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What words refer to types of animals?phylum class order family genus species chordate vertebrate invertebrate crustacean rodent insect arthropod mollusk echidna protozoa protozoan protozoon amebic amoeba bacteriophage cold-blooded warm-blooded multicellular single-celled unicellular microorganism germ virus viral purebred hybrid quadruped biped two-footed four-footed diurnal nocturnal beast brute vermin varmint albino
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Very few species of spiders in my country are actually dangerous.
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Although rainforests make up only two percent of the earth's surface, over half the world's wild plant, animal and insect species live there.
There are 340 species of hummingbirds.
That species of bird is said to be in danger of dying out.
Among these there may be new sources of food fish and new species of other creatures.
Butterflies of this species are now extinct.
Half the species are woman.
Many species of insects are on the verge of extinction.
Fresh-water fish include some designated as protected species. You're not allowed to catch or buy them.
This species of moth has evolved an ingenious camouflage for blending into its surroundings.
I had never before seen this species of fish.
Environmental changes gave rise to new species.
Every time a species dies out, we lose forever a part of our natural world.
Murdering elephants, tigers and other endangered species is not just cruel; it's also illegal.
Carl Linnaeus is famous for his early classifications of thousands of animals and plant species.
The biologist classifies the newly found species in its own genus, whereas other taxonomists want to put it into an established genus.
It is an endangered species.
Elephants are an endangered species.
The dodo is an already extinct species.
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It's estimated that since the emergence of Earth's first life form, 1 00 billion species have existed on the planet.
When the day comes that we pick up a transmission from an alien civilisation, we as a species, frankly, will face our greatest challenge ever, I think.
Rich vegetation with more than 200 species of trees.
You may be a new species, for all I know.
With certain species, yes.
A different species of antibodies has appeared.
The vine, research has proven, can signal to other vines of the same species vines 20 to 100 miles away.
We owe it to the brain of our species to stand here and die without destroying a source of wisdom.
By studying these and other species, we add to our knowledge of how life evolved, how it adapted itself to this world.
You don't understand the species very well, Doctor.
We might as well find out what species are here.
We're not interested in what species of fish are here.
Whatever the species might be, if you let it alone, it won't bother you.
If the evolution of that species could reach a dead end way back then and still survive, why couldn't another?
That the Forced Evolution Plan might very well result in producing a human species that poses a threat to us.
In other words, all those myths and legends about a long-lived species all over the world, they're true.
The scorpion is an arachnid species found in various parts of the world.
There's a different species over here. It's a little darker.
Dr. Karl Wienert was assigned to take care of land surveying and geomagnetic fields, as well as meteorological observations which are essential when ascertaining the origins of many species in this mysterious country.
Female of the species, aye?
The female of the species. Graceful as a panther, light of foot as a gazelle.
We're not interested in what species of fish are here. We're after the rest of that fossil, remember?
You make it sound like a species of fungus. Oh!
We're not of the same species.
This is a serious matter. When scientists discover new species, they must construct new names. Just like they did for this creature.
A thousand different species.
Male and female of each species.
New species.
We have determined that this creature is part of the species called Rodan. Its wingspan will reach 270 meters and it will weigh one hundred tons when fully grown.
Well, the female of the species hasn't changed much.
You know, it occurs to me that our friend is perhaps a mutation but of what species, I do not know.
We should abide by the laws of nature and dispose of the weaker, impaired species.
Perhaps the next species to rule will be the liquid human.
Yesterday, you started talking about the revolution of species.
After all, perhaps the great Saurian died happy, indifferent about the extinction of their species, enjoying the warm sun and tender grass.
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As a species, human beings have a major self-control problem.
We humans are now so aggressively fishing, hunting, logging, and growing crops in all parts of the world that we are literally chasing other species off the planet.
In 1992, when the world's governments first promised to address man-made global warming, they also vowed to head off the human-induced extinction of other species.
The signatories agreed to conserve biological diversity, by saving species and their habitats, and to use biological resources (e.g., forests) in a sustainable manner.
We kill other species not because we must, but because we are too negligent to do otherwise.
Bottom trawlers drag heavy nets over the ocean bottom, destroying magnificent, unexplored, and endangered marine species in the process.
One of these species, orange roughy, has been caught commercially for only around a quarter-century, but already is being fished to the point of collapse.
The result is massive loss of habitat and destruction of species, yielding a tiny economic benefit at a huge social cost.
Such areas not only permit the regeneration of species, but also provide ecological benefits that spill over to neighboring unprotected areas.
We also need a regular scientific process to present the world with the evidence on species abundance and extinction, just as we now have such a process for climate change.
There can be little doubt that climate change poses one of the greatest risks to species' viability.
As the planet warms, and rain and storm patterns change dramatically, many species will find themselves in climate zones that no longer support their survival.
It is too painful to believe that humanity would destroy millions of other species - and jeopardize our own future - in a fit of absent-mindedness.
Basically, there are two species of Israeli hawks: call one kind ideological and the other strategic.
This means that once predator species become depleted, fishing pressure shifts towards plant-eating fish species, leading to precipitous declines in the numbers of herbivores on coral reefs.
Mao's hundred flowers may have bloomed only briefly, but today's myriad species of Weltpolitik are certain to bloom perennially.