YOU CAN HELP ALL ANIMALS by recycling andbuying Green products like recycled notebook paper andpencils. Consider bamboo or organic cotton bags as analternative to book bags and disposable lunch bags!

Insects are everywhere! Here’s how to identifythem:

Insects have three body parts - a head,thorax (mid-section), and abdomen (belly).

Insects have six jointed legs.

Insects have two antennae to sense the worldaround them.

An insect’s skeleton is on the outside. This exoskeleton isan important safety feature for a tiny creature!

Have you ever wished you could fly like a bird?Here are some fun facts about ourfine, feathered friends:

Birds are warm-blooded animals that layeggs and can be found all over theworld.

Birds are the only animals that havefeathers. They are used for flight andto keep the bird warm.

Birds shed, or molt, their feathersevery year. This allows them toreplace worn feathers.

Even though not all birds fly, they have wings, hollow bonesand a beak instead of teeth, which helps them be light-weight for flight.

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MAMMALSDid you know that humans aremammals? So are horses,rabbits, whales and manyother animals. So, whatexactly is a mammal?

A mammal is a warm-bloodedanimal.

A mammal is a type of animalthat has hair and feeds milk toits young.

Mammals have sweat glands andcan either sweat or pant to stay coolwhen temperatures are high.

Mammals have the most highly developed nervous systems ofall animals.

Frogs, salamanders, toads and newts -- whatmakes all of them“Amphibians?”

Amphibians are cold-blooded animals.

Amphibians live two lives in one; most spend part oftheir lives in water as tadpoles and then metamorph tolive on land.

Amphibians have porous, permeable, skin. This allowsoxygen to pass through their skin so that they canbreathe underwater.

Amphibians includemore than just frogs andtoads, they also includesalamanders, newts, andcaecilians (which arelegless amphibians.)

Have you ever watched fishswim in a pond, creek, oraquarium?Here are some funfacts about our finned friends:

Most fish have two pairs of fins, whichhelp them move in the water.

Fish breathe by passing water through their gills, so thatthey can remove oxygen from the water.

There are about 20,000 species of fish and they live inmany different habitats. Some fish live in salt water, likethe oceans, while others live in fresh water, like lakes andrivers. There are even fish that live in wetlands and canadapt to changing water levels.

BIRDS

INSECTSFrom hamsters to capybaras, rodentsare the single largest group of mammals.

Here are some fun facts about rodents:

About 1/2 of all mammals are rodents. This includeseverything from mice to squirrels and even porcupines andbeavers.

Rodents have two front teeth called incisors which are alwaysgrowing. These teeth are kept short by gnawing on thedifferent foods that make up their diet.

Rodents include jumpers like jerboas, swimmers likemuskrats, and diggers like prairie dogs and groundhogs.

Rodents can have bushy tails like squirrels, naked tails likerats, or armored tails like the armadillo.

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FASCINATING FUN FACTS!THE WORLD’S SMALLEST MAMMAL isthe Bumblebee Bat, weighing a mere 2 gramswhich is less than a penny!THE WORLD’S LARGEST ANIMAL isthe Blue Whale, averaging 80 feet inlength! This is the length of two school buses!