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Animals
From microscopic worms to large land predators such as the cougar-The Dishman Hills Natural Area has an amazing variety of animals. Animals are multicellular beings from the class Amalia. The ancestors of modern animals appeared as marine creatures during the Cambrian era, about 542 million years ago. But what makes an animal an animal?
- Animals are made of many cells. Different cells carry out different functions such as sensing the environment, getting rid of wastes, and reproducing.
- Animals cells have a nucleus and specialized structures inside the cells called organelles.
- Animals depend on other living things in the environment for food-or energy. Some eat plants (herbivores), some eat other animals (carnivores), and some eat both (omnivores).
- Animals digest their food. The proteins, carbohydrates, and fats in foods are broken down into simpler molecules that can move into the animals cells.
- Many animals move from place to place. They can escape from their enemies and find food, mates and places to live.
- All animals are capable of reproducing sexually. Some animals can also reproduce asexually.
We have broken up the animal kingdom of Dishman Hills into five families:
To learn about the 50+ animals we have encountered on our many adventures to The Dishman Hills Natural Area please click on the links to the left or the above categories. There you will learn about the adaptations, behaviors and other interesting facts and findings about the diverse animal species of The Dishman Hills.
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| meagan.ellis | moose | 0 | Feb 4 2009, 11:54 PM EST by meagan.ellis | ||
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The moose is the largest member of the deer family. Its scientific name is Alces alces.
moose live in forest,ponds and other marshy landscapes, they need big places to live because they need lots of room a moose track is 5 1/4 inches long but size may very. a moose's scat is always in big gropes most cows (female moose) have one cafe but very rarely they will have to. female cows do not have horns but male moose do when they are 2 years (may very) and older moose are often found in they can rage from Alaska to Canada and other cold and wet places. moose's can eat anything form |
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