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Mammals have hair or fur on their bodies.

Mammal mothers feed their babies with milk from their own bodies.

Mammals are warm-blooded: their bodies stay warm, even when it is cold outside.

Most mammal babies are born alive. A few, like the platypus, hatch from eggs.

Experiment: Furry coat test

1. Fill both jars with warm tap water and close the lids.
2. Pull the woolly sock or fake fur over one jar. This jar has a 'fur coat'. Leave the other jar bare.
3. Guess: which jar will stay warm longer?
4. Wait 20 minutes. Do something else, then come back.
5. Take the coat off. Touch both jars, or ask your teacher to measure the water. Which one is warmer?

Jar	Warm or cool after 20 minutes?
Jar with fur coat	Which jar will stay warmer?
Bare jar	Which jar will stay warmer?

Questions

1. Draw a mammal you like. Show its fur or hair.

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2. Is a whale a mammal?

   yes / no

3. What do mammal babies drink?

Sources for every fact on this sheet: echoesof.science/school/mammals/sources/

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