Facts about mammals:

1. They are warm-blooded. They stay warm even when their surroundings are cold.
2. They have a backbone (unlike worms).
3. They breathe with lungs (not with gills like a fish or through skin like worms).
4. They have hair or fur (not feathers like birds or scales like snakes).
5. Females usually give birth to live babies (not born from eggs like turtles).
6. Females feed babies their milk (unlike birds that feed babies food such as insects, worms, berries, and seeds).

Did you know humans are mammals? Feel your forehead. Unless it is an extremely hot day outside, your forehead is warmer than the air around you, because you are warm-blooded. Feel your back and find your backbone. Feel the hair on your head. When human babies are born, they are born alive and often crying and wiggling. Many human mothers nurse their babies with their milk.

Facts about Humans

• Understanding Hair Growth: The Role of Roots and Blood for Kids

Links to more facts about various mammals (animals).

• Understanding Animal Migration: A Seasonal Journey
• Facts about Squirrels for Kids
• Facts about Rodents for Kids
• More coming soon