Ca'lissaBarnett

//**Animals Of Our World**//

What would our world be with out the animals in it? Where would we find the beauty in nature. Now with all the different types of animals there are only 5 major kingdoms: Monera, Protista {Protozoan Phyla}, Fungi, Plantae, and Animala. Because of different kingdoms people are able to find out more information on just certain animals rather than just all them at the same time. Animals have been around for millions of years and are constantly evolving and adapting to the ever changing enviroment.

Animals have been providing many different things to humans for thousands of years. They have provided food, clothing, homes, tools, and other things that would in other circumstances not be able to find or supply. They provided clothing for cavemen and tools for hunting and gathering, food to keep alive and homes to live in. Animals are a major part of our planet because they help to provide so many things. We would not be able to live in todays time without the help of animals.

http://protectingourenvironment.com/

//**Helping Our Environment to Help Ourselves**//

If we help to save our planet and all of its inhabitants then we can help to preserve our way of life. Our culture and our identity. We have to protect the things that are needed to keep our planet thriving. So reducing pollution to help our animals and people breathe cleaner air, by keeping our waters clean {Oceans, lakes, rivers, and streams} because water is essential for all living beings. Without water everything in our world would die away: animals, people, plants and earth itself. By recycling we can save our trees that produce our oxygen and our earth that we live on at the same time.

Earth and animals go hand-in-hand. Can you really imagine life on earth with out the animals that have helped shape our culture and enviroment. By saving our animals from being hunted and skinned or keeping them from extinction will help make a world of difference. We will be able to survive for many more years to come. By helping to eliminate hunting animals and protecting them and preserve them from extinction. The Anatolian Leopard was last legitimately saw in 1974. This animal they say will be the first of the big cats to be extinct as of 2010.

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//**Arthropods? Say What?**//

Arthropods are the largest group of animals. This group consists of animals with segmented bodies. An interesting fact is that 3 out every 4 animals on earth are arthropods. Some examples of arthropods are butterflies, beetles, flies, ants, bees, spiders, scorpions, shrimp, and crabs. These small animals make up a very big family. With arthropods living in mainly trees, fresh and salt water and some are even underground. The majority of arthropods are foods we commonly eat, like crabs and shrimp some cultures eat bees and we all have been plagued by flies.

We love our pretty little insects and enjoy the beauty that some of them bring. Others are useful for helping keep our gardens pretty by eating things that are not supposed to be there or are eating our plants. Most of them are hatched from eggs they also shed skin like snakes doe in order to keep growing. They also help our enviorment better than we do. They have ways to decompose things and recycle. They also have wings, long legs and are often segmented.



 //**Beautiful Colors, Beautiful Designs**//

Clams, Snails and Octopus oh my! There are all kinds of mullusks there are clams, cuttlefish, nautilus, octopus, oysters, snails and squids. Most mollusks have a soft, skin-like organ covered with a hard outside shell. Some mollusks live on land, such as the snail and slug. Other mollusks live in water, such as the oyster, mussel, clam, squid and octopus. There is a diverse way of life between most mollusks live in water but there are a few that can live on land though. The most common characteristic of most mollusks is their shell. One of the largest groups, the snails, is renowned for their shells. Snails are univalves, which means they have one shell. And it is this shell that for many people is the epitome of the ocean. They come in a variety of colors, sizes, and shape. They are beautiful and make our world beautiful.



http://www.kidport.com/reflib/science/animals/Mollusks.htm http://www.seasky.org/reeflife/sea2f.html