New Tales of the Gobi Desert
Bradbury School, Ian Chan, Non-Fiction: Group 1
T
he Gobi Desert is in northern China and southern Mongolia. Temperature ranges from
-40º to 122º.
There are lots of different species in the desert. The hawk and the fox are both
predators, they eat scorpions and tarantulas. At the bottom of the food chain are insects
and lizards and rodents.
The first dinosaur eggs discovered were found in the Gobi Desert. Protoceratops roamed the
Gobi Desert. In fact they were the size of sheep. A small cerotopican had broad feet and wide
spade like claws that allowed it to dig burrows for shelter from the desert sun. it ate desert plant. It
lived in 65-74 million years ago, they were in the Mesozaic Era. It was in Cretaceous period after
Jurassic period.
Today the animals that live in the desert include snakes, spiders and centipedes. Snakes eat
rats, other snakes and insects. The trapdoor spiders eat rats, insects, other spiders and centipedes.
They have fangs for injecting venom. They make holes on the ground. The holes are for catching
prey and hiding.
People in the desert take care of the camels. Camels carry people’s equipment and store food
in their humps. They can survive for weeks without food or water.
I like the creatures, insects, spiders and scorpions in the Gobi Desert.
In the Gobi Desert, is there any sandstorm? Can we see stars at night?
