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2. Zoo key - Wikipedia

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   Child operating talking storybook in 2017 using an elephant key. A zoo key is a large novelty key used to activate talking storybooks at American zoos.These were used by various zoos, largely in the latter half of the 20th century, as part of a system which played audio recordings describing exhibits.

3. Scale (zoology) - Wikipedia

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   In zoology, a scale (Ancient Greek: λεπίς, romanized: lepís; Latin: squāma) is a small rigid plate that grows out of an animal's skin to provide protection. In lepidopterans (butterflies and moths), scales are plates on the surface of the insect wing, and provide coloration.

4. Shape and form (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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   In the visual arts, shape is a flat, enclosed area of an artwork created through lines, textures, or colours, or an area enclosed by other shapes, such as triangles, circles, and squares. [1] Likewise, a form can refer to a three-dimensional composition or object within a three-dimensional composition.

5. Zoomorphism - Wikipedia

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   It is also similar to the term therianthropy; which is the ability to shape shift into animal form, [3] except that with zoomorphism the animal form is applied to a physical object. It means to attribute animal forms or animal characteristics to other animals, or things other than an animal; similar to but broader than anthropomorphism.

6. On Growth and Form - Wikipedia

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   The book covers many topics including the effects of scale on the shape of animals and plants, large ones necessarily being relatively thick in shape; the effects of surface tension in shaping soap films and similar structures such as cells; the logarithmic spiral as seen in mollusc shells and ruminant horns; the arrangement of leaves and other ...

7. Pattern Blocks - Wikipedia

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   The six shapes are both a play resource and a tool for learning in mathematics, which serve to develop spatial reasoning skills that are fundamental to the learning of mathematics. Among other things, they allow children to see how shapes can be composed and decomposed into other shapes, and introduce children to ideas of tilings. Pattern ...