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The cats 1
The elephants 4
The lion 7
The dog 10
The parrot 13
The penguin 16

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Cats, also called domestic cats (Felis catus), are small,
carnivorous (meat-eating) mammals, of the family Felidae. Domestic
cats are often called house cats when kept as indoor pets.

Cats have been domesticated (tamed) for nearly 10,000
years.They are one of the most popular pets in the world. Their
origin is probably the African Wildcat Felis silvestris lybica.

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Elephantsaremammal of the family Elephantidae 17
and the largest existing land animals. Three species
are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, Next
the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant.
Elephantidae is the only surviving family of the
order Proboscidea; extinct members include the
mastodons

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The lion

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The lion (Panthera leo) is a large mammal of the
Felidae (cat) family. Some large males weigh over
250 kg (550 lb).[3] Today, wild lions live in sub-
Saharan Africa and in Asia.[4] Lions are adapted for
life in grasslands and mixed areas with trees and
grass. The relatively small females are fast runners
over short distances, and coordinate their hunting of
herd animals

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Dogs are domesticated mammals, not natural wild 17
animals. They were originally bred from wolves. They
have been bred by humans for a long time, and were the Next
first animals ever to be domesticated. There are different
studies that suggest that this happened between 15.000 and
100.000 years before our time. The dingo is also a dog, but
many dingos have become wild animals again and live
independently of humans in the range where they occur
(parts of Australia).

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The parrot

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Parrots, also known as psittacines are birds of the
roughly 393 species in 92 genera comprising the order
Psittaciformes, found mostly in tropical and subtropical
regions. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the
Psittacoidea ("true" parrots), the Cacatuoidea (cockatoos), and
the Strigopoidea (New Zealand parrots). Parrots have a
generally pantropical distribution with several species
inhabiting temperate regions in the Southern Hemisphere, as
well. The greatest diversity of parrots is in South America and
Australasia.

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The penguin

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Penguins are seabirds in the family Spheniscidae. They
use their wings to 'fly' underwater, but they cannot fly in the
air. They eat fish and other seafood. Penguins lay their eggs
and raise their babies on land.

Penguins live only in the Southern Hemisphere of the
world: Antarctica, New Zealand, southern Australia, South
Africa and South America. The furthest north they get is the
Galapagos Islands, where the cold Humboldt Current flows
past.

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