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Jellyfish, common name for any of the invertebrate animals making up two classes of the cnidarian phylum. About 2700 hydrozoan and 200 scyphozoan species are known. The term jellyfish applies more specifically to the free-swimming, gelatinous organism cal Full Review »
The horseshoe crab is an arthropod, one of many animals with a segmented body, jointed legs, and compound eyes, but is not a true crab. True crabs have 10 legs; horseshoe crabs have 12. Due to the structure of their mouth parts they are more closely relat Full Review »
The following statement was drafted in response to the increasing number of proposals in part sponsored by anti exotic pet groups to restrict the rights of herpetoculturists to practice their avocation. A current trend among local animal control agencies Full Review »
The gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) is a cold-blooded reptile that averages 25 cm (10 in.) long and 4 kg (9 lb.) in weight. They are extremely long-lived animals; estimates for wild tortoises range from 40 - 60 years, while tortoises in captivity ca Full Review »
The monarch butterfly is sometimes called the "milkweed butterfly" because its larvae eat the plant. In fact, milkweed is the only thing the larvae can eat! If you'd like to attract monarchs to your garden, you can try planting milkweed (if yo Full Review »
We live in Alberta, Canada and we've often seen Great Horned Owls sitting on poles or gliding in the air as we drive around in our van. The Great Horned Owl was adopted as Alberta's provincial bird on May 3, 1977, by a province wide children's vote. Full Review »
Do you know what makes a bird different from other animals? This website shows the difference. Full Review »
Many years ago there was a great battle between the animals. The mammals on the ground and the birds in the sky began a terrible war that lasted for many weeks. Bat was very nervous about the war and did not want to be stuck on the losing side. Full Review »
Mammals are one of the 6 main classes of animals. Learn all about mammals and why they are alike! Full Review »
An animal class is made up of animals that are all alike in important ways. Scientists have grouped animals into classes to make it easier to study them. There are many different animal classes and every animal in the world belongs to one of them. Th Full Review »

