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🦊 Mammals

Furry, warm, and clever — explore the wonderful world of mammals!

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~15 min

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🔬 Science

subject

Ages 6–12

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What you’ll learn

List the features that make an animal a mammal and explain how fur, warm blood, and milk help mammals survive.Mammals have hair or fur, are warm-blooded, and feed their babies milk. These features let them make their own heat and care for their young, so mammals thrive almost everywhere on Earth.
Describe the variety of mammals on land, in water, and in the air, and explain why mammals are smart and social.Mammals live on land, in water, and even fly as bats. From the blue whale to clever chimps and caring elephants, mammals show great variety, intelligence, and teamwork.

Questions this course answers

Which of these is true for all mammals?

A key mammal feature is that mothers feed their young with milk they make.

What does warm-blooded mean?

Warm-blooded mammals make their own body heat and can live in hot or cold places.

What is one job that fur does for a mammal?

Fur traps heat close to the skin to keep a mammal warm, and can also help it hide.

Which is the largest animal that has ever lived?

The blue whale, a mammal, is the biggest animal ever to live on Earth.

Which mammals are the only ones that can truly fly?

Bats are the only mammals that can truly fly, using wings of thin skin.

How do dolphins and whales breathe?

Water mammals breathe air with lungs, so they must surface to take a breath.

Grounded in trusted sources

National Geographic Kids: Mammals (kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals)
Britannica: Mammal (britannica.com/animal/mammal)
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance: Mammals (animals.sandiegozoo.org)
Smithsonian's National Zoo: Animals (nationalzoo.si.edu/animals)

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