Animals in danger

Animals in danger

Teacher: Magda Panou
Subject: English
Class: A class (23 students)
Level: A2

It's 75-80 cm tall and weighs between 20 and 60 kg. It has strong jaws and very sharp teeth. It can eat a lot ot of meat at one meal and then go without food for a long time.

It usually eats small animals like mice, rabbits and squirrels. Wolves usually hunt in a family pack (3 to 30 wolves). In this way, they can kill large animals. Parents teach pups how to hunt.

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The timber wolf

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The largest brown bears are in Alaska.They can be over 2.5m in height and weigh more than 60 kg! Around October, brown bears get in caves or holes
and fall into a deep sleep (hibernation) till March or April.

The brown bear

Brown bears eat animals and plants. They don't often attack humans. When they attack, it is because they can't see very well.

Omnivores

rhino
People kill rhinos for their horn. They use it to make medicine. WWF help all parks that keep rhinos. They are under threat so we must protect them!

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Rhinos eat grass, branches and leaves. Their skin is very thick and they' ve got one or two horns. They 're grey or brown and they 're hairless. Female rhinos can have babies when they are about three years old. A baby rhino can stand on its feet about an hour after it is born!

Multiple Choice

A timber wolf hunts large animals ____________ .

• on his/her own

• with his/her partner

• in a pack of more than 3 wolves

• in a pack of more than 30 wolves

Multiple Choice

A timber wolf can ____________ .

• eat a lot of meat at every meal

• eat a lot at once and then go without meat for a long time

• can kill and eat large animals on his/her own

• only eat small animals

Multiple Choice

A brown bear eats ___________ .

• only animals

• only plants

• only humans

• both animals and plants

Multiple Choice

Brown bears attack humans because they _______________ .

• are angry

• can't see well

• are hungry

• hibernate

Multiple Choice

Rhinos are _____________ .

• herbivorous

• omnivorous

• carnivorous

• cannibals

Multiple Choice

People kill rhinos for their _________ .

• skin

• fur

• teeth

• horns