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Vertebrate

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Some animals have a hard bone spine.

Vertebrate body plan.svg
Vertebrate body plan.svg
This spine protects their body. It also keeps them strong. This helps fish, birds, and you! We all have a spine.
White shark (Duane Raver).png
White shark (Duane Raver).png
Do you have a spine too?

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File:Vertebrate body plan.svg
Vertebrate body plan.svg
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Naturkundemuseum Berlin - Dinosaurierhalle.jpg
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Gills (esox).jpg
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Haikouichthys cropped.jpg
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Acanthostega BW.jpg
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Hyperodapedon BW2 white background.jpg
File:Fossil bird (Green River Formation, Lower Eocene; Fossil Lake Basin, southwestern Wyoming, USA) (15529177925).jpg
Fossil bird (Green River Formation, Lower...
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Owen's archetype.jpg
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Fish evolution.png
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Branchiostoma lanceolatum (Amphioxus...
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Salpa scheme.png
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Nejonöga, Iduns kokbok.jpg

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📚 Content adapted from Wikipedia | Readability: FK 13.7 | Vital Level 3