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♤ Warm blooded
♤ Have hair or fur
♤ Give birth to live young ones
♤ Mammal mother nurse their young one with milk
♤ Breathe with lungs
♤ Mammals live on land have 4 legs (or 2 legs & 2 arms), and ears that stick out.
Fishes
♤ Cold blooded
♤ Live in water
♤ Breathe under water using gills , not lungs
♤ Have scales and fins
♤ Lay eggs
Amphibians
♤ Cold blooded
♤ Live on land & water
♤ Webbed feet
♤ Breathe with lungs and gills
♤ Moist smooth skin
♤ Four legs (sometimes none)
♤ Lay eggs
Do you know?
Elephants’ ears act as cooling devices. They can measure up to 2 square metres and they are equipped with an intricate web of blood vessels. When the animal flaps its ears, the blood temperature lowers by as much as 5°C.