Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)

The Kingdom Animalia, also called Metazoa, contains a diverse range, estimated to be several million different species, of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms. All animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and independently, at some point in their lives. The body plan of animals eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis at a certain stage in their lives. All animals are heterotrophs, meaning they rely directly or indirectly on other organisms for their nourishment. Most ingest food and digest it in an internal cavity. Animal cells lack the rigid cell walls that characterize plant cells and most reproduce sexually, by means of differentiated eggs and sperm. Most animals are diploid, meaning that the cells of adults contain two copies of the genetic material.
NZ Stick Insect
NZ Stick Insect
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Brushtail Opossum With Her Joey
Brushtail Opossum With Her Joey
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Dark Brown Brushtail Opossum (Male)
Dark Brown Brushtail Opossum (Male)
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Light Brown Brushtail Opossum (Female)
Light Brown Brushtail Opossum (Female)
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Egg Sac Inside the Nursery Web
Egg Sac Inside the Nursery Web
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Common Tiger Beetle
Common Tiger Beetle
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Nursery Web Spider on a Rock
Nursery Web Spider on a Rock
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Long-horned Grasshopper (Female)
Long-horned Grasshopper (Female)
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Vagrant Spider
Vagrant Spider
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Ladder-web Spider
Ladder-web Spider
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Auckland Tree Weta Just Moulted
Auckland Tree Weta Just Moulted
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Grey House Spider (Female)
Grey House Spider (Female)
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Nursery Web Spider's Face
Nursery Web Spider's Face
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Nursery Web Spider in the Rain
Nursery Web Spider in the Rain
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Crab Spider Eating Sac Spider
Crab Spider Eating Sac Spider
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Female With Her Egg Sac
Female With Her Egg Sac
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Female Guarding Her Nursery
Female Guarding Her Nursery
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Sheetweb Spider (Male)
Sheetweb Spider (Male)
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Nursery Web Spider Fishing
Nursery Web Spider Fishing
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Nursery Web Spider in the Mud
Nursery Web Spider in the Mud
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False Katipo Spider (Female)
False Katipo Spider (Female)
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Sheetweb Spider (Female)
Sheetweb Spider (Female)
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Green Planthopper (Adult)
Green Planthopper (Adult)
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Velvet Worm on a Clay Bank
Velvet Worm on a Clay Bank
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