All About Animals

Monotremes are mammals with pouches.

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You're right! Marsupials, include kangaroos and koalas, are mammals with pouches.

All mammals live on land.

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You're right! Mammals such as dolphins live in the sea.

Mammals lie in the sun to warm their blood

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You're right! Reptiles need sunlight to warm their blood.

Baby mammals drink their mother's milk.

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You're right! Mammals mothers make milk to feed their babies.

All mammals give birth to live babies.

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You're right! Monotremes and marsupials are groups of unusual mammals that don't give birth.

Mammals are the only animals that have fur or hair.

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You're right! Other animals may have scales or feathers. but only mammals have fur or hairs.

Elephants are born after 9 months in the mother's womb.

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You're right! Elephants grow in the womb for 22 months. Humans babies are born after 9 months.

Many fish give birth by laying eggs.

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You're right! Some fish have skipped the egg-laying step and produce live young. These include guppies, mollies and swordtails!

A group of the same fish species swimming together is called a school.

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You're right! A group of the same fish species swimming together is called school. When a mix of different fish species swimming together, it is called a shoal.

Fish breathe by pulling air into their lungs.

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You're right! Fish have no lungs and instead breathe through their gills.