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The animal kingdom is a major group of multicellular organisms. some undergo a process of metamorphosis later in their live wile most of the animals body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop Most animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and independently. All animals are also heterotrophs, meaning they must ingest other organisms for substance. The word animal comes from the latin word animalis, meaning "having breath". one way to keep my environment safe is by not polluting it anymore. Also by all of us pitching in to cleaning up the earth and keeping things recycled. Mollusks: Are a large phylum of invertebrate animals. There are around 85,000 recognized extant spices of mollusks. The phylum Mollusca is typically divided into nine or ten taxonomic classes, of which two are extinct. The most classified species b far is gastropods which include snails and slugs, they account for 80% of the total. the two most universal features of the body structure of mollusks are a mantle with a significant cavity used for breathing and excretion, and the organization if the nervous system. mollusks have for many centuries been the source of important luxury goods, notably pearls, mother of pearl, Tyrian purple dye, and sea silk. Arthropods: Are the largest animal group on earth. Arthropods are animals with segmented bodies and six or more jointed legs. most are less than one cm long. More than three out of four of all animals are arthropods. The kool thing about Arthropods is that there not just found in one area or another, they happen to be found everywhere, on land, in trees in freshwater and sail water and even underground. Don't let the small size of some arthropods fool you because on the contrary some arthropods are quite large. Echinoderms: Are radially symmetrical animals that are only found in the sea. There are none on land or in fresh water. Echinoderms mean "spiny skin" in Greek. Mant but not all echinoderms have spiny skin. There are over 6,000 species. Radial symmetry means that the body is like a hub, like a bicycle wheel, and tentacles are spokes coming out of it (think of a star fish). Echinoderms usually have 5 appendages (arms or rays), but there are some exceptions.

Aves: Are birds feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic (warm-blooded), egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Aves are also part of the hierarchical system of classification, specifically the subphylum Vertebrata of phylum chordata (animals that have back bone). Aves is the name of the class to which birds belong in taxonomy; the class Aves. Aves is classified into 29 orders, with passeriformes the largest with about 5000 species. Some of the other orders have as few as one species (like Struthioniformes, the ostrich order). The aves are commonly known as birds. Horses: Are tall heavy animals. Some are short, some are tiny, some are really big, and some weigh 3 thousand pounds. Horses have ben around since ancient times, people have used horses for battle to get from place to place to pull buggies and the transport their house if needed also to work in their farmers fields to help plow and much much more. In todays life horses are enjoyed and treated as pets and taken on trail rides, taken and camping trips and road around the world. there is also 4H for horses that include jumping and running barels and showing their expensive show horses in a contest of looks.

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal#cite_note-0

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

http://www.globio.org/glossopedia/article.aspx?art_id=15

http://www.mbgnet.net/salt/animals/echinod.htm

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