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milk. Unlike other animal types like birds and insects, all mammal babies drink
milk that comes from their mother’s bodies. This is one of the key ways to know
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group, which is a clade or group containing a common ancestor and all its
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percent of all organisms on the planet.

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All insects are part of the taxonomical phylum Arthropoda, and they are
collectively referred to as arthropods. It is common to see this name misspelled
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