🇮🇳 animal

An animal is a living organism, typically characterized by voluntary movement and non-photosynthetic metabolism, encompassing a vast array of species from insects to mammals. The term is currently trending due to recent severe hail storms in the Springfield, Missouri area, which tragically resulted in the death of one animal and injury to another at Dickerson Park Zoo. These storms also caused widespread damage to property and power outages. Such incidents highlight the vulnerability of both wild and captive animal populations to extreme weather events and natural disasters.