THE ANIMAL KINGDOM: VERTEBRATES AND DISNEY

THE ANIMAL KINGDOM VERTEBRATES

🎬 AND DISNEY 🎬

Reptiles

Birds

Mammals

Amphibians

Fish

NUTRITION AND REPRODUCTION

• To turn into adults, amphibians go through metamorphosis. In this proccess, larvae grow and turn into an adult.
• Adults breathe through lungs and larvae grow through gills, and they can also use cutaneous respiration.

Bruni, from Frozen II

GROUPS AND TYPES OF FINS

• There are two groups of fins depending on its skeleton: cartilaginous fish and bony fish.
• Cartilaginous fish have heterocercal caudal fin (it has uneben lobes), bony fish have homocercal caudal fin (it has lobes of equal size).

Dory, from Finding Nemo.

EXAMPLES

OF BIRDS

• Eagle: strong, curved beak to tear meat.
• Macaw: hard, thick beak to open seeds and fruits.
• Pelican: long beak with a pouch to carry fish.
• Curlew: long, curved beak to capture buried prey.

The crows, of Dumbo.

CHARACTERISTICS AND PARTS

OF THE FISH

• Fish have fusiform body that helps them to move in the water.
• They have a lateral line that allows them to detect obstacles and catch prey.
• Most have a swim bladder that fills with gas and helps them to float.
• They have gills to breathe protected by the operculum.
• They have fins to propel and stabilise themselves. They have scales to protect their bodies.

Nemo, from Finding Nemo

PARTS OF THE BIRDS

• They have hollow bones to make easier flying.
• They breathe using lungs that have air sacs.
• They have an organ called gizzard to help them in the digestion.
• They have other parts like wings, feathers and beak.

Zazú, from The lion king.

GROUPS

OF MAMMALS

There are three groups of mammals:

• Monotremes (e.g.: platypus)
• Marsupials (e.g.: kangaroos)
• Placental (e.g.: dogs)

Pluto, from Mickey Mouse.

PARTS

OF THE REPTILES

• Reptiles have tough scales that protect them.
• Most of them have a very special tongue that can smell and taste and also has touch receptors.

Tic Tac, from Peter Pan.

GROUPS

OF REPTILES

There are 4 goups of reptiles:

• Cryptodira (e.g.: turtles)
• Ophidia (e.g.: snakes)
• Lizards (e.g.: iguanas)
• Crocodilia (e.g.: crocodiles)

Kaa, from The book of the jungle.

CHARACTERISTICS

OF VERTEBRATES

• They all have backbone. Inside the backbone is the spinal cord.
• They have an internal skeleton made of bone and cartilage.
• Their bodies are covered with skin that's used to sense the environment and protect the animal. The skin can be covered with hair, scales or feathers.

Bambi, from Bambi.

GROUPS AND PARTS

OF AMPHIBIANS

• Amphibians have smooth skin with no hair or scales.
• They have an elastic, sticky tongue used to catch their prey.
• There are 2 groups depending on its tail (or no tail): anuran, e.g.: frogs or toads; and urodela, e.g.: salamanders or newts.

Tiana (frog form), from Tiana and the frog

PARTSOF THE MAMMALS

• Female mammals have mammary glands that produce milk which they use to feed their offspring.
• Most of them are covered in fur, used to preserve the warm and to camouflage.

Simba, from The lion king.