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Arthropods were the first animals to take the first steps on
land along with myriapods (“centipedes”) and arachnids

(spiders, scorpions, mites) at the end of the Silurian, 430
million years ago, then hexapods (insects) followed at the
beginning of the Devonian (- 410 million years).
Reptiles evolved in the Carboniferous period during the
Paleozoic Era. They were the first true land animals, as
amphibians, echinoderms, and insects have also evolved
before them, but they do not live entirely on land.
Therefore, reptiles are the first truly terrestrial animals.
The lion is a wild terrestrial animal
called the king of the forest. The
lion is a strong animal with a
strong body, a big head, a
majestic mane, and two fierce
eyes. Lions are predatory animals
and eat only after hunting. They
have strong claws and sharp
teeth, which help them hunt their
prey and eat the flesh.
Terrestrial animals are animals
that live predominantly or entirely
on land (e.g. cats, chickens, ants,
spiders), as compared with
aquatic animals, which live
predominantly or entirely in the
water (e.g. fish, lobsters,
octopuses), and amphibians,
which rely on aquatic and
terrestrial habitats (e.g. frogs and
newts).
Terrestrial animals spend most of or their entire life span on
land, in contrast to animals that live predominantly in water.
Examples of terrestrial animals include cats, ants, dogs,
raccoons, spiders, kangaroos, tigers, lions, mice, bats, bulls,
oxen, leopards, elephants, and many more.
Dolphins have
smooth, rubbery skin
and are usually
colored in some
mixture of black,
white, and gray. They
have two flippers, or
fins, on their sides, as well as a triangular fin on
the back. Like other whales, they have an
insulating layer of blubber (fat) beneath the skin.
Whales resemble fish
because of their fins and
hydrodynamic bodies,
but have far more in
common anatomically
with other mammals.
Somedistinct physical
characteristics include:
Baleen: Also known as
whalebone, baleen is a
filter-feeder system
inside the mouths of whales in the Mysticeti suborder.
Fish are aquatic
vertebrate animals
that have gills but
lack limbs with digits,
like fingers or toes.
Recall that
vertebrates are
animals with internal
backbones. Most fish are streamlined in their
general body form.
Molluscs have a mantle
or mass of soft flesh
that covers the soft
body and encloses the
internal organs. In
many species, the
mantle produces a hard
shell. Not all molluscs produce a shell. Many
molluscs have a radula, which, in most species, is a
rasp-like scraping organ used in feeding .
The octopus is a marine mollusk
and a member of the class
Cephalopoda, more commonly
called cephalopods.
Cephalopoda means “head
foot” in Greek, and in this class
of organisms, the head and feet
are merged. A ring of eight
equally-long arms surround the head. They use
their arms to "walk" on seafloor.
Cuttlefish are a chunky
squid-like creature with
a well-developed head,
large eyes and mouths
with beak-like jaws. They
have a fin that runs
around their body, eight 'arms' with suckers plus
two tentacles around the mouth. Cuttlefish are
extremely variable in colour, but are usually
blackish-brown, mottled or striped.
Jellyfish have no brain, heart,
bones or eyes. They are made
up of a smooth, bag-like body
and tentacles armed with
tiny, stinging cells. These
incredible invertebrates use
their stinging tentacles to stun
or paralyse prey before gobbling it up. The
jellyfish's mouth is found in the centre of its body.
Most starfish sport
spiny skin and five
arms surrounding a
central disk-shape
body – although some
can grow as many as
50 arms. Their arms are covered with pincer-like
organs and suckers that allow the animal to slowly
creep along the ocean floor.
A squid ( pl. : squid) is a
mollusc with an elongated
soft body, large eyes, eight
arms, and two tentacles in
the superorder
Decapodiformes, though
many other molluscs within
the broader Neocoleoidea are also called squid
despite not strictly fitting these criteria.
A crab is a sea creature with a flat round body
covered by a shell, and five pairs of legs with large
claws on the front pair. Crabs usually move
sideways. Crab is the flesh of this creature eaten as
food.
Seal, any of 32 species of
web-footed aquatic
mammals that live chiefly
in cold seas and whose
body shape, round at the
middle and tapered at
the ends, is adapted to
swift and graceful swimming.
Crocodiles have powerful jaws with many conical
teeth and short legs with clawed webbed toes.
They share a unique body form that allows the
eyes, ears, and nostrils to be above the water
surface while
most of the
animal is hidden
below. The tail is
long and massive,
and the skin is
thick and plated.
A snail is a small mollusk with a spiral-shaped shell.
Snails are famous for moving very slowly, and for
leaving a trail of slime behind them. If you see
snails on a restaurant menu, they're more likely to
be listed as escargot, or "edible snail" in French.
In general, frogs have protruding eyes, no tail, and
strong, webbed hind feet that are adapted for
leaping and swimming. They also possess smooth,
moist skins. Many are predominantly aquatic, but
some live on land, in burrows, or in trees.
TERRESTRIAL
ANIMALS
AQUATIC
ANIMALS

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Arthropods were the first animals to take the first steps on

land along with myriapods (“centipedes”) and arachnids

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