Tigers are mammals that are found living in Southern Asia (China, Russia, India and Korea).
Facts about Animals
Animal Facts
Facts about Animals
These facts about animals will help interest kids of any age about the world of animals.
Types of Animals
The saltwater crocodile, which is a reptile, is known as having the most powerful bite of any animal.
The red-eyed tree frog, which is found in Central America, southern North America and northern South America, is one type of amphibian.
Scientists have identified over 15,000 species of fish in the world, but they expect to find many more. A new type of fish is currently being found about every other day.
Fish Facts
- Fish live in water during their entire life.
- Fish breathe by using their gills to extract oxygen from the water.
- Most fish are cold-blooded, but two types of fish, the tuna family and mackerel sharks, are warm blooded.
- Some types of fish include goldfish, sharks, seahorse, and sting rays.
- Scientists have identified more than 28,000 types of fish. Since these are many unexplored areas of water, scientists believe there are many more types of fish.
Bird Facts
- Birds breathe air like mammals and reptiles.
- All birds have feathers. They are the only animal that has feathers.
- Not all birds can fly, but most can. Birds that can fly have lightweight hallow bones.
- All birds are born from eggs.
- All birds have have a bill or beak instead of lips.
- Some different species of birds include ostrich, penguins, hummingbirds, eagles, emu, ducks and geese.
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Invertebrate Facts
- There are six groups of invertebrate, including arthropods, mollusks, worms, echinoderms, coelenterates and sponges.
- Over 75 percent of the known animal species are Invertebrates.
- Scientists think there could be millions of unknown invertebrate species that have not been identified.
- Arthropods are a diverse group of animals which include insects, spiders, scorpions, crabs and lobster.
- Coelenterates are best known because coral is a coelenterate, but jellyfish are also included in this group of invertebrates.
- Many of us have seen earthworms, which are included in the worm group of invertebrates, but there are many more types including new species that scientists are discovering living under the soil and rock at the bottom of the ocean.
- The mollusk group includes clams, oysters, mussels, scallops, snails, slugs, octopus, squid and many more species.
- The sponge group includes natural sponges, which were used for years by people. Man-made sponges have replaced animal sponges over the last 60 years.
- The echinoderm group includes animals have have a exoskeleton to protect their body. A starfish is an example of a echinoderm.
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