Monday, July 2, 2012

ZOO ASSIGHNMENT (1)


I honestly don’t know what this assignment should exactly contain, so I’ll give the definition of some words I had to look up their meanings, plus use them in sentences.




un-included Vocabs:

1)      Hoof: the protecting ends encasing the foot in certain animals as the ox and horse (ungulate=hoofed mammal)

·         The horse had worn out hoofs from getting lost in the desert.

2)      Cud: it is the portion of food that a ruminant returns from the first stomach to the mouth to chew a second time.

·         The cow been chewing a cud

3)      Prey:  (Noun) an animal hunted or seized for food mostly by a carnivorous animal.

           (Verb) to seize and devour prey.

·         Foxes prey on rabbits.

4)      Hibernate:  to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition like bears.

                      To winter in a place with a milder climate.

·         Each winter finds us hibernating in Florida.

·         Antonym:  Estivate , to spend the hot dry summer at a certain place with a better climate.




Included Vocabs:


1) Carnivor: is an animal that eats flesh like dogs, bears and seals.

    * A dog is a carnivorous animal.


2) Herbivore: is an animal that feeds on plants, like a deer and goat.

    * A lion would feed on herbivores such as deers


3) Ruminant: is any even toed, hoofed mammals, like cattle, giraffes, buffalo and deer

       *     A cow is a ruminant that is also cud chewing quadrupeds.


4) Omnivore: is an animal that eats both animal and plant food, eating all kind of food indiscriminately, like pigs and raccoon.
    
     *  The pig is  an omnivorous animal.


5) Amphibian: is any cold blooded vertebrate comprising frogs,toads, and salamenders.
    an amphibian lives in water as well as on ground.

  * Leaf frogs are amphibians.


6) Vulnerbale: means difficult to defend or susceptible to be wounded or hurt.
     I think it can also mean Weak or lacking the strength .

 * the little veal seemed so vulnarbale when was assulted by the lion.

  7) Mammals:  are warm-blooded animals -- meaning they do not rely on an outside source for heat -- with fur. These animals are also capable of giving birth to offspring. Some mammals are carnivorous: black bear, long-tailed weasel, Canada lynx, red fox and river otter. Other mammals are herbivorous:  deer, moose and beaver.

* whales are an example of water mammals.



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