Vertebrates:

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Vertebrates

• Big, small, and unusual

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Fish

• 3 kinds Jawless fish (lamprey), bony fish, and
  cartilaginous fish (sharks).
• Have gills to breathe in water.
• Jawless fish were the first vertebrates.
• Sharks have light skeletons (cartilage).
• Bony fish have heavier skeletons, and use swim
  bladder to stay afloat.

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The Biggest Whale Shark
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The smallest Dwarf goby
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Unusual Ocean sunfish
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Amphibians

• Includes frogs, toads, and salamanders.
• Live in or near water for part of their lives.
• Have lungs, but also breathe through skin.
• Ectothermic (cold-blooded)
• Eggs are laid in water.

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The biggest Chinese giant salamander
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The smallestPsyllophryne didactyla
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Unusual The olm
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Reptiles

• Turtles, tortoises, lizards, snakes, crocodiles
  alligators.
• Scales allow them to live independent of water.
• Can lay eggs on land (hard-shelled eggs).
• Ectothermic (cold-blooded).

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The biggest Saltwater crocodile
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The biggest Anaconda
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Smallest (Sphaerodactylus ariasae) - Gecko
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Unusual Flying dragon
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Birds

• Strong, lightweight skeleton (hollow bones)
  allows for flight.
• Strong breast muscles power flight.
• Feathers insulate and provide lift in flight.
• Lay hard-shelled eggs.

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The biggest Ostrich
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The smallest Bee hummingbird
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Unusual Turkey vulture
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Unusual Blue-footed booby
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Mammals

• Hair the main purpose is insulation, but also
  used for camouflage, sensory (whiskers), and
  protection.
• Care for young and mother nurses using mammary
  glands.
• 3 reproductive styles placentals, marsupials,
  and monotremes.

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The biggest Blue whale
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The smallest pygmy shrew
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The unusual Platypus
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Mammal by They Might Be Giants
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Glass of milk standing in between extinction in
the cold And explosive radiating growth. So the
warm blood flows through the large four chambered
heart, Maintaining the very high metabolism rate
they have. Mammal, mammal their names are
called, they raise a paw The bat, the cat,
dolphin and dog, koala bear and hog One of us
might lose his hair, but youre reminded that it
once was there From the embryonic whale to the
monkey with no tail. So the warm blood flows with
the red blood cells lacking nuclei Through the
large four-chambered heart, maintaining the very
high metabolism rate they have. Mammal, mammal,
their names are called, they raise a paw The bat,
the cat, dolphin and dog, koala bear and
hog Placental the sister of her brother
Marsupial Their cousin called Monotreme, dead
uncle Allotheria. Mammal, mammal, their names are
called, they raise a paw The bat, the cat,
dolphin and dog, koala bear and hog The fox, the
ox, giraffe and shrew, echidna, caribou.