a vertebrates gets its shape from an ENDOSKELETON.
Vertebrates maintain a specific body shape based upon their skeletons.
Different animals have different vertebrates.
No - they are in the oyster\clam world, and have no shape of their own like vertebrates do. Well, except for that one startling appendage . . .
Well, okapis have a vertebrae, which makes them vertebrates. A vertebrae is kinda what hold up an animal, giving it shape so it can stand up. Maybe you were confused and though vertebrates were like slugs...?
Snakes are vertebrates.
vertebrates
A toucan is a bird, and all birds are vertebrates.
Dolphins are vertebrates.
They have a skeleton & are therefore Vertebrates
Ostrich's are vertebrates as they have a spine.
Pelicans are birds and, like all birds, they are vertebrates. Pelicans have a backbone and an internal skeleton.
There are both vertebrates(things with backbones) & non-vertebrates(animals without backbones).