Adapt
to get adjusted to the environment

Amphibian
any cold-blooded animal with vertebrate that can live on land and in water

Amphipod
any of the various small aquatic hard-shelled animals, such as the lobster, shrimp, and crab

Anadromous
fish that migrate from the sea up a river to lay eggs

Asexual
can reproduce by itself without the opposite sex.

Baleen
hair-like filtration arrangements that are used as teeth to strain out food in the humpback whale

Bird
any warm-blooded animal with vertebrate, wings, and have feather covering the whole body

Blubber
a layer of fat between the skin and muscle of animals living in cold places, such as the whale and the polar bear

Breaching
rushing out of the water into mid-air and diving back into the water

Brood
the number of offspring produced or hatched at one time

Camouflage
to be disguised from enemies or prey

Carapace
the shell covering the dorsal (back) of an animal

Carcass
the dead body of an animal

Carnivore
animals that eat meat only

Carrion
dead and rotten flesh

Casque
a helmet-shaped head

Catadromous
fish that migrate down a river to the sea to lay eggs

Cetacean
marine mammals which include the whales, dolphins, porpoises

Clutch
the number of eggs hatched or incubated at one time

Conservationist
people who work hard to protect the environment

Costa
the front edge or border of certain insect wings; the rib-like structure of certain animals

Crepuscular
animals that are active during the twilight hours

Crustacean
any hard-shelled covered body animal, such as the lobster, shrimp, and crab

Diatom
any of the the various microscopic, one-celled, marine or fresh water algae

Djambias
a Middle Eastern word that means a dagger with rhino horn handle

Drought
a period of time with dry weather and no rain

Endangered Species
animals or plants that are near the edge of dying out

Extinct
animals or plants that are not in existence any more

Fish
any cold-blooded aquatic animal with vertebrate, gills, fins (some), scale-covered body (some), and tail

Frond
a large and finely divided leaf such as ferns and palm leaves

Fry
the offspring of fish and frogs

Fynbo
any wet and dirty setting

Gestation
the period of time carried in the female's womb from conception to giving birth

Grilse
a mature, but undersized male salmon returning to fresh water after a year at sea to deposit sperm for the first time

Habitat
the natural and native environment where animals or plants exist

Herbivore
animals that eat plants only

Hibernate
to spend the winter in a closed-off area in a dormant condition, such as the grizzly bear

Incubate
to hatch eggs by sitting on them

Inhabit
to live in a certain place

Insect
any small animal with a three-parts body (head, thorax, and abdomen), three pairs of legs, and two pairs of wings

Invertebrate
any animal without a backbone

Krill
small shrimp-like crustaceans

Lamellae
comb-like plate arrangements that strain out food and drain out water

Larva
an immature, wingless, feeding stage insect that will soon go through a metamorphosis (complete change)

Lemming
a small mouse-like rodent

Mammal
any warm-blooded animal with vertebrate, and hair on body; female gives birth to live offsprings, and they feed on the milk from the female's mammary glands

Migrate
to travel from one location to another as in such of food, or because of seasonal changes

Monocotyledonous any plant that produce seeds with only one cotyledon

Moss
any small leafy-stemmed plant that grow on wet ground, tree trunks, and rocks

Musth
twice a year an elephant experiences a rush of fluid from its glands to the eyes and ears; this makes it aggressive

Nocturnal
animals that are active during the night

Ocellus
an eye-shaped spot on the wing or feather of certain animals

Omnivore
animals that eat plants and other animals

Opportunistic
can be easily adjusted to the availability of food

Pesticide
harmful chemicals that are used to destroy pests

Plankton
any microscopic organisms that drift in the water

Plastron
the ventral (abdominal side) part of a turtle shell

Plumage
the whole feathery covering of the bird's body

Poacher
people who catch or kill animals or plants illegally

Pollution
garbage and wastes that harm the environment, and make it unclean

Population
the total number of animals or plants living in a certain area

Predator
animals that hunt for they food

Prey
animals that are hunted by other animals as food

Proboscis
the trunk of an elephant or the protruding snout of certain animals, such as the tapir

Pupae
the transformating stage when an insect is nonfeeding, and immobile

Regurgitate
to vomit the food in a liquid, gas, or undigested form

Reptile
any cold-blooded animal with vertebrate that crawls or creeps, such as the turtle

Scute
a large plate on a turtle

Tubercles
the bumps on the head of the humpback whale

Tuft
a bunch of short-stalked flowers growing from a common point

Tussock
a cluster of growing grass

Vegetarian
animals that only eat plants

Vibrissa
the stiff hair that grows out of the tubercle of the humpback whale

Vulture
any large bird that feeds on the remains of dead animals