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Animals are very important to plants. Many species eat seed off of flowers or trees. Apple seeds are rejected by the body and let out of the body in the form of solid waste. The solid waste becomes part of the ground. The seeds grow and sprout into a new tree. Seeds also get caught inside their fur and are also dropped off and the seeds may flourish. This is important because the mother tree would never survive if its young grew under her. Either that, or the children die because of lack of sunlight. An animals solid waste is also good for the plants as fertilizer.

Animals also pollinate the flowers when pollen is stuck to the fur and it touches another flower or plant. Many birds are very helpful for farmers. Some birds will eat pests that damage the crops of a farmer.

sheepA sheep's wool can also be woven into cloth. The wool can be made into clothes. Fur from other animals are also used as clothes. Some animals, like the blue whale gives us oil.

Animals are constantly being hunted for their furs, skin, and feathers. Many have become endangered because of this. People don't realize how important animals really are to us and nature. Some are:

Extinction
Extinction is when all the animals in a species dies out. Once they are gone, they're gone forever, just like the dinosaurs or the passenger pigeons.