Squirrel is a mammal that is a rodent which lives anywhere there is vegetation. It has a slender, lanky body, long, muscular limbs, furred feet and bushy tail. The forefeet have four long digits plus a short, stubby thumb, and the five-toed hind feet are narrow or moderately wide. It has …
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Whale is an aquatic mammal with specialised adaptations such as flippers and tail flukes for living in water. Whales are known to be the heaviest animals and are distributed throughout the world’s oceans and seas. The whale is warm-blooded, gives live birth, suckle its young on milk, has hair, and surfaces regularly …
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Tuna is a fish that is long, robust, has a rounded body that tapers to a slender tail base and a forked or crescent-shaped tail, and swims slowly. It is generally dark above and silvery below with a shine. The tuna migrates long distances over the world’s oceans. It feeds …
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Shark is a fish that is a predator which lives in the ocean. It has an upturned tail, pointed fins and a pointed snout extending forward and over a crescentic mouth set with sharp triangular teeth. The shark circles its prey which are smaller sharks, fish, squid, octopuses, shellfish and …
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Salmon is a fish that is silvery on the side. A salmon lives in the ocean, but as an adult, it returns to the stream where it hatched in order to lay eggs in fresh water. The adult salmon dies and its body provides nutrients for the freshwater ecosystem. When …
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