What Makes an Animal an Animal?
Animals are living things that eat other living things or get food in some way. They also usually have a body made of cells, and they can grow bigger over time. Most animals have bones or something like bones to help them move around, but not all, worms don’t have bones, and they still wiggle!
How Do We Know They’re All Related?
Even though animals come in all shapes and sizes, from elephants to ants, scientists know they are all part of the same big family because they share similar traits. Like how you and your cousin might look different, but you both have two arms and a nose.
Animals also often have parents, which means they can make more animals, just like how babies come from grown-ups!
Examples
- Fish swimming in the ocean are part of the kingdom animalia group.
- Humans walking and talking are members of kingdom animalia.
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See also
- Introduction to Zoology: What are Animals?
- How Does Cheetah | Amazing Animals Work?
- What are birds?
- What is Animalia?
- What are mammals?