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Classification Counts! Australia
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Mammal Characteristics |
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Koala Facts |
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1)
Have fur or hair
2)
Are warm blooded
3) Use lungs to breathe air
4) Give birth to live young
5) Have milk glands to feed their babies
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Lives in eucalyptus forests
2) Weigh about 25 pounds
3) A marsupial, a koala gives birth to lima-bean sized
babies who spend the next 5 months in mother's pouch.
4) Eats only eucalyptus leaves and rarely drinks water
5) Have two thumbs and three fingers |
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Fish Characteristics |
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Lungfish Facts |
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1)
Have scaley skin
2) Are cold blooded
3) Use gills to get the oxygen they need to breathe from
the water they live in
4) Lay eggs but sometimes give
birth to live young
5) Some fish, like sharks, have skeletons made of cartilage
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Lives in rivers of Queensland, Australia
2) Can grow up to 5 feet long
3) Can breath both underwater with gills and out of
water with its one lung.
4) Is a very ancient fish with fused fins
5) Eats small amphibians and fish
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Amphibian Characteristics |
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Giant Marine (Cane) Toad Facts |
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1) Have
smooth, moist skin
2) Are cold blooded
3) Can absorb oxygen through their thin skin and sometimes
use lungs to breathe
4) Lay eggs
5) Amphibians can live in the water
and on the land
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1)
Body length, excluding legs, can exceed 5 inches
2) Eats insects, small mammals and some plants
3) Nocturnal - active at night - and solitary
4) Females lay up to 50,000 eggs at a time
5) Has become a pest in Australia, eating native amphibians.
Its skin is poisonous to dogs and cats. |
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Reptile Characteristics |
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Bearded Dragon Facts |
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1) Have
dry, scaly skin that can be shed
2)
Are cold blooded
3) Breathe air with at least one lung
4) Lay eggs but sometimes give
birth to live young
5) Eggs are fertilized internally
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1) Lives
in forest and open grasslands
2) Big males boss smaller ones
3) Eats insects, fruit and green plants
4) Females lay up to 11-25 eggs at a time
5) Puffs up spiney beard to appear larger and have the
ability to change colors
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Bird Characteristics |
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Double-Wattled Cassowary Facts |
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1) Have
skin covered by feathers
2) Are warm blooded
3) Use lungs to breathe air
4) Lay eggs
5) Some birds can fly, some can't
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1)
Lives in mountain forests
2) Eats fruit and small animals
3) Has a large casque or horny plate on its head,
used to plow through underbrush
4) Females lay 3-8 bright green eggs at a time
5) Feet have 3 toes, one with a sharp 4 inch claw to kill
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