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|Ant on peony.jpg|One of the many thousands of [[ant]] [[species]] crawls on a [[peony]] [[fruit]]. Ants are essential in redistributing resources and aerating the [[soil]] in every [[continent]] except [[Antarctica]]. | |Ant on peony.jpg|One of the many thousands of [[ant]] [[species]] crawls on a [[peony]] [[fruit]]. Ants are essential in redistributing resources and aerating the [[soil]] in every [[continent]] except [[Antarctica]]. | ||
|Mating tortoise beetles.jpg|[[Insect]]s [[reproduction|reproduce]] in countless ways. These two mating [[tortoise beetle]]s give an example of [[internal fertilization]]. | |Mating tortoise beetles.jpg|[[Insect]]s [[reproduction|reproduce]] in countless ways. These two mating [[tortoise beetle]]s give an example of [[internal fertilization]]. | ||
|Meyers frog metamorphosis.png|[[ | |Meyers frog metamorphosis.png|Most [[frog]]s and [[toad]]s undergo holometabolism: frog larvae, called [[tadpole]]s (or pollywogs), hatch from their [[egg]]s and change into adult frogs, which look and act differently. Tadpoles have [[gill]]s and [[fin]]s and completely live, breathe, and eat in [[water]]. Adult frogs have [[lung]]s and [[leg]]s and live, breath, and eat out of water. | ||
|Bee pollinating a wallflower.jpg|[[Bee]]s, like many [[insect]]s, [[pollination|pollinate]] [[flower]]s—transferring the flowers' [[pollen]] in return for [[nectar]], which the bees drink as [[food]]. Flowers are often [[adaptation|adapted]] to attract and accept only one species of animal. | |Bee pollinating a wallflower.jpg|[[Bee]]s, like many [[insect]]s, [[pollination|pollinate]] [[flower]]s—transferring the flowers' [[pollen]] in return for [[nectar]], which the bees drink as [[food]]. Flowers are often [[adaptation|adapted]] to attract and accept only one species of animal. | ||
|Greek donkey with computers.jpg|Donkeys are a [[domestication|domesticated]] animal whose mechanical strength is often harnessed by humans as transportation. | |Greek donkey with computers.jpg|Donkeys are a [[domestication|domesticated]] animal whose mechanical strength is often harnessed by humans as transportation. | ||
|Animal phylogeny poster.jpg|A stylized tree of the [[phylogeny]] of animals. | |Animal phylogeny poster.jpg|A stylized tree of the [[phylogeny]] of animals. | ||
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