It’s a Mammal
It’s a Mammal
Do you have a pet mammal? If you have a dog or cat you have a mammal. Hamsters and gerbils and guinea pigs are mammals, too. And so are you.Maybe you’ve seen a cow feeding her calf. The calf drank milk from its mother’s body. Of all the animals, only mammals do this.Mammals are warm-blooded. The day may be freezing cold or very hot but mammals’ bodies stay at just about the same temperature all the time.Mammals have fur or hair. The fur can be short or long, straight or curly, soft or hard. There may be lots of it, or just a few thick, stiff hairs.There are nearly one million kinds of insects and more than 21,000 kinds of fish. There are only about 4,000 kinds of mammals. But of all the animals, mammals are the ones we most often choose for our pets and helpers.
Two mammals
This is a looking page. There are lots of things to look at in this picture of a mother giraffe and her baby. What do you see? The mother giraffe has a very long neck. You might think there would…
Mammal babies
Is a mouse like a moose? Or a dolphin like a deer? Or a bat like a cat? These animals seem to be quite different from each other. But they’re all alike in one important way. They are all mammals….
Pouch babies
> Western Gray Kangaroo Newborn Kangaroo A tiny newborn kangaroo could fit in a teaspoon. Kangaroo at Eight Weeks A newborn kangaroo is smaller than a grown-up’s thumb. A newborn koala is…
How mammal babies grow
The newborn meadow mouse weighs little more than a feather. Its eyes are closed and it has no fur. The baby river otter’s eyes are closed, too. But a thick fur coat covers its body. The fawn’s eyes…
