Information about animals for kids

1. ANIMALS
By Aniruddh Kommajosyula
III C
Delhi Public School, Nerul

2. ANIMALS
There are different types of animals in
the world.
Some live in jungles.
Some are kept at homes and farms.

3. DOMESTIC ANIMALS
• The animals that can be kept at farms or homes
are called domestic animals.
• Animals like cows, hens, horses, goats, sheep,
ducks can be tamed and kept at farms or homes.
• Tamed: An animal that has been trained to live
with people.
• Hens live in a coop.
• Cow in a shed.
• Horses in a stable.

5. ANIMALS HELP US IN MANY WAYS
• We get milk from cows, goats and buffaloes.
• We need milk to grow strong and healthy.
• Milk is used to make things like butter,
cheese, ghee, curd and ice
cream–called Milk Products.
• We get eggs from birds like hens
and ducks.
• We get honey and wax from
beehives.
• Beeswax is used to make candles.
• We get meat from animals like
goat, sheep, chicken and fish.

6. ANIMALS THAT HELP US
• We get silk threads from Silkworms.
• Silk threads are used to make clothes such as sarees
and scarves.
• We get wool from sheep.
• Wool is used to make sweaters, mufflers etc.
• Rabbits also have fur that is used as wool.
• The skin of animals like snakes, crocodiles, buffaloes,
and camels, after they are dead, is used as Leather.
• Leather is used to make jackets, shoes, bags, belts and
many more other things.

7. Animal Products

8. MORE ABOUT ANIMALS THAT HELP US
• Animals like oxen, horses, donkeys, elephants, and
camels carry heavy loads for us.
• Some animals help us move from one place to another.
• PETS:
• Animals that live with us in our houses are known as
pet animals.
• Animals like cats, dogs, rabbits, and parrots are kept at
home.
• A dog guards our house.
• A cat chases mice away……. Hurray!!!

9. WILD ANIMALS
• The animals that live in
jungles and forests are
called wild animals.
• Animals like the lion, tiger,
giraffe, elephant, bear, and
owl are wild animals.
• Giraffe is the tallest animal
on Earth.

10. Homes of Wild animals
• Animals live on land, trees and in water.
• Some animals make homes to live in, while some do
not.
• Animals like deer and giraffe roam in the jungle.
• Zebra lives on land.
• Birds make nests on trees.
• A monkey lives on a tree.
• A crocodile lives both on land and in water.
• Lions live in a den.
• Moles live in holes.
• Snakes live in holes.

11. EATING HABITS OF ANIMALS
• Animals need food for energy, to grow, and to
remain healthy.
• Different animals have different eating habits.
• Based on their eating habits animals are
categorized into:
• Herbivores
• Carnivores
• Omnivores

12. HERBIVORES
• Some animals eat only plants.
• Cows, buffalo, goat, sheep, and horse eat grass.
• A rabbit eats carrots.
• A monkey loves to eat bananas and nuts.
• Some animals such as giraffe, elephant, and
rhinoceros eat only plants.
• Animals that eat only plants,
fruits, and vegetables are called
plant-eating animals or Herbivores.

13. CARNIVORES
• Some animals hunt for their prey. They kill other animals and eat their flesh.
• Prey: An animal that is killed and eaten by another animal.
• Some animals swallow their prey.
• Snakes swallow frogs.
• A python is a snake that can open its jaws so wide that it can swallow an animal
larger than itself.
• Kingfisher eats a fish.
• Animals like lion, tiger,
leopard, and fox eat the
flesh of other animals for their
food.
• Animals that eat the flesh of
other animals are called flesh-eating
animals or Carnivores.

14. OMNIVORES
• Animals like crow and bear eat plants as well
as flesh of other animals.
• Human beings also eat plants as well as flesh
of other animals.
• Animals that eat plants
as well as the flesh of
other animals are
called Omnivores.

15. DO YOU KNOW?
• Some animals like parrots eat only fruits and they are called
Frugivores.
• Some animals eat the flesh of
dead animals. In this way they
help to keep the jungle clean.
They are called Jungle cleaners.
• Examples: Vulture, jackal,
hyena, wild dog etc.

16. HOW ANIMALS EAT..
• Animals have different kinds of teeth because they
have different eating habits.
 Herbivores like horse, cow, giraffe, and goat have flat
and broad front teeth to bite off leaves and grass.
Their strong back teeth help them to chew the food
well.
 Carnivores like tiger, lion, fox, and dog have very sharp,
pointed front teeth to tear the flesh. They have strong
jaws. Their back teeth are broad and flat. These
animals chew the flesh with their back teeth.

17. More on how animals eat….
Cows and buffaloes swallow their food after
chewing once. Later, they bring it back into their
mouth and keep chewing it for hours. This is
called Chewing the Cud. Sheep, Giraffes, and
Camels also chew the cud.
 (Cud: Half-chewed and swallowed food.)
Cows have no upper front teeth. There is a thick
pad of skin in place of teeth.
Rabbits, rats and squirrels have sharp front teeth
with which they bite nuts, fruits and seeds.
These animals gnaw the food.
 (Gnaw: To keep biting something to eat it
slowly)

18. Animal Teeth

19. More on how animals eat….
• Snakes do not have chewing teeth. They swallow
their food whole.
• Insects like bee, butterfly, and mosquito have a
long, thin tube attached to their mouth. They
suck the food into their mouth with the help of
this tube.
• A frog has a long, sticky tongue for catching its
prey. When a frog spots an insect, it sticks out its
tongue and catches the insect. Then it rolls the
tongue back into its mouth.

20. More on how animals eat….
• An elephant has a long, thick trunk. The trunk
helps it to break off branches and leaves, and
push them into its mouth. The trunk is also used
for drinking water. The elephant sucks water up
into the trunk, curls the trunk inward and blows
the water into its mouth.
• A giraffe has long neck, which helps it to reach
the branches of tall trees and eat their leaves.
• Dogs and cats use their tongue to lap up water or
milk.

22. FOOD CHAIN
• A chain that shows how plants are eaten by animals, and
then animals are eaten by other animals is called a food
chain.
• A plant is always at the beginning of a food chain. It is
called as a producer.
• Thus, all animals depend on plants, they are called
consumers.
• Examples:
• A zebra eats grass and a lion eats the zebra.
• Grass  Zebra  Lion
• A grasshopper eats grass, a frog eats the grasshopper, a
snake eats the frog, and an eagle eats the snake.
• Grass  Grasshopper  Frog  Snake  Eagle.

23. THE FOOD CHAINS

24. Protecting Animals
• Animals that are very few in number and may
soon no longer exist are called as endangered
animals.
• We should protect such animals.
• Like the tiger, panda, Indian Rhinoceros, and the
Great Indian Bustard.
• Dodo was a flightless bird, which lived many,
many years ago. It is now extinct, i.e., no longer
exists.

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