Amphibiams

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• Amphibians are cold blooded.

• They spend part of their live under the water and part of their live on land.
• They lay jelly-covered eggs in the water.
  
• Baby amphibians live in water and breathe with gills.

• An amphibian skin is moist.

• They are vertebrates because they have backbones.

• They have four legs, two of which can be used for jumping (frog, toad).
  
  • Some amphibians have four legs and one tail (newts, salamanders)
  
  
  • A toad can puff itself up to look larger than it really is.
  
  
  • There is a frog that is as small as a dime.
  
  
  
  • There is a frog that is as big as a football.
  
  
  

Birds

Animal groups_Birds

• The birds have got feathers.

• All the birds have got two legs and two wings.

• Birds have a beak.

• They lay eggs. The young hacht from the egg.

• They are warm-blooded.

• Birds breathe faster than mammals and their body are warmer.

• Birds give us meat and eggs (chicken, turkey...)

• Some of them are good pets (parrot, canary...)

• The bird of prey can eat some mammals. Birds also eat little reptiles, insects ,other birds and fishes.

• They have got hollow bones filled with air. It help them to fly.

• There are bird that migrate. They fly to the south to escape the cold winters.

Fishes

Animal groups_Fishes

Fish are cold-blooded.



They lay many eggs .


Most fishes are covered with scales.



They have fins not legs.



Fishes live in water and breathe through gills.

1. The fish takes the water into its mouth.
2. The water goes back through the gills.
3. The fish keeps the oxigen by the gills.

STRANGE FISHES

• The flying fish is able to "fly" for a short distance.

• An Angler fish uses its nose to catch food.

Insets

Animal groups_Insects

• Insects have six legs.

• The body of an insect has got 3 parts:

• Each insect has got one pair of antenae. These antenae help the insect to find food.

• Insects have got their skeletons on the outside like a shell.

• They can have two or four wings.

• Insects are cold-blooded.

• They don´t have lungs, they only have small openings on their bodies.

• They lay many eggs.

• Most insects go throught a life cycle called metamorphosis. (egg, larva, pupa, adult)

• There are many harmful insects that eat farm crops.

Reptiles

Animal groups_Reptiles

They have dry and scaly skin.

They have short legs or no legs at all.

They breathe with lungs.

Reptiles are vertebrates because they have backbones.

Most reptiles hatch from eggs but not all do. Many snakes have live babies.

Many reptiles have claws on their feet.

Reptiles that live in cold climates hibernate in winter.

Most reptiles shed their skin as they grow.

Reptiles are all cold-blooded animals. When it is cold their bodies and blood become cold. And when it is hot their bodies and blood become warm.

Mamals

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MAMMALS

They are the most inteligent creatures on the world.

They learn to adapt to many different climates.

There are tame and wild mammals.

They have got fur or hair.

The babies drink milk from their mother´s bodies.

They have got four limbs (arms, legs, flippers).

They are warm-blooded animals.

Most mammals grow inside their mothers and born alive.

They breathe air through lungs.