VOCABULARY
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WILDLIFE
- Red Racer
- Gopher Snake
- Glossy Snake
- Common Kingsnake
- Mojave Rattlesnake
- Speckled Rattlesnake
- Panamint Rattlesnake
- Desert Sindwinder
- Diamondback Rattlesnake
- Great Basin Rattlesnake
- Gila Monster
- Chuckwalla
- Leopard Lizard
- Collard Lizard
- Spiny Lizard
- Desert Iguana
- Desert Whiptail
ANIMAL MOTION AND BODY COVERINGS
Abandon: To go away and leave alone.
Carnivore: A flesh-eating animal; including whales and dolphins, dogs, tigers, lions, and others.
Cold-blooded: Maintaining a warm body temperature independent of environmental temperature.
Constrictor: Any of various snakes that tightly coil around and squeeze their prey to death.
Diurnal: Active during the daytime rather than at night: diurnal animals.
Herbivore: An animal that feeds chiefly on plants; including beavers, cows, horses, and others.
Invertebrate: Lacking a backbone or spinal column; not vertebrate.
Nocturnal: Is awake during the night and sleeps in the day. Opposite of diurnal.
Predator: Any animal that lives by preying on (killing and eating) other animals
Prey: To hunt, catch, or eat as prey: Owls prey on mice.
Reptiles: Reptiles (meaning "to creep") are a group of animals that have scales (or modified scales), breathe air, and usually lay eggs. The term reptile is loosely defined in everyday English to mean scaly, cold-blooded, egg-laying animals. Scientifically, reptiles are more strictly defined and include the descendants of the most recent common ancestor of the turtles, lepidosaurs (lizards, snakes, tuataras), and archosaurs (crocodilians, dinosaurs, and birds). The maintenance of body temperature (cold- vs. warm-blooded) is not a factor in this classification, but skull and egg structure are.
Solitary: Existing, living, or going without others; alone.
Temperate: Having moderate temperature, weather, or climate; neither hot nor cold.
Timid: Lacking self-confidence; shy; fearful and hesitant:
Venomous: Poisonous.
Warm-blooded: Maintaining a warm body temperature independent of environmental temperature.