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snake parrot terrapin

two
2 parrots four home
bears

1 one
snake 3three
terrapins
5 five bear zebras zebra

6 six 8eight
pigs
9 nine
ladybugs

7 seven
fish piglet ladybug

frogs ten
10 butterflies
frog

fish
butterfly

20 rabbit
twenty
rabbits
chrysalis noun
The outer shell, or cocoon,
that protects an insect in
the stage of development
between a caterpillar and
an adult.
chrys-a-lis (kris-uh-lis)
 Changes
frog

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home

A butterfly
Some insect babies look completely Frog babies look
very different from
appears different from their parents. Click to find their parents, too.

out which baby grows into which adult. answers

larva

nymph grubs caterpillar

Babies
What noise ladybug
does a frog
listen make?
beetle moth dragonfly

Adults

All of these insects go through metamorphosis .

 grubs nymph larva caterpillar

back Did you

home
guess
right?

beetle dragonfly ladybug moth

metamorphosis noun
A series of changes some animals,
such as frogs, go through as
they develop into adults.
met-a-mor-pho-sis (met-uh-mor-fuh-sis)
frog spawn tadpole tadpole with legs froglet
grub noun
The wormlike larva of
some insects.
grub (gruhb)
nymph noun
A young form of an
insect, such as a
dragonfly, that
changes into an
adult by shedding
its skin many times.
nymph (nimf )
larva noun
An insect at the
stage of development
between an egg and
a pupa. A caterpillar is
the larva of a moth or
a butterfly.
lar-va (lahr-vuh)
caterpillar noun
A larva that changes
into a butterfly or moth.
It looks like a worm
and is sometimes hairy.
cat-er-pil-lar
(kat-ur-pil-ur)
beetle noun
An insect with two pairs
of wings. A pair of hard
wings in front protects
a pair of soft flying
wings, which are folded
underneath.
bee-tle (bee-tuhl)
dragonfly noun
A large insect with two
sets of wings and a
large, slender body.
drag-on-fly
(drag-uhn-flye)
ladybug noun
A small, round beetle
with a red or orange
back and black spots.
la-dy-bug
(lay-dee-bug)
moth noun
An insect similar to
a butterfly, with a
thicker body, a dull
color, and feathery
antennae.
moth (mawth)

Atlas moth
Egg or no egg? Egg facts home
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discover more.
of these animals hatch from eggs?
ostrich
butterfly A caterpillar
eggs hatching from
an egg
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gecko
spider
mouse

rabbit
or or
or
lemur
cuckoo
peacock

A cuckoo
singing
puffer fish listen
 Why the long face? home

Why do you think this baby anteater

has such a long, pointy snout ?

anteater listen

snout

chameleon
kitten giraffe
look Why does this
Why do kittens have Why does this calf baby chameleon
An anteater such sharp claws? need a long neck? have special eyes?
feeding
These baby animals have special
claws ways of eating or catching food. quiz
snout noun
The long front
part of an animal’s
head. It includes
the nose, mouth,
and jaws.
snout (snout)
snout
 Animals need to eat the right home
foods to grow up to be big
and strong.
What does a young zebra eat?

grass fish

A zebra is a
back next
herbivore.
frogs
 What does a young tiger eat? home

flowers animals

A tiger is a
carnivore .

back fruit next

A bear is an What does a young
omnivore . bear eat?

berries

honey

fish
back
home
herbivore noun
An animal that eats
only plants. Cows,
horses, sheep, and
zebras are examples
of herbivores.
her-bi-vore
(hur-buh-vor)
carnivore noun
An animal that
eats meat.
car-ni-vore
(kahr-nuh-vor)
omnivore noun
An animal or person
that eats both plants
and meat. Pigs and
bears are omnivores.
om-ni-vore
(ahm-nuh-vor)
Animal sounds rattlesnake

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home
grasshopper frog
A noisy frog

We learn to talk.
macaw
Baby animals learn
to make sounds.

sea lions

duckling
wolf
Camouflage look
home

An animal with camouflage is the

Who’s hiding?
same color as the place it lives in.

lizard

quiz
camouflage noun
A disguise or natural
coloring that allows
animals, people, or
objects to hide by
making them look like
their surroundings.
cam-ou-flage
(kam-uh-flahzh)
Elephants live near rainbows. home
listen
Their many colors make them
almost impossible to spot. Elephants
trumpeting

true or false

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Grasshoppers are easier home
to hear than to see. They
copy the shape of the
grass as well as its color.
true or false

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Rabbits change color to help
them hide. They are brown or
green on land but change to
blue in the sea.

true or false

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Image credits
Title screen: Chris Johns/National Geographic Images. Introduction: Photowitch/
Dreamstime. How to use: iStockphoto. Contents: (cats, cat and kitten pop-up)
iStockphoto; (audio) FxProSound/iStockaudio; (ladybug) Irin-K/Shutterstock;
(dragonfly) Subbotina Anna/Shutterstock; (egg) Restyler/Shutterstock; (anteater)
Isselée/Dreamstime; (wolf) iStockphoto; (zebra) iStockphoto; (video) GlobalP/
iStockvideo. Animal counting: (1) Mikeledray/Shutterstock; (1 pop-up) Andre
Goncalves/Shutterstock; (2) Bryoni Castelljn/Shutterstock; (2 pop-up) Matt
Gibson/Shutterstock; (3tl) Paleka/Shutterstock; (3br) Yuri Arcurs/Shutterstock; (3
pop-up) Razvanzini/Dreamstime; (4 bears) Uryadnikov Sergey/Shutterstock; (4
background) Ozerov Alexander/Shutterstock; (4 pop-up) Hsandler/Dreamstime;
(5tl) Geoffrey Whiting/Shutterstock; (5cl) Justin Black; (5cr) Jan Jacobs/
Shutterstock; (5br) Johan Swanepoel/Shutterstock; (5 pop-up) iStockphoto; (6
goldfish) Eric Isselée/Shutterstock; (6 background) Marcus Gann/Shutterstock;
(6 pop-up) AndreD/Shutterstock; (7bl) fivespots/Shutterstock; (7 all others) Eric
Isselée/Shutterstock; (7 pop-up) Jason Mintzer/Shutterstock; (8 sow) Alex.F/
Shutterstock; (8 piglets) Vphoto/Shutterstock; (8 pop-up) iStockphoto; (9
ladybugs) Jag_cz/Shutterstock; (9 background) Jannoon028/Shutterstock; (9
pop-up) Robgr85/Dreamstime; (10tl) Marco Ullana/Shutterstock; (10tr) Ambient
Ideas/Shutterstock; (10cr) Shani Rubin-Pinhas/Shutterstock; (10br) Kosarev
Alexander/Shutterstock; (10 pop-up) StudioSmart/Shutterstock; (chrysalis
definition) Patty Jenks/Dreamstime; (20) Dmitry Kalinovsky/Shutterstock; (20
pop-up) iStockphoto. Changes: (video) triggermouse/iStockvideo; (frog on
branch) Lucky Keeper/Shutterstock; (frog tr) Sascha Burkard/Shutterstock;
(tadpoles) iStockphoto; (frog pop-up) Djtaylor/Dreamstime; (audio) JimAtBSA/
iStockaudio; (nymph) Yu Lan/Shutterstock; (larva) Kurt G/Shutterstock; (grubs)
Sergey Goruppa/Shutterstock; (caterpillar) iStockphoto; (beetle) Sergey
Goruppa/Shutterstock; (moth) iStockphoto; (ladybug) Irin-K/Shutterstock;
(dragonfly) Subbotina Anna/Shutterstock. Metamorphosis definition: (frog
spawn) Isselée/Dreamstime; (tadpole) iStockphoto; (tadpole with legs, froglet)
Eric Isselée/Shutterstock. Changes quiz answers: (grub definition) Wonderisland/
Shutterstock; (nymph definition) Shutterstock; (larva definition) South 12th
Photography/Shutterstock; (caterpillar definition) Shutterstock; (beetle definition)
Sinisa Botas/Shutterstock; (dragonfly definition) Lane V Erickson/Shutterstock;
(ladybug definition) Shutterstock; (moth definition) iStockphoto. Egg or no egg?:
(butterfly eggs on leaf) Sikth/Dreamstime; (video) triggermouse/iStockvideo;
(rabbit) Tobkatrina/Dreamstime; (peacock) Shuttlecock/Dreamstime; (mouse,
home
puffer fish) iStockphoto; (gecko) Gary Ombler/Scholastic; (lemur) iStockphoto;
(correct answer audio) Marbury/iStockaudio; (incorrect answer audio) DarylFX/
iStockaudio; (egg) Jiri Hera; (ostrich pop-up) Ajappie/Dreamstime; (spider)
iStockphoto; (spider pop-up) Kletr/Shutterstock; (cuckoo) Wildman/Dreamstime;
(cuckoo pop-up) Bruce Coleman/Photoshot; (audio) icefloe/iStockaudio. Why
the long face?: (snout definition): iStockphoto; (video) Thought Equity Motion;
(anteater) Isselée/Dreamstime; (ants) Dashark/Dreamstime; (anteater pop-up)
ZSSD/Minden Pictures/Getty Images; (audio) FxProSound/iStockaudio; (kitten)
BCritchley/Dreamstime; (kitten pop-up) Countrymama/Dreamstime; (giraffe,
giraffe pop-up, chameleon, chameleon pop-up) iStockphoto. Why the long
face? quiz, zebra: (zebra) Jblaskstock/Dreamstime, (grass) Sorinus/Dreamstime,
(fish) Saavedrama/Dreamstime, (frog) Johnbell/Dreamstime, (herbivore definition)
Hedrus/Shutterstock; tiger: (flowers) Kedofoto/Shutterstock, (deer) Anan
Kaewkhammul/Shutterstock, (fruit) Liveshot/Shutterstock, (tiger) Peter_Krejzl/
Shutterstock, (carnivore definition) Rgbe/Dreamstime; bear: (bear) Henkbentia/
Dreamstime, (berries) Laroach/Dreamstime, (honey) Viperagp/Dreamstime, (fish)
Pinosub/Shutterstock, (omnivore definition) Mighty Sequoia Studio/Shutterstock.
Animal sounds: (grasshopper) Sarah2/Dreamstime; (grasshopper pop-up) Eric
Isselée/Shutterstock; (grasshopper audio) creativenaturemedia/iStockaudio;
(wolf, wolf pop-up) iStockphoto; (wolf audio) JupiterSFX; /iStockaudio (duckling)
iStockphoto; (duckling pop-up) Teine/Dreamstime; (duckling audio) budostock/
iStockaudio; (sea lions) David Thyberg/Shutterstock; (sea lions pop-up) Mrallen/
Dreamstime; (sea lions audio) leezsnow/iStockaudio; (rattlesnake) Amwu/
Dreamstime; (rattlesnake pop-up) Fimbriatus/Dreamstime; (rattlesnake audio)
SoundEffects.com; (macaw) Bryoni Castelljn/Shutterstock; (macaw pop-up)
iStockphoto; (macaw audio) narvikk/iStockaudio; (frog) Knorre/Dreamstime;
(frog pop-up) Tossi66/Dreamstime; (frog audio) JupiterSFX/iStockaudio;
(video) figu/iStockvideo. Camouflage: (camouflage definition, lizard on leaf,
lizard) iStockphoto; (lizard pop-up) Cafoster/Dreamstime; (video) BONOFOX/
iStockvideo. Camouflage quiz: (elephants) Fouroaks/Dreamstime; (elephants
audio) SoundEffects.com; (grasshopper, rabbits) iStockphoto.