### animal:

Small animal
* All small animals eat basically the same food.
* Many small animals are nocturnal
  - crawl into bottles or jars and get stuck and slowly starve to death
* Most small animals become prey
  - come in contact
  - eat grass
  - exploit habitats
* Most small animals get sufficient water
* Most small animals have areas
  - backbones
  - coats
  - diets
  - movement
  - the same senses that humans do, but they vary in intensity
  - voices
  - hide from predators
* Most small animals live in environments
  - freshwater environments
  - make up diets
  - tend to move rather quietly unless they are actually running
* Some small animals are able to attack the soft, jelly-like cells inside the sponge
  - consume hawksbills
* Some small animals eat animals
  - corn
  - flowers
  - salamanders
  - seeds
  - snails
  - feed on flowers
  - find in lakes
  - graze on phytoplankton
* Some small animals have conditions
  - short limbs
* Some small animals live in holes
  - landscapes
  - on bottoms
  - well in groups, some do better alone
  - look like dogs
  - require stimulation
* Some small animals resemble guinea pigs
  - mice
  - swim in water
* Some small animals use armadillo burrows
  - types
* adapt to climates
  - cold climates
* are abundant and used for supplementing the sea-based diet of the natives
  - eaten whole, however, larger prey is stamped to death before being consumed
  - killed with a bat of the paw or a quick bite to the head
  - more maneuverable than big ones
  - swallowed whole while larger animals are torn to pieces
  - uniformly white, medium sized ones yellow or orange and largest ones red
  - usually harder to photograph than larger pets
  - very important for the long term well being of subsistent farm families
* begin burrowing amongst the brush.
* can exploit habitats more fully than large ones
  - heat and cool themselves more rapidly than large animals
  - plants or bugs
* experience too much friction relative to their muscle strength to go fast.
* find shelter from the environment and from predators.
  - their water supply from the food they eat
* have a faster pulse than larger ones because they lose body heat faster
  - high metabolic and reproductive rates, and short life expectancy
  - more hiding places
  - specific environment and nutrition needs
* includes mice, rats, hamsters, gerbils, and guinea pigs.
* like to burrow and build nests.
* produce few eggs and protect their brood.
* rely on their keen sense of smell to find food.
* seen darting through lawns during the day are usually voles.
* tend to do better in pairs.
* thrive on a wide variety of tastes and aromas.

### animal:

Smaller animal
* Many smaller animals are natural climbers.
* are always more maneuverable than large animals
  - in greater danger of ingesting a lethal dosage
  - subordinate
* have a higher surface area to volume ratio than that of large animals
  - relatively shorter antlers
* live in the canopy and trees, while larger animals live on the forest floor.
* moult more frequently than larger ones.
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  * Smaller animals appear as background elements such as spiders and rats.

Social animal
* Many social animals form linear dominance hierarchies, with a clear rank order among group members
  - work out a hierarchy, and the chicken is no exception
* Most social animals seem to have some similar sorts of behaviors.
* are gsocial h and live together because they are linked by a common force.
* can hunt in packs, gain safety in numbers or even learn from each other.
* have morality.
* live and work together for the good of the group
  - together in groups