Mammals

                                      

Hey there it's Taylor. What I am going to talk about today is mammals! Like sometimes cute and sometime mean mammals.Well, lets go into adventure mode.                       


                                                 

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What I am going to talk about... 

·  Describe five characteristics of all mammals and explain how they allow mammals to survive in different environments. In what ways are birds and mammals similar?

·  Differentiate among placental mammals, monotremes, and marsupials.

·  Compare the baby animals of  placental mammals with that of monotremes and marsupials. 

·  Choose an mammal that you would like to learn more about and teach us some interesting facts about that mammal.

This is a marsupial.
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/marsupial-pictures.htm


Did you know that mammals teeth come in different shapes and sizes.Mammals have there teeth specialized by what they eat. Many mammals are carnivores so they will need some big sharp claws the  to rip it's prey to pieces. Like horses they have teeth sorta like ours.Some horses are very happy eating grass, hay,and shrubs.What we need to remember is that us mammals have different types of teeth.   















http://www.zooplanets.com/mammals/integumentary-form-and-function.php






Okay,know I am going to talk about there mammary glands. Mammary Glands help feed their young milk produced by the mammary glands. Mammary glands are really important to mammals because it is the only way they can feed there young.











http://www.holtanatomical.com/action.lasso?-db=hP2.fp3&-lay=products&op=bw&category=genital&-maxrecords=10&pic=yes&-format=results2.html&-search




Next, I am going to tell you about endothermic.Endothermic means when your body tempter stays the same. If you are in a 50 degree weather your body tempter will still be normal or what it is suppose to be.   



http://www.shop.montessoriprintshop.com/Endothermic-or-Ectothermic-Animals-SCF-59.htm






Another characteristic is that ALL MAMMALS I MEAN  ALL  mammals have hair of fur. So,if you don't have hair or fur don't even bother about asking if you can be in the mammals group.All mammals have hair or fur to keep them warm just like birds have down feathers to keep them warm. Did you know that people have fur coats that are made of actual animal fur.Cool and not so cool at the same time.







http://theholyislam.blogspot.com/2009/10/know-islam-rights-of-animals-in-islam.html


Last, but not least, of my characteristics of course. Okay this exiting moment has come down to this.I am going to talk about is THAT THEY ALL ARE VERTEBRATES! Know let me explain a little.See a vertebrate is a animal with a backbone. so remember the one thing that mammals will always have is a backbone.   

 http://the-right-solutions.blogspot.com/2010/08/missing-backbone.html

Know I can talk about the differences between birds and mammals. Well, what I think is a major obvious is that birds have feathers and mammals have hair or fur and major difference that some birds can fly and mammals cannot fly at all.Not even a little sad,but okay because mammals still rule.Anyways mammals have teeth birds don't. Birds have beaks or bills mammals don't.I could go on and on , but there is more to tell.




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Feather-http://www.pionusparrot.com/Feathers.htm


Fur-http://www.sfdm.scad.edu/faculty/mkesson/vsfx419/wip/spring11/shannon_dingle/fur.html




Not all of the mammals are in on group they have three types of them PLACENTAL,MARSUPIALS,AND MONOTREMES.I am going to tell you the difference between them.Placentals are humans like me and you.Marsupials are koalas and kangaroos. Monotremes are freaky they are the platypus and echidna.     



Placental mammals- They make up the biggest group of mammals. Many placental babies are born fully developed and some can even just get up and run.




Marsupials mammals- they crawl into their mothers pouch and feed off their mothers milk to complete their development/




Monotremes mammals-these mammals make up the smallest group of mammals and they are the only that don't have nipples and they are the only mammals that lay eggs.







http://www.zmescience.com/research/studies/mammals-half-way-extinct/




Well, placental babies are born fully developed.Marsupial babies go into their mothers pouch then, it drinks its mothers milk from inside of the pouch. Monotremes are born in a egg and they all very different in there own ways.




http://www.lunch.com/bbbabies






http://mordanaglaya.livejournal.com/179191.html






  
http://www.nhc.ed.ac.uk/index.php?page=493.167


Last ,but not least my favorite mammal is kolas I love them. They     can grow up to 27-36 in and weigh up to 9-20 pounds.They mostly live in Australia,South Australia by the way. 



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koala

Well,this is the end of my blog.So this means that it is time to say my bye-bye.Hope you enjoyed my blog and don't forget to leave some comments. Bye!



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