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Animals in Egypt

For my project I decided to do Egyptian Animals. I found out that Egypt's animals have a lot in common with today's animals. For example, cats, sheep, hippopotamus, cheetahs, dogs, cattle, goats, pigs, geese, horses, baboons, cobras, crocodiles, falcons, hawks, frogs, lions, ostrich, turtles, vultures, snakes, scorpions, rams, and bugs; such as beetles.
All of these animals still exist today. Many of these animals were used for milk, wool, meat, eggs, horns, skins, and also they were used for leather. The animals could also be used for symbols. For example, the goose was used on Gebs headdress. Many animals lived on the Nile River. One of the animals that lived there was the hippopotamus. The hippo was dangerous to people on boats, but also people that were working on the Nile River.
Many birds lived along the Nile. Like falcons, kites, geese, cranes, herons, plover, pigeon, ibis, vultures, and also owls. These birds lived along the Nile River......

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