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A bear is a big furry creture. Bears roar and their thick coat of fur keeps them warm in the cold.
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A bat is a scary creature that looks like a mouse, but has wings. Bats fly out at night because they are nocturnal.
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An eel is a creepy creature. It is a fish because it lives in the water, but it is really more like a snake.
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A tadpole is a long tiny animal. It has a long, circular head shaped like an oval and a long tail. It squirms around in water until it grows into a frog or a toad.
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A badger is an animal with gray fur. Badgers have a white strip of fur on their nose between their eyes. They live underground and are called nocturnal animals because they come out at night to hunt for food.
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An armadillo is an animal from South America. The body of the armadillo is covered by bony plates that make a shell.
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An anteater is an animal that lives only by eating ants. Anteaters look very, very weird and have a long tongue.
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An antelope is an animal that looks like a deer. Antelopes can be found in Africa and in some parts of Asia.
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A zebra is an animal that looks very like a horse, but has black and white stripes all over it.
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A camel is an animal with bumps on its back called humps. Arabian camels have only one hump and camels with two humps are called Bactrian camels. Camels have a long neck and they are very tall, so if you ride one you will have to be helped up by a grown-up. The way the camel walks is very bumpy.
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Ecology is a science subject. In ecology you study animals and plants while they are living in a natural surrounding.
An ecosystem is a group of plants or animals. All the plants and animals in an certain place may be an ecosystem, but they can also be put into groups by how they live.
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A zoo is a place you go to see wild animals. Some zoos treat animals badly, but many zoos are kind and try to help the animals stay alive and help them back into the wild.
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Zoology is the study of animals.
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A newt is a small animal like a lizard. Newts like water so they live in water or near the water.
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An octopus is a weird creature that lives underwater. It has eight arms that are actually called tentacles. If something goes near an octopus, the octopus can trap it with its tentacles and eat it.
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Orang-utans are a type of ape that is very large.
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An otter is a funny looking creature that lives beside water. Otters are furry and have long tails.
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