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Mrs. Nunnally's second grade class at Peter Woodbury School in Bedford, NH
thought of these similarities and differences for ruby throated
hummingbirds and monarch butterflies:
SAME
both animals
fly
have wings
migrate
are small
lay eggs
hatch out of eggs
grow bigger
both have a life cycle
have two eyes
both have bodies
live in the U.S.
DIFFERENT
a hummingbird is a bird, a monarch an insect
the hummingbird has a beak, a monarch has a proboscis
a bird has feathers, a butterfly has scales
the butterfly has antennae
they are different colors
a hummingbird has 2 legs and a butterfly has 6 legs
monarchs shiver when they are cold
a monarch has spots on its wings
a hummingbird's wings beat faster than a monarch's wings
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