Animal Snoops: Wildlife spies

Communication between two animals

• does not exist

• is NOT similar to two people talking privately

• is often loud or bright enough for other animals to hear or see

• cannot be understood by other animals

Biologists call animals' ability to detect each other's messages

• misbehavior

• early warnings

• eavesdropping

• sneakiness

Eavesdropping can help animals to

• teach other animals about themselves

• learn more about people

• become more intelligent

• find food, a home, or a mate

The noisy warning call of the go-away bird

• makes it easy for a predator to catch it

• also warns other animals that a predator is approaching

• scares away all its predators

• tells people to "go away"

Most kinds of animals

• all eavesdrop on other animals in the same way

• use only their hearing to eavesdrop

• use different senses to do their eavesdropping

• never eavesdrop on other animals

In the heading, "Presenting: The Bird -Brained Burglar Bust", the heading introduces the parrots anecdotes in a funny way because....

• of its repetition of the words beginning with "b'

• it's telling the reader about a bird

• the heading is in bold type

• the bird remembers one of the burglar's name

​ What is a practiced skill of a rattlesnake when hunting a kangaroo rat.

• patience

• none of the answers

• coiling

• slithering

What does a snake do when finding it's prey?

• It studies the habit of its prey

• It uses its scent clues

• It uses it flickering tongue

• All of the answers

Photinus fireflies broadcast their mating messages with a....

• circle dance

• zig zag dance

• light show

• a beeping sound

In lines 54-75, what phrase makes the anecdote interesting?

• "path home"

• "under the ferns"

• "a flash and a sting"

• all the answers