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Reptiles. Reptiles are cold-blooded. Their bodies need to be warmed up from outside. Their skins are covered with scutes or scales. Scales on a snake. Scutes on an alligator ’s foot. They lay tough, leathery eggs.
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Reptiles are cold-blooded. Their bodies need to be warmed up from outside.
Their skins are covered with scutes or scales. Scales on a snake. Scutes on an alligator’s foot.
A snake is a reptile.It does not have legs and it moves with its muscles.It has a very smooth, scaly skin and can slither along with ease.It swallows its food whole without chewing it.
This is a crocodile.It has four legs and is covered with scutes.It has a long tail that helps him to swim very well. It chews with its mouth open! How rude!
-Crocodiles like to bask in the sun to warm up their bodies.-That‘s because they are cold-blooded.
A tortoise is a reptile too. It is also covered with scutes.It does everything very slowly.
Like all reptiles, this turtle is using the heat of the sun to warm up his body.
This is a chameleon. It can change colour to hide it from its enemies or to show how it is feeling.It moves very slowly.