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ANIMALS AND PLANTS PROTECT THEMSELVES :

Animals Protect Themselves From danger:

1.   Animals need to protect themselves from danger and from being eaten by their enemies.

2.   Animals also need to protect themselves from harsh weather.

3.   Animals protect themselves to ensure their survival.

4.   Animals have special ways to protect themselves. These may be either:

     (a)   a special characteristic

     (b)   a special behaviour

5.   Animals have specific characteristic to protect themselves such as:

• sharp horns
• sharp claws
• hard shells
• hard skins
• hard scales
• sharp spines or thorny body
• poisonous sting or fang

5.   Animals have specific behaviour to protect themselves such as:

• curl up
• camouflage
• living in herds (groups)
• bad smell
• pretending to dead
• breaking its tail
• spraying black dye
• run very quickly