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44 Cards in this Set
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rhea |
This bird is the South American relative of the ostrich |
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hornbill |
This bird encloses itself in its nest with a mud wall |
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ostrich |
This bird is the largest in the world |
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peregrine falcon |
This bird can dive through the air at speeds of 220 mph or more |
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hummingbird |
This bird is the only bird that can fly backwards |
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birds are what blooded |
warm-blooded |
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fish are what blooded |
cold-blooded |
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amphibians are what blooded |
cold-blooded |
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this allows a fish to stay at one level |
swim bladder
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fish breathe with... |
gills |
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what protects the fish from outside elements |
scales |
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shedding of the outside skin |
molting |
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fastest snake |
African Black Momba |
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Jacobson organ |
special scent organ located in a snakes mouth |
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tiniest snake |
blind snake |
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venom |
poison of a snake |
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largest poisonous snake |
King Cobra |
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deadliest snake |
taipan |
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North American poisonous snakes |
Pit Viper and Coral Snake |
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red on yellow |
kill a fellow |
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red on black |
venom lack |
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copperhead |
bites more people than any other snake |
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constrictors |
squeeze their prey |
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types of constictors |
Anacondas and Pythons |
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horned lizard |
squirts blood from its eye |
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largest of the lizards |
Komodo dragon |
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poisonous lizards |
beaded lizard and gila monster |
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chameleons |
have the ability to change colors |
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anoles |
have the ability to pop off their tails |
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round tough layers of skin on a turtle |
scutes |
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upper section of a turtles shell |
carapace |
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lower section of a turtles shell |
plastron |
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types of turtles |
land, freshwater, sea |
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land turtles |
tortoises |
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crocodiles |
only reptile mother to protect her young |
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crocodilians |
alligators, caimans, gavials |
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lower teeth stick out all the time |
crocodiles |
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live in southeastern USA and China |
alligators |
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slime |
mucus secreted by the skin |
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amphibians |
salamanders |
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baby frogs or toads |
tadpoles |
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change in form |
metamorphosis |
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Japanese giant salamander |
grows to 5 ft. long |
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tree frog |
has suction pads on the tips of their toes |