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Drawn by
me in 2005, this little lion cub with his ferocious father
has
a mother called a lioness and when they are in a group it
is called a pride of lions. Oh, and they live in a den. |
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Some creatures have terms for their parents and young, some when
grouped together and some have a term for where they live.
Identified creatures on our planet currently number...
(source Wikipedia)
1,190,200
invertebrates
(including 950,000 insects),
57,739 vertebrates
(including 28,500 fishes,
5,743 amphibians,
8,163 reptiles,
9,917 birds
and 5,415 mammals).
The vast majority being sub-species of a main species, eg. there
are hundreds of different species of frogs and thousands of different
species of spiders.
My Mighty Granddad has gathered together a list of over 230 creatures
(including the geckos in your monitor), each being linked to Wikipedia
and other great information resources. Listed in alphabetical
order by the first letter of their name, use this menu to view
them...
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He's even done me a page dedicated
to groups.
And even my favourite two animals.
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