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Animal Classes. Connor C hung. INDEX. What are the animal classes ? Reptiles Komodo Dragon Habitat and facts Life cycles Mammals Slow Loris. What are the animal classes?.
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Animal Classes Connor Chung
INDEX • What are the animal classes? • Reptiles • Komodo Dragon • Habitat and facts • Life cycles • Mammals • Slow Loris
What are the animal classes? Animals are living creatures that surround us in this vast world. What you may not have known is that these animals are branched up into 6 different classes: Fish, Mammals, Reptiles, Caecilians, Birds, and Amphibians
Reptiles Reptiles are one of 6 different animal classes. They are distinguished by the fact that they: are cold-blooded ( their body temperature changes with their surroundings), lay eggs (normally), and have scales:
Komodo Dragon Komodo Dragons are reptiles, but very different than the cute, cuddly turtles you keep as a pet. No, Komodo dragons, over 10 feet long, are one of the most deadliest animals that have ever roamed this earth.
HABITAT AND FACTS Komodo Dragons live in Komodo Island. These animals use camouflage and patience to overcome their prey, but if the prey is bitten but escapes, the prey dies within 24 hours due to immense poisoning from the Komodo Dragon’s fatal bite. They have been terrorizing civilians and people, but despite their length of 10 feet, carnivorous eating habits, and a weight of 330 pounds, these animals are endangered due to poaching, human activity, and natural disasters.
THE LIFE CYCLE The Komodo dragon hatches out of an egg after 200-210 days after being laid It grows into a young Komodo Dragon, eating small animals It then grows into a fully grown Komodo dragon, and lays eggs if female
Mammals Mammals are distinguished by: drinking milk, being born live ( But, platypuses lay eggs), and being warm-blooded.
SLOW LORIS Slow Lories are mammals unique for their protection against harmful predators. It licks it’s poisonous elbows ( seriously) and licks it’s body, making it poisonous as well. Even that makes it have a poisonous bite! Watch out predators, lest you become the prey! Its fur is dense, soft and brown. Its underside and face is white with dark ears and eye rings. The Slow Loris is located in southern Asia.
LIFE CYCLE Slow Lories are born 184-197 days after pregnancy Is weaned Is mature when when about 18 months, has about 190 days old babies
FISH Fish is distinctively distinguished by: gills, living underwater (excluding the mudskipper), and laying eggs.
MUDSKIPPER The mudskipper is probably one of the world’s strangest fish. It has a special ability that allows it to live ON LAND!!! All it needs is moisture on its lungs.