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Adaptations in aerial animals

Aerial animals are the animals that fl y. Birds are the aerial animals. They possess the

following adaptations to fl y in the air.

• Birds have hollow bones that make their body light. They
have feathers on their body that keep them warm.

• They have a streamlined body that

help them to cut through the air Did You Know!
and fl y easily. Limbs is a collective A bird has wings to fl y
term for arms and
• Their front limbs are modifi ed as legs.

wings that help them to fl y.

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Match the following.
Column A Column B
1. They crawl on land (a) Fish

2. Their tails help in climbing trees (b) Snakes
3. They store fat in their hump (c) Monkeys
4. Gills help them breathe in water (d) Camels

Adaptations for Food

Animals eat a variety of food. They show diff erent adaptations based on their food
habits, and can be grouped as herbivores, carnivores and omnivores.

Herbivores

Herbivores are plant-eating animals. Cows, buff aloes, goats and

sheep are some herbivorous animals. They have sharp front teeth
that are highly developed for
Did You Know!
eating and grinding the food.
Sheep does not have front
The trunk of an elephant and teeth on its upper jaw, instead
long neck of a giraff e help them it has a hard pad of gum
that helps in tearing
to reach for leaves from tall of plants. Goat, a herbivore

trees.

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