Amazing Adaptations! Claws

_____ have sharp claws to defend themselves and climb trees.

• kittens

• snakes

• birds

Tigers use their claws to climb trees and to tear their _____.

• prey

• fur

• den

_____ dig in the dirt with their thick claws to find a tasty bone.

• Dogs

• Deer

• Dolphin

These _____ claws belong to a bear.

• powerful

• tiny

• weak

The thick claws of the crocodile look like hands. They use them to _____ to rocks while getting out of water.

• cling

• throw

• eat

_____ use their thin claws to cling to branches so they don't fall.

• Lizards

• cows

• walrus

______ _____ use their claws to wound their prey and tear their food before eating it.

• Komodo dragons

• squirrels

• elk

Lobsters and crabs have ______ or claws to dig on the seafloor and defend themselves.

• pincers

• paws

• hooves

Birds of prey, such as eagles and macaws grab their prey with their powerful claws so they can ___ away with an animal without letting it fall.

• fly

• swim

• run

Beavers also use their strong claws to hold onto their food and build ________.

• dams in rivers.

• a rock house.

• a snowman.