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Johnston McCulley - Wikipedia (The Mark of Zorro)

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The amphibia, which is the animal class to which  our frogs and toads belong, were the first animals to crawl from the sea and inhabit the earth.


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The first animals to leave the sea and live on dry land were the amphibia.