Animal opposites

Compares the habitat, feeding patterns, and behavior of the hippopotamus and hummingbird as determined by their physical attributes.

Compares the habitat, feeding patterns, and behavior of the crab and octopus as determined by their physical attributes.

Compares the physical characteristics, habitat, feeding patterns, and behavior of the shrew and the giraffe, as determined by their size.

Compares the habitat, feeding patterns, and behavior of the cheetah and sloth as determined by their physical attributes.

Compares the habitat, feeding patterns, and behavior of the elephant and ant as determined by their physical attributes.

Discusses different animals in terms of their life spans, from the mayfly that live for one day, to the giant clam that lives for eighty years or more.

Compares the speeds at which a variety of animals travel.

Discusses different animals in terms of their size, from the blue whale, which can grow to over 100 feet long, to the bee hummingbird, which weighs as much as three peanuts.

Discusses different animals in terms of their weight, form the super-heavyweight, forty-four ton whale shark, to the gecko lizard that weighs a fraction of an ounce.

Contrasts the behavior of a variety of animals, some of which are sleepy and some of which are busy, including the mouse lemur, water shrew, and pine marten.