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Classification Counts! South America
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Mammal Characteristics |
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Giant Anteater 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 |
1)
Lives in grasslands and forests
2) Can
weigh up to 85 pounds
3) Unlike
most mammals, has no teeth
4) Uses a long tongue to slurp up ants and termites
5) Has sharp claws to dig up insects |
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Fish Characteristics |
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Red-bellied Piranha 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
instead of bone. |
1)
Lives in all types of water from clear to muddy
2) Has a mouthful of razor-sharp teeth
3) Eats meat although most other piranha species are
vegetarian
4) Females lay up to 5000 eggs at a time
5) The male guards the eggs for 4 days until hatching
occurs |
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Amphibian Characteristics |
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Poison-Arrow Frog 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 |
1)
Bright skin color warns enemies to stay away
2) Eats ants and other small insects
3) Skin is poisonous
4) Females lay only 6-8 eggs at a time
5) Lives on the forest floor near streams |
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Reptile Characteristics |
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Red Footed Tortoise 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) Males
are larger than females
3)
Eats grasses and fallen fruit
4) Females lay up to 5-15 eggs at a time
5) Lives a long, long time like its closest relatives,
the Galapagos tortoises
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Bird Characteristics |
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Andean Condor 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 high in the Andes mountains
2) Eats
carrion (dead animals), vegetables and fruit
3) Can
soar higher and longer than most birds
4) Females lay 1 egg at a time
5)One of the largest flying birds with
a 10-foot wingspan |
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