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What is a mammal?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-is-a-mammal/Mammals are a diverse group of animals that are found below and on the ground, in trees and oceans.
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What is an invertebrate?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-is-an-invertebrate/The short answer is that Invertebrates are animals without a backbone.
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What is a parasite?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-is-a-parasite/A parasite is an organism that lives on or in another organism, the host, and gets its food from or at the expense of its host.
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What is a carnivore?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-is-a-carnivore/A carnivore is an animal that feeds on other animals.
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What is a monotreme?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-is-a-monotreme/Monotremes are different from other mammals because they lay eggs and have no teats.
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What do mites and ticks look like?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-do-mites-and-ticks-look-like/Mite, line drawing. Mites and ticks belong to the Order Acarina.
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What does a Silverfish look like?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-does-a-silverfish-look-like/Silverfish belong to the Order Zygentoma (formerly Thysanura).
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What is a herbivore?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-is-a-herbivore/A herbivore is an animal that gets its energy from eating plants, and only plants.
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