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jueves, 1 de marzo de 2012

The goats are mammals.
They have four legs and arched horns.
They are very flexible and are adapted for jumping and climbing.
Goats are raised for their milk (often used in the production of cheese), meat, skin and hair.
A part of living on farms, goats live in the wild, usually in mountainous areas.

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Turkeys are a big birds.
When they are in farms they can’t fly, however, if they are in captivity they can fly.
They have a long neck without feathers.
Males have a fleshy protuberance that hangs from the top of the peak and are larger and more colorful than females.
They also have a long tail that they can extend and looks like a fan that used to attract females and ward off enemies.
They are used for meat.
They are omnivorous animals, they feed grasses, worms, insects, grains…

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Rabbits are mammals.
They are similar to hares.
They have four legs and the back two highly developed to run.
They have long ears and a highly developed sense of hearing to detect predators.
When they are surprise, angry or afraid they hit the ground with their hind legs.
They are nocturnal and herbivores.
When not living on farms they live in burrows.
They are very silent animals.

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The females are called chickens and the males cocks.
They are the most numerous bird on the planet and they can’t fly.
The cocks are bigger and have a red crest on the head. The body feathers are golden and in tail are dark.
Chickens are smaller and don’t have the same color. They are used for meat and eggs and also use their feathers.
They are herbivores and insectivores.
In addition, the cock produces a sound called singing. The song is produced throughout the day, concentrating their songs at certain times of day: dawn, noon, mid-afternoon, and in the middle of the night.

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Cows are mammals.
The males are called bulls.
They have four legs, a short and wide neck, a thin tail ending in a set of hairs and weigh over 700 kg.
They are used to work and produce meat and milk. Also, their skin is used to make leather and droppings as fertilizer.
In the case of bulls, their horns are used and in many places they are used in bullfighting.
They are herbivores and they are characterized by having four stomachs.

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Horses are mammals.
They have four legs and have long and arched neck.
There are different types of horses: smaller or larger and with different colors. The young horses are called ponies.
Many of the horses are used for sports like diving, horse riding, polo, cross,...
They are herbivores and have teeth adapted for eating grasses and vegetables.
The horses were put horseshoes on the hooves to prevent harm to run.

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Sheep are mammals.
They have four legs and are covered with wool.
Your skin is used to manufacture leather goods and wool for making clothes. The meat and milk we consumed as food.
They are herbivorous. They go in flocks to eat the grass of the meadows.

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Pigs are domestic mammals.
They have a heavy and rounded body, a long and flexible snout, short legs with hooves and a short tail. The hind legs are more developed than later.
Their skin is thick and covered by thick hairs called bristles.
They are herbivorous animals but on the farm become omnivores.
They are used for human consumption.
Also, the skin is used to make leather products and bristles for toothbrushes.

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Description:

The farm is a rural land devoted to agriculture and livestock.
It’s a place where food is grown or where animals are raised. You can also do both.
Usually are a house with several buildings where live different animals and fields where grow food.

Animals: (Click on the photos to start learning)

Chicken

Cow

Goat

Horse

Pig

Sheep

Turkey

Rabbit

Dog

Cat

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