed pandas concentrate on eating. To stay healthy, they eat a lot-up to 15 percent of their body weight in 12 hours-so they eat fast.

 Pandas’ molars are very broad and flat. The shape of these teeth helps the animal crush the bamboo shoots, leaves, and stems they eat. To get the bamboo to their mouths, they hold the stems with their front paws, which have enlarged wrist bones that act as thumbs for gripping.

Pandas are shy; they don’t venture into areas where people live. This restricts pandas to very limited areas. As people continue to farm, log, and develop land higher and higher up the mountain slopes the pandas’ habitat continues to shrink.

There are probably only about 1000 giant pandas left in the wild. They are classified as an endangered species.                                                                       

                                            TURKEY                                                                                                                

Fast Facts

Population:72,907,000

Capital:

Ankara; 3,428,000

Area:

779,452 square kilometers (300,948 square miles)

Language:

Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian, Greek

Religion:

Muslim (mostly Sunni)

Currency:

Turkish lira

Life Expectancy:

69

GDP per Capita:

U.S. $7,300

                                             Literacy Percent:

                                   87

                                                                             

Parody

Said the first little Child
With a queer little squeal
I wish I could ride a bike with one wheel
Said the second little Child
With a odd little shrug
Oh I wish I could have a colorful rug
Said the third little Child
With a sharp little yell
I wish I could find a yellow bell
Said the fourth little Child
With a sigh so loud
Oh I wish I could flought on a fluffy white cloud
Said the fifth little Child
With a faint little groan
I wish I could find a cool phone
Now see here said the mother
From her bathroom duny you have to
Earn some money

Parody

 

"Five little butterflies"

 

Said the first little butterfly

With a flutter of his wings,

"Oh I wish I could find

A beatiful bird that could sing."

Said the second little butterfly,

With an odd little shrug,

"Oh I wish I could find

A fat slimy slug."

Said the third little butterfly,

With a loud little squeal,

"Oh I wish I could find

Something made of steal."

Said the forth little butterfly,

with a sigh of reilef,

"Oh I wish I could find

Some old stinky beef."

Said the fifth little butterfly,

With a hig picted tone,

"Oh I wish I could find

A big white bone."

"Now see here," said the mother,

From the green graden-patch

If you want any of that,

Just comehere and scratch."