[Steve struggles with this one as well. How do you explain 'animals' to someone who's never seen them? Like describing colors to the blind; impossible. But Steve owes it to Grey to try.]
Animals are like people in some ways. They're alive, they have heartbeats and they breathe and many of them are warm to the touch, they're born and they live and eat and have children and die, like us. They see and hear and smell and taste and feel, like us.
But animals come in all different shapes and sizes and colors. Some have four legs, or six legs, or eight legs, or none. Some have hair like we do, but all over their bodies; it's called 'fur'. Some have feathers, which is soft like fur, but comes in many beautiful colors—red and blue and green and purple and orange and yellow. Some have scales, which is like skin but harder and rougher. Some animals fly in the air, others live their whole lives in water and never drown. Some are as big as buildings, and some are so small you can barely see them. There are millions of different kinds.
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Animals are like people in some ways. They're alive, they have heartbeats and they breathe and many of them are warm to the touch, they're born and they live and eat and have children and die, like us. They see and hear and smell and taste and feel, like us.
But animals come in all different shapes and sizes and colors. Some have four legs, or six legs, or eight legs, or none. Some have hair like we do, but all over their bodies; it's called 'fur'. Some have feathers, which is soft like fur, but comes in many beautiful colors—red and blue and green and purple and orange and yellow. Some have scales, which is like skin but harder and rougher. Some animals fly in the air, others live their whole lives in water and never drown. Some are as big as buildings, and some are so small you can barely see them. There are millions of different kinds.