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Animal Groups: Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and More
What makes each animal group different, and fun animal records.
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- MammalsQuestionWarm-blooded animals with hair or fur that feed their babies milk
- BirdsQuestionWarm-blooded animals with feathers, wings and beaks that lay eggs
- ReptilesQuestionCold-blooded animals with dry scaly skin
- AmphibiansQuestionAnimals that start life in water and often live on land as adults
- FishQuestionCold-blooded animals with gills and fins that live in water
- InsectsQuestionAnimals with six legs and three body parts
- ArachnidsQuestionAnimals with eight legs, like spiders
- CrustaceansQuestionAnimals with a hard shell and many legs, like crabs
- MollusksQuestionSoft-bodied animals often with shells, like snails
- VertebrateQuestionAn animal with a backbone
- InvertebrateQuestionAn animal without a backbone
- Warm-bloodedQuestionKeeps a steady body temperature
- Cold-bloodedQuestionBody temperature changes with the surroundings
- Is a bat a bird or a mammal?QuestionA mammal
- Is a whale a fish or a mammal?QuestionA mammal
- Is a dolphin a fish or a mammal?QuestionA mammal
- Is a penguin a bird?QuestionYes, a flightless bird
- Is a frog a reptile or an amphibian?QuestionAn amphibian
- Is a snake a reptile or an amphibian?QuestionA reptile
- Is a spider an insect?QuestionNo; it's an arachnid with eight legs
- Is a shark a mammal or a fish?QuestionA fish
- Is a platypus a mammal that lays eggs?QuestionYes
- Which mammals lay eggs?QuestionMonotremes: the platypus and echidnas
- Which mammals have pouches?QuestionMarsupials, like kangaroos and koalas
- Largest animal on EarthQuestionThe blue whale
- Largest land animalQuestionThe African elephant
- Tallest animalQuestionThe giraffe
- Fastest land animalQuestionThe cheetah
- Fastest bird in a diveQuestionThe peregrine falcon
- Largest bird aliveQuestionThe ostrich
- Smallest birdQuestionThe bee hummingbird
- Largest reptileQuestionThe saltwater crocodile
- Largest fishQuestionThe whale shark
- Largest living catQuestionThe tiger
- Largest land carnivoreQuestionThe polar bear
- Slowest mammalQuestionThe sloth
- Longest living land animalQuestionThe Galapagos giant tortoise, over 100 years
- Largest rodentQuestionThe capybara
- Largest primateQuestionThe gorilla
- Only mammal that can truly flyQuestionThe bat
- Which animal has the largest eyes?QuestionThe giant squid
- How many legs does an insect have?QuestionSix
- How many legs does a spider have?QuestionEight
- How many legs does a crab have?QuestionTen
- How many arms does an octopus have?QuestionEight
- Insect body partsQuestionHead, thorax and abdomen
- MetamorphosisQuestionA big change in body form as an animal grows
- Complete metamorphosisQuestionEgg, larva, pupa, adult
- Incomplete metamorphosisQuestionEgg, nymph, adult
- Butterfly life cycleQuestionEgg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly
- Frog life cycleQuestionEgg, tadpole, froglet, adult frog
- ExoskeletonQuestionA hard outer covering that supports and protects the body
- MoltingQuestionShedding an old outer layer
- Herd animalsQuestionCattle, zebras and elephants live in herds
- Pack animalsQuestionWolves and wild dogs hunt in packs
- PredatorQuestionAn animal that hunts others
- PreyQuestionAn animal that is hunted
- ScavengerQuestionEats dead animals it did not kill, like vultures
- Vultures help byQuestionCleaning up dead animals
- Marine mammalQuestionA mammal that lives in the sea, like seals and whales
- Endangered animalQuestionA species in danger of dying out
- Extinct animalQuestionA species that has died out
- DodoQuestionA flightless bird from Mauritius that went extinct in the 1600s
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