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milk. Unlike other animal types like birds and insects, all mammal babies drink
milk that comes from their mother’s bodies. This is one of the key ways to know
if an animal is a mammal.

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FISH

Fish are aquatic vertebrates. They usually have gills, paired fins, a long body
covered with scales, and tend to be cold-blooded. “Fish” is a term used to refer
to lampreys, sharks, coelacanths and ray-finned fishes, but is not a taxonomic
group, which is a clade or group containing a common ancestor and all its
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INSECTS

All insects are part of the taxonomical phylum Arthropoda, and they are
collectively referred to as arthropods. It is common to see this name misspelled
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