Lesson Note On The Classes and Uses of Farm Animals

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TOPIC:  Classes and uses of farm animals

CONTENT: (i) Meaning of Farm Animals

(ii)  Types of Farm Animals

(iii) Characteristics of farm animals.

5. Pets: These are animals kept for pleasure and companionship e.g dog, cat.

They are treated with great care and affection. They are most beautiful and attractive in terms of colour, body size, and general appearance.

Other examples are parrots, canaries, pigeon, monkeys, peacock, gold fish (reared in quarium), rabbits e.g Dutch etc.

Characteristics of pets:

• They are easily domesticated.
• They are beautiful.
• They are loyal and playful.
• They live freely with human beings.
• They can feed on human food.
• They can be trained to be harmless.
• They are friendly.

6. Aquatic Animals: These are animals that live inside water like rivers, lakes, dams, ponds, streams, oceans and seas.

There are two aquatic habitat: freshwater and marine.

Examples are prawn, oysters, lobsters, crabs, periwinkles, turtles, squids, shrimps, fish, frogs etc. Fish is the most commonly domesticated and populous among aquatic animals.

Characteristics of aquatic animals

• They live, feed, and reproduce in water.
• Fish possess gills for respiration in water.
• Some have smooth skins e.g catfish while some have scales e.g tilapia.
• They are cold-blooded i.e unable to maintain and regulate their body temperature.
• They lay eggs which later hatched to
• Fish has streamlined body for easy movement in the water.
• A fish uses a special sense organ called the lateral line to detect events in its environment.

EVALUATION:

1. Mention three examples of the following: (i) Aquatic animals (ii) Poultry
2. State three characteristics of dairy animals.
3. —— is the respiratory organ of fish.