Only Mammals are warm blooded vertebrates. Only Mammals give birth to the young ones and nurse them on milk. Mammals have four legs, tail and fur on them. Man is a mammal but he does not have four legs. He has two hand and two legs.He has no tail on him. |
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| Some Mammals live in water – Seal, Walrus, Whale etc. Some live both on land and water - Seal, walrus etc. Whale and Dolphin live only in water. Bat is the only mammal that can fly. |
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| Some mammals live on other animals– Carnivorous . Some eat plants– herbivorous . | ||||||||||
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| Man is the only mammal, who can think logically, reason and deduce. Man has domesticated a few mammals for his use such as - milk, wool, leather, and riding, carrying goods and to pull carriages. Some mammals are man’s pet animal. Dog is man’s best friend. |
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Some mammals live in water. Some water animals live both on land and water- seal, elephant seal and such. Dolphin and whale cannot live outside water. Their body is modified to live in water. The front two legs have become fins, back legs have disappeared, and the tail has become a flat horizontal
fin. Dolphins are very intelligent mammals.They leap up very high
and communicate among themselves. Whale is the largest animal on Earth. |
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