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What do the smallest animals need to survive?

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Food. All life on earth needs food to survive. Food not only provides energy, but also important nutrients to ensure that normal body processes occur. The smallest animals feed on bacteria and other microbes.



What are the four things an animal needs to survive?

Animals need food, water, shelter, and space to survive. Herbivores can only live where plant foods are available. Carnivores can only live where they can catch food. Omnivore animals eat both plants and animals, so they can live in many places.

What is the smallest animal you have ever lived?

The Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus) is the smallest mammal by mass and weighs about 1.8 g (0.063 ounces) on average. Bumble bee bats have a small skull size. Batodonoides vanhouteni, like the shrews, the smallest mammal ever to live, weighed 1.3 grams (0.046 ounces).

What are the four basic needs of a habitat?

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