City Dwellers: Animal Printouts

Urban areas are teeming with animals that have adapted to city life. Some citydwellers include the pigeon, house sparrow (also called the English sparrow), blackbird, starling, merican crow, peregrine falcon, s!uirrel, mouse, rat, mos!uito, house fly, cockroach, moth, spider, ant, beetle, mite, flea, dog (domesticated and feral), cat (domesticated and feral) and people. s the number and si"e of cities around the world increases, many animals are moving to cities to find food and shelter. #he term synanthropization means the ad$ustment of animals and plants to man-made environmental conditions. %n particular, synurbanization refers to the ad$ustment of organisms to urban (city) conditions. Printouts of City-Dwelling Animals:

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Human Beings
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Spider
Spiders have eight legs.

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)abel the spider+s e3ternal anatomy diagram. Answers

S!uirrel
S!uirrels are rodents.