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Animals starting with P

Animals that start with P

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Scientific name: littorina littorea
Periwinkles are a type of edible sea snail. They are found in the shallow water on rocky beaches all over the world.
Persian cats are one of the oldest longhaired cat breeds. They are originally from Persia (now Iran). Persians come in a wide variety of colours, and have a distinctive flat face. Persian is also a language spoken in a number of countries.
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A pet is an animal that is kept entirely for fun or as a friend. Pets are usually small animals, like cats, parrots or dogs. Animals are often kept for other reasons, like for their meat, their wool or to help herd other animals around. For example, cows are generally kept on farms for their milk, not as pets.
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Scientific name: subfamily: phasianinae
Pheasants are a large group of birds that usually live on the ground. Male pheasants are much more brightly coloured than female ones. They eat fruit, seeds and leaves as well as any insects and small lizards they find.
Photo of a pig
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Scientific name: genus: sus
Pigs have a large head, short legs and a large body. They eat almost anything, and spend most of their time digging through the ground with their snout looking for food. A male pig is called a boar, a female pig is called a sow and a baby pig is called a piglet. Pigs are generally kept for their meat, which is called pork.
Photo of a common pigeon
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Scientific name: family: columbidae
The common pigeon, or rock pigeon, is found mostly in cities all over the world. They scavenge for food in trash where people live, and people feed them too. The wild version of the rock pigeon used to live on cliffs by the sea. In cities, they are often found high up on buildings, which isn't far removed from their natural habitat.

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A piglet is a baby pig.
Photo of pinto horses
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A pinto horse is a white horse with patches of another colour, usually black or brown.

Pis forPlankton

Plankton are tiny organisms, either plants, animals or bacteria that drift around in the sea. Plankton are a very important food source for larger sea creatures that eat them.
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Scientific name: infraorder: fulgoromorpha
Planthoppers are a group of insects that come in a variety of shapes and sizes, but most often green and leaf-shaped. They can hop short distances like a grasshopper, hence their name.