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| an animal with a backbone |
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| means cold blooded, an animal who's body temperature changes with the temperature of the air and water around it |
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| means warm blooded, an animal who's body temperature remains the same even when the temperature of the air or water around it changes. |
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| a cold blooded vertebrate that lives part of it's life in water breathing with gills and part on land breathing with lungs |
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| slowing of an activity during summer, the slowing of metabolism during hot and dry periods |
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| to pass the winter in a dormant (sleeping) state. |
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| life cycle, the changes in the body of an from when it is young to when it is an adult |
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| to shed outer covering or feathers and then regrow the outer covering or feathers |
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| to smooth or clean feathers with a beak or bill. |
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| to blend into the surrounding environment because of protective coloring |
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| thin, feathery structures that are filled with blood. |
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| one group of reptiles, includes, crocodiles, alligators, and caimans |
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| most complex group of vertebrates,have fur or hair, give birth to live young, and produce milk for their young. |
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| mammals that finish developing in the mothers pouch once they are born |
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