Animal Around Us | Spelling Bee - Class 1 PDF Download

Introduction

When we look in our surrounding, we discover different kind of animals.  Animals are found all over the world. They differ in sizes, shapes, color and in kind of places they live in. Animals are living beings and need food, water, and shelter to live.

Types of animals

Wild Animals

• Animal that lives in nature / forest (i.e. shelter is not provided by man) and are responsible for getting their own food and water are called wild animal. 
• Some of the wild animal we can see in zoo. 
• Wild animals are fierce and dangerous. 
• Lion is called ‘The king of Jungle’. 
• Example includes foxes, deer, lion, bear, giraffe etc.

Domestic Animal

• Those animals that depend on humans for its shelter, food, water, and general care are called domestic animals. 
• Examples include house cats, dogs, parakeets, a cow, horse, sheep, pig etc.

Pet Animal

• Pet animals are domestic animals that are kept for companionship and amusement. 
• Examples includes dog, cat, parrot, myna etc.

Farm Animal

• Farm animals are the animals that are reared for a purpose that is for their meat, their milk, their hair, or something else. 
• Example includes sheep goat, cow, buffalo etc.

Note: - Whether an animal is domestic or a wild depend on the situation. For example, people domesticate horse and hence it is a domestic animal but horses also found in jungle, hence it is a wild animal.