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25 Cards in this Set
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Polar bears are ____________ swimmers
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good
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The polar bear has a thick layer of ___________ which acts like a __________ wetsuit by insulating its body from the cold
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blubber
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Panda's love to eat _________
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bamboo
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Bamboo makes up ___% of their diet...they eat meat only on occasion
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99
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Almost everyone has smelled a ____________ at one time or another
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skunk
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The distinct odor of the skunk is called ___________
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musk
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The skunk is a ____________
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carnivore
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Apes are _________ with out _________
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primates
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4 Species in the ape family are __________, __________, _______ & __________
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gorilla, gibbon, orangutan, chimpanzee
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The largest of the apes is the ________ ___________ of East ___________
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Mountain Gorilla
Africa |
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Older male gorillas with gray hair on their backs are called ____________
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silverbacks
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_____________ have been used for medical and psychological tests, have become actors and have even gone into space
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chimpanzees
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Another group of primates, the ______________s, differ from apes in that they have tails
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monkeys
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The _____________ __________, one of the largest of the New World monkeys, has a tail which is as sensitive as a person's finger
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spider monkey
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Another New World monkey, the ____________, is being trained to help people whose arms and legs are paralzed
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capuchin
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What is the name of the component in monkey blood that humans share? It is named after the _______ monkey
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Rh factor
rhesus monkey |
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In addition to the hoof, a horse has a padded cushion known as the _______ on the bottom of its foot
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frog
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A newborn horse is called a __________
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foal
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A __________ is a cross between a male donkey and a female horse-it looks like a larger version of the donkey
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mule
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Most cloven hoofed animals are ___________ -animals which chew the cud
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ruminants
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_________ ___________ _______ were very important to early settlers in America, providing them with food and clothing
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White-tailed deer
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The largest deer is the _______.
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Moose
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Female ________ and __________ have antlers as well as the males
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reindeer
caribou |
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Unlike horns, ________ are solid bone
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antlers
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The members of the deer family are the only animals with _________
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antlers
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