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Mammals
The world is home to 4260 named species of mammals. Mammals, or Mammalia are a class in the Phylum Chordata and the Subphylum Vertebrata. An animal is a mammal if, providing it is female, it can produce milk to feed its young.
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Are placental mammals extinct?
No, not all mammals are placental. There are two other groups of mammals: the monotremes and the marsupials.Monotremes are egg-laying mammals, and marsupials are generally pouched mammals, although not all marsupials have fully developed pouches.
How does the wildebeest migration happen?
Yes, wildebeeste do migrate. In fact, one of the most famous migrations in the world is the wildebeeste migration across the Serengeti plains in Africa. It is a very treacherous trek with lions hunting them and crocodiles taking them out whenever they cross rivers. It is quite spectacular on film.
What whales live in Boston harbor?
If you go just outside the Boston Harbor area you can find Humpback, Finback, and Minke whales. These are the types of whales you commonly see on the Boston Harbor whale watch cruises in addition to dolphins.
The time to watch is seasonal. From Jan to May you can see whales within the Cape Cod Bay area and after that better chances are further out to sea or towards the mid-atlantic or south-eastern coast.
For details you can check out the website (sponsored by the New England Aquarium) for the Boston Habor whale watch cruises.
Were can i fid Huge ferret cages under 50?
Pets are pricey so make sure you have figured the costs before you get one. PetProductsByRoyal.com has some great cages for ferrets.
What is a mammal who eats plants called?
Any animal that must eat plants to live is called an 'Herbivore'.
Are mammals the only animal that lays eggs?
Yes, there are two. One is the platypus, and the other is the echidna, sometimes called the spiny anteater, although it is not even remotely related to anteaters. Egg-laying mammals are known as monotremes.
Is there a fish that are mammals?
No fish are mammals. Mammals are vertebrate animals that nurse their young. Mammals have many characteristics in common such as being warm-blooded, having some hair or fur, and being tetrapods (having four limbs, although in marine mammals these are fins).
I'd say no. It has never been done before. Cats normally live to be 9-15. If a cat were 100 in human years than in cat years they would be about 420 years old, which is not even possible for a human.
Who are Tree climbing mammals?
Animals such as cats (foolish ones only!), squirrels, leopards and koalas.
Describe the characteristics of mammals?
They live on land, can't hold for too long under water except for some animals.
Is there a term for people who don't eat mammals?
I’ve always said pescaavatarian because ava is the root for birds (ex. aviator). Other than birds or fish, people barely eat other animals, but technically you’d have to include those too (alligators, frog legs). I myself am a pescaavatarian.
a platypus is a mammal even though it doesn't give live birth. I'm not sure why.
Is a shark a placental mammal?
Yes, some sharks do have their young in this way, it is called viviparity. Some sharks maintain a placental link to the developing young which is similar to mammalian gestation. The young are born alive and fully functional. The hammerheads, the bull and the blue sharks are viviparous.
Why are cats bears and monkeys and humans all considered mammals?
All of the aforementioned animals are warm-blooded vertebrates with four -chambered hearts. All have a body covering of hair or fur and specialized teeth. All feed milk to their young produced in the mammary glands of the female. All of these points are characteristics of mammals.
Yes, all insects are invertebrates. To be a vertebrate means to have a backbone. Insects have an exoskeleton, meaning a sort of protective shell around the outside of their body. They have no "bones" within their body. So, yellow jackets, and all other insects, are invertebrates or without backbones.
Just the opposite. Mammals are endothermic, which means warm-blooded: they generate their own body heat. It allows them to move around at night and in the cold, but at the expense of needing far more food to survive.
Exothermic animals, such as lizards and insects, rely on the sun's warmth or the ambient heat to provide the energy they need to be active. The advantage is that they don't need to eat as much; the big disadvantage is that they must slow or shut down as the temperature drops.
It may help to remember that exo- means from outside, while -thermic means having to do with temperature. (Think of the exterior of a house, and its thermostat.) So exothermic literally means getting heat from an outside source, which mammals don't do.
do they eat mouse
Mice themselves are among the very smallest mammals and eat vegetation and some insects. Mice are prey to rats, cats, and raccoons
Does a koala have an exoskeleton or an endoskeleton?
No, koalas are mammals, so have an internal skeleton.
What symbiotic relationship is the cowbirds and other birds?
The relationship is called parasitism because, the cowbird lays it's eggs in the nest of other birds expecting them to hatch and feed it.
In some cases when the host bird rejects the egg the cowbird has been known to return to the nest and destroy it.
Read more: What_is_the_symbiotic_relationship_between_brown_headed_cowbirds_and_other_birdsDo mammals have a low rate orf metabolism?
no, because they are warmblooded (=homeotherm), when animals are tachymetabolism they can slow down their methabolism a littel ebit, like some mice and bears.
At best you have bradymetabolism, then their methabolism can change when they become active, otherwise it is at a low rate
Why can small mammals hear well?
Animals hear high pitched sounds just because of the way their ears are set up. The "hairs" are bigger than the humans and more sensitive. They react when the Frequency is high like a special whistle that a dog can hear.
Why is a human a mammal and a human is not a animal?
Humans have well developed brains capable of abstract reasoning and language.
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This is something I always wanted to discuss with the Biologist Mrs. Lamour but never got around to. Sadly, she is no longer with us. A relative of mine saw a photograph of some type of Farm animal ( juvenile) with humanoid features that seemed to resemble a very young Horse of maybe sheep or goat type of animal. This allegedly happened as the result of some disturbed farm hand ( not the origin of Funny Farm) this did happen in the US. After being photographed to prove it was real, the animals- there was a litter of them, were killed and the remains cremated.So, there is no physical evidence, like condemned beef. The fact this happened on a farm makes on think it might have been animals used for food and why the government men took such drastic action > From a description of the photograph the creature was about the size of a very small pony or immature horse or a large dog. Probably did not weight more than l00 lbs. Even if such a creature was viable, it mercifully could not reproduce- Nature has safety valves of the non-return type regarding inter-specific cross breeds and freaks. It is a weird and strangely fascinating concept anyhow. It could and evidentally did, happen, and was suppressed and hushed up. Who would dare eat a half-human hamburger?
