Animal wiki:
>For the Muppet Show character, see Animal (Muppet). For the professional wrestler, see Joseph Laurinaitis. Porifera (sponges)Ctenophora (comb jellies)Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anenomes)Placozoa (trichoplax)Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry)Acoelomorpha (basal)Orthonectida (flatworms, echinoderms, etc.)Rhombozoa (dicyemids)Myxozoa (slime animals) Superphylum Deuterostomia (blastopore becomes anus)Chordata (vertebrates, etc.)Hemichordata (acorn worms)Echinodermata (starfish, urchins)Chaetognatha (arrow worms)Superphylum Ecdysozoa (shed exoskeleton)Kinorhyncha (mud dragons)LoriciferaPriapulida (priapulid worms)Nematoda (roundworms)Nematomorpha (horsehair worms)Onychophora (velvet worms)Tardigrada (water bears)Arthropoda (insects, etc.)Superphylum PlatyzoaPlatyhelminthes (flatworms)Gastrotricha (gastrotrichs)Rotifera (rotifers)Acanthocephala (acanthocephalans)Gnathostomulida (jaw worms)Micrognathozoa (limnognathia)Cycliophora (pandora)Superphylum Lophotrochozoa (trochophore larvae / lophophores)Sipuncula (peanut worms)Nemertea (ribbon worms)Phoronida (horseshoe worms)Ectoprocta (moss animals)Entoprocta (goblet worms)Brachiopoda (brachipods)Mollusca (mollusks)Annelida (segmented worms) Animals are a major group of organisms, classified as the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. In general they are multicellular, capable of locomotion and responsive to their environment, and feed by consuming other organisms. Their body plan becomes fixed as they develop, usually early on in their development as embryos, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on. Human beings are classified as members of the animal kingdom.
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Nature wiki:
>For alternative meanings, see nature (disambiguation). Nature (also called the material world, the material universe, the natural world, and the natural universe) is all matter and energy, especially in its essential form. Nature is the subject of scientific study, and the history of the concept is linked to the history of science. The English word derives from a Latin term, natura, which was in turn a translation of a Greek term, physis (ÏÏÏιÏ). Natura is related to the Latin words relating to "birth", while physis relates to Greek words relating to "growth". In scale, "nature" includes everything from the universal to the subatomic. This includes all things animal, plant, and mineral; all natural resources and events (hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes). It also includes the behaviour of living animals, and processes associated with inanimate objects - the "way" that things change.
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