Meet Bitty Bob

Zoey had an assignment to study and report about a specific planet (Ross and I both said Uranus, hee, hee, right along with all of the boys in her class!) She chose Venus though, such a good girl.

Anyway, along with learning about the planet, she had to take what she learned and make up a creature that could live on the planet, considering its conditions. And then she made a model.

She made him out of air dry modeling clay and he really came out so cute, so I had to post about it.


Ross helped her get his fang teeth in, which requires a welding helmet.


Here is her description and then the final model...

Bitty Bob, A Life on Venus
Bitty Bob is a short creature that lives on Venus. He is one foot three inches tall and one foot three and a half inches wide (he is very round and flat). Also Bitty Bob has super slick and smooth skin which is a green color. The green color is important because other creatures of his kind can tell where he is and warn him of any danger. He has bright blue wings so he does not have to touch Venus’ hot surface too often. He also has sharp claws on his hands and feet, and teeth to bite and take out rocks from the surface. Bitty Bob also has short, strong feet so he can walk on the bumpy, rocky surface on Venus when he has to do something like make a home. Also, he has sticky, gooey, bluish slime covering his slick skin to keep him safe from the hot temperatures.
Bitty Bob has to be very resourceful since there are not many resources on Venus. The first thing Bitty Bob has to do to survive is eat. He gets his food by finding lava (there is a lot of lava on Venus since there are many volcanoes) and then coating it with his body slime to cool it down before eating it. Since he only eats lava as his food, his body is always producing new slime. Also Bitty Bob needs to make his own home. Because he has sharp claws and teeth, he can bite or dig-out rocks and then stack them up to make a small cave for himself (he does not like to be around others of his kind too often). Also Bitty Bob has to have some way of breathing. He inhales carbon dioxide (his body automatically takes out the sulfuric acid which is in the atmosphere with the carbon dioxide) and exhales oxygen. He breathes the opposite of a human.
Bitty Bob might look cute, but he will eat anything that he sees. He also likes to scratch things with his sharp claws just for his own enjoyment. If you put all of this together, you will realize Bitty Bob is not a good pet for us on Earth. Also, Bitty Bob cannot breathe on Earth because he inhales carbon dioxide and exhales oxygen. On earth, humans and animals inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. Also if Bitty Bob lived with you, he would eat up all your food because on Venus all he has is rocks. Bitty Bob is a very neat and interesting creature that lives on Venus.