The word animal comes from the Latin animalis, meaning 'having breath', 'having soul' or 'living being'.The biological definition includes all members of the kingdom Animalia.In colloquial usage, the term animal is often used to refer only to nonhuman animals.Animals have several characteristics that set them apart from other living things.

Animals are eukaryotic and multicellular.Unlike plants and algae, which produce their own nutrients. Animals are heterotrophic,feeding on organic material and digesting it internally.

All animals are composed of cells, surrounded by a characteristic extracellular matrix composed of collagen and elastic glycoproteins. During development, the animal extracellular matrix forms a relatively flexible framework upon which cells can move about and be reorganised, making the formation of complex structures possible.
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Some of the amazing animal's facts we share here :

1.Only half a Dolphin's brain sleeps at a time.

2.Gorillas can catch human colds and other illnesses.

3.A newborn Chinese water deer is so small it can almost be held in the palm
of the hand.

4.Ostriches can run faster than horses, and the males can roar like lions.

5.Female ferrets die if they do not mate once they go into heat.

6.Hummingbirds are the only known birds that can also fly backwards.

7.Dolphins use toxic pufferfish to 'get high'.

8.Dogs can sniff at the same time as breathing.

9.Some dogs are incredible swimmers.

10.The tallest dog in the world is 44 inches tall.
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