ANIMAL WORLD
Types of animals
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mammals - warm-blooded animals that give live birth and nurse their young (cat, cow, kangaroo
etc.)
rodent -a small animal (such as a mouse, rat, squirrel, or beaver) that has sharp front teeth.
reptile - an animal (such as a snake, lizard, turtle, or alligator) that has cold blood, that lays eggs,
and that has a body covered with scales or hard parts.
carnivore (lion, tiger)
herbivore (deer, cow)
predator –animals that hunt other animals( eagle, lion, shark)
Adjectives describing typical animal behavior:
docile, tame, domesticated, wild, savage, fierce
More vocabulary:
Natural habitat, animal shelter, poachers, blood sports (fox-hunting, cock fighting, bullfighting), fur
trade, ivory trade, endangered species,
Sort the following words into the appropriate column:
Donkey, hyena, ostrich, falcon, beetle/bug, ladybird, wild boar, beaver, piglet, kitten, guinea pig,
cheetah, rooster/cock, lizard, robin, bat, buffalo, goatling, ram, hedgehog, rhinoceros, ant, gnat,
dove, sparrow, calf, mare, tortoise, peacock, goose, lamb, viper, rattlesnake, crow, weasel,
hippopotamus, raven, nightingale, hawk
Domesticated animals
Wild animals
Birds and insects
Animals idioms:
as hungry as a bear, as busy as a beaver, as nervous as a cat, as quick as a dog, a bull in a china shop,
fight like cats and dogs, monkey business, a white elephant, as stubborn as a mule, let the sleeping dogs
lie