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Every living thing has some kind of covering (skin) to protect it from its environment. This covering can aid in defense, camouflage, locomotion, sensory perception, and is instrumental in keeping an animal from drying out. An animal's skin may produce structures such as hair, nails, feathers, scales, horns, etc.
- What is body covering of animals?
- Why do animals have different types of skin?
- Which animal has a hard outer body covering?
What is body covering of animals?
Types of Body Coverings
Mammals have hair or fur, birds have feathers, reptiles have dry scales, amphibians have soft, moist skin, and fish have wet, slimy scales. Although each skin covering is useful in many ways, the focus of this information is how various colors and patterns help an animal's chances for survival.
Why do animals have different types of skin?
Different animals have different types of body coverings to help them survive.
Which animal has a hard outer body covering?
Examples of animals with exoskeletons include insects such as grasshoppers and cockroaches, and crustaceans such as crabs and lobsters, as well as the shells of certain sponges and the various groups of shelled molluscs, including those of snails, clams, tusk shells, chitons and nautilus.
