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AmazingAnimalFacts AnitaGanery Unknown Unknown
Anita Ganery
LESSON NO. 1
What Makes a Mammal
Mammals
are
beings,
dogs
which
includes
human
There
are
range
gigantic
rats
and
species,
mice,
which
mammals,
the
live
in
includes
with
1,750
the
Their
with
all
which
have
whales,
small
They
were
night
to
just
glads
followed
to
other
in
the
million
other
animals
from
mammals.
African
themselves
Some
mammals
visit
their
themselves.
new-born
babies
every two
days
or
shrews
so.
only
African
can
live
because
they
are
warm-
102
degree
cold
the
weather is. They need to eat regular meals to keep it just right.
Bones in the back
Mammals
backbones.
bones
be
hidden
the
This
babies
Other
are
parents
and
against
land
intruders
over
and over again, and which may last for hundreds of years.
Beaver Builders
Beavers
of
the
pond
which
forms
huge
dome
of
moved
from
drain
the
homes
in
Mole
to
the
predators.
20
minutes
them
Some
just
breaver
built
largest
was
to
At
branches
and
leaf
blankets.
used
beaver
the
water
into
short
cutting
lengthens.
down
tree,
beaver
chews
it
ground
or along a canal it has dug from the forest to the stream. A pair
of
breavers
two
or
three
babies,
the
They
feet
Spring.
webbed
back
Beavers
can stay under the water for about 15 minutes before coming up to
breathe.
Aardvark at home
Aardvark wander about at night in search of food. During the day,
they shelter from the heat in freshly dug burrows which are up to
16ft
They
can
from
danger.
with
earth
may
times
longer
their
They
sunny
days
bats
in
holes
and
caves. A more unusual roost was found by 1,000 little brown bats.
They spent their winters 0.6 miles (1 km) down in a zinc mine
in
the USA.
Harvest home
Many
tree
trunks.
Harvest mice build nests on stems of grass. They split the top of
the
stem
soft
out
balls.
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with
tennis
LESSON NO. 3
Animal babies
Animal
grow
Others
are
their
mammal
babies
well
formed.
are
are
born.
Some
mammal
enough
parents
are
old
own.
some
Some
babies
poachers
try
lives.
the
If
parents
first.
Biggest baby
Baby
half
m)
much
(8
of
and
their
mother's milk that they grow to twice this size in one week.
Batty babies
Each
year,
10
their
babies
together
in
tightly
two
pages.
When the mothers return, each one always finds her own baby.
Facts of life.
An
than
Shrews
they
for just 12 -18 months. They are born, they breed and
then
live
they die.
Rabbits
breed
could
have
baby
adopted
by
an
mammals.
but
become
too big to fit in their mother's pouch. They crawl out and
cling
months.
even
Mammals
four
identical
Finding food
Animals
regular
clever
look
fierce
eat
grass
and
herbivores.
Animals
called
are
leafy
called
carnivores.
Animals that eat both meat and plants are called omnivores.
Giraffe grub
Giraffes'
up
high
the
only
the
giraffe's
are
favorite
food.
Food facts
A
rock
bank
day.
Numbats
have
52
( 90 liters) of
never
use
water
them.
Like
that
are
very fussy
They
eat
leaves
eucalyptus
types
of
eucalyptus,
choosing
the
young
shoots.
Koalas
eat
so
many
the
lionesses
freeze
creep
and
if
closer,
wildebeest
the
towards
have
into
with
their
jaw.
The
chimp
then pulls
the
by pokes a
twig
the
termites.
twig
out,
covered
in
weight.
It
than
two
hours
without food.
Wooly
They
jungle
trees.
another
type of tree with a different poison. This means that the monkeys
never eat enough of one poison. This means that the monkeys never
eat enough of one poison of it to kill them.
Vampire
their
and
drink
to fly away.
day.
heavy
people.
She was shot in 1911 after eating a grand total of 438 people
in
eight years. Tigers may eat people because they like the taste of
human flesh.
Moving about
All
In
their
danger.
long
journeys
and
are
wonderful
can
hands
goats
hooves
work
like
distances.
each
20,000
Bats
are the only mammals that can fly. Their wings are made
leathery
The
of
biggest
as
1,480 ft (450 m) through the tress. Their wings are flaps of skin
joining their back and front legs.
Champion Sprinter
Cheetahs
can
distances.
run
sprint
mammal
over
short
they
can
sprinter.
strides
as they run. But they soon get tired and stop for a rest.
Pronking Springbok
A
its
confuse
enemies
are
land
mammals.
a
6.5
from
to
keep
them warm and protects them from being injured. Hair is also used
to send signals of welcome and warning.
Some
surroundings.
from
together
hard
lions and other hunters when they try to single out one zebra
for
to
attack.
Mandrill Make-up
Many monkeys use color to recognize each other and frighten
enemies.
attract
A
a
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mandrill
is
away
helps
him
the
most