8 Animal Body Parts and Functions My 1-50

Horses and carabaos have flat teeth because they:

• Tear meat

• Crush and chew grass

• Pierce skin

• Suck nectar

Birds with hooked beaks use them to:

• Grind seeds

• Filter water

• Make holes in trees

• Fly faster

Lions and tigers have sharp pointed side teeth in order to:

• Grind leaves

• Grasp and tear prey

• Make loud roars

• Suck nectar

A mouse’s front teeth never stop growing. To prevent overgrowth, it:

• Swallows stones

• Gnaws on hard objects

• Eats more vegetables

• Uses its tongue

A squirrel’s big teeth are adapted for:

• Catching insects

• Gnawing nuts

• Burrowing underground

• Swallowing fish

A rabbit’s big teeth help it to:

• Crack shells

• Nibble thorny grass

• Bite other animals

• Burrow tunnels

Bees have long thin tongues to:

• Puncture leaves

• Suck nectar from flowers

• Bite insects

• Lick rocks

Grasshoppers have mouths supported by mandibles to:

• Suck nectar

• Pierce blood vessels

• Tear leaves into small pieces

• Filter water

A butterfly’s feeding structure is a proboscis, which it uses to:

• Chew leaves

• Suck nectar

• Pierce prey

• Grind seeds

Female mosquitoes use their proboscis to:

• Strain pollen

• Pierce skin and suck blood

• Talk

• Filter water