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Another name for the order in which turtles are placed |
Chelonia |
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Tortoises create these so that they can get out of the hot sun during the day |
Burrows |
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The type of water in which terrapins like to live would be described as this |
Brackish |
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A Komodo dragon is what type of lizard |
Monitor |
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Used to interpret sensory information and control muscles during movement |
Cerebrum |
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The sex of most baby reptiles is determined by |
Temperature |
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These lizards are known for their amazing ability to change colors |
Chameleons |
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The type of skull that has two fenestrae behind eye socket |
Diapsid |
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The largest of all turtles |
Leather back |
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Most of the snakes in Mississippi have this type of fang attached |
Hinged |
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This organ is used to help sneaks smell and taste |
Jacobson’s |
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The type of skull that has no openings behind eye socket |
Anapsid |
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Egg white of a chicken egg |
Albumen |
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The order of turtles |
Testudines |
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The suborder for lizards |
Sauria |
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Turtles have a very acute sense of ——- making them highly attracted to color |
Vision |
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There are more than —— species of mammals |
4,000 |
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All mammals begin life as a ——- |
Fertilized egg |
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What makes an animal a mammal |
Furry and warm blooded |
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Mammals feed their young on —— |
Milk |
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Under their white fur the skin of polar bears is actually——- |
Black |
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The mammals coat keeps them warm and can also send ——- to others |
Messages |
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Camels can —— clouds and water more than a days——- away |
Rain, walk |
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Marsupials are born ——- |
Twice |
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The duckbilled platypus lays eggs but also feeds its young —— |
Milk |
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—— have sonar |
Dolphin |
