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Waveform Audio File Format  |  1995-06-29  |  523.7 KB  |  1 channel  |  22,050 sample rate  |  48 seconds  |  [TEXT/LMAN]
Transcription: Animals are organisms that move and actively find their own food. Their sensory organs help them to locate their food and also to respond to their environment. Most animals are heterotrophic feeders, which means they feed on plants or other animals. Animals are found in all kinds of habitats. Some animals are aerial, such as birds, bats, and some insects. Others, such as fish, are aquatic, living in rivers or oceans. Many are terrestrial, living both above and below the ground. Some groups of animals, such as frogs, have adapted to life in more than one of these habitats. More than one million ...