Amazing Animals of Madagascar

The animals in this book have changed over time. Why do animals adapt?

• Adaptations change animals' habitats.

• Adaptations keep animals isolated.

• Adaptations make animals look cute.

• Adaptations help animals survive.

Camouflage is an adaptation that helps animals ____.

• stay warm

• see well

• blend in

• find things

The aye-ayes unusual adaptations make it ____.

• odd-looking

• easy to find

• isolated

• superstitious

Spear-nosed snakes and leaf-nosed snakes have noses shaped like parts of trees. What other camouflage do they have?

• They eat lizards and frogs.

• They have coloring to blend in.

• They look like colorful flowers.

• They can sneak up on prey.

What do bats, owls and snakes have in common with web-footed tenrecs?

• They hunt at night.

• They have camouflage.

• They live in the same habitat.

• They are related to elephants.

Since an aye-ayes predators are diurnal, an aye-aye ____.

• is safer being active at night

• must be able to run quickly

• can swim very well

• is always active during the day

Aye-ayes are lemurs. Many lemurs sleep at night, but aye-ayes sleep during the day. What can you tell about aye-ayes?

• Aye-ayes cannot see during the day.

• Aye-ayes are stronger than most lemurs.

• Aye-ayes adapted differently.

• Aye-ayes do not get along with other lemurs.

Camouflage helps snakes hunt. Which fact from the book supports this idea?

• The snakes' noses look like parts of trees. Other animals do not see them.

• Spear-nosed snakes and leaf-nosed snakes live in forest trees.

• Camouflage helps leaf-nosed snakes locate prey in the dark.

• Snakes noses are adaptations. They act as camouflage.

The word "diurnal" means "active during the day." Which word means the opposite of diurnal?

• deforested

• nocturnal

• camouflaged

• isolated

Scientists want to help the tenrec. They rarely see it. Scientists could help the tenrec by ____.

• finding its scat near forest streams

• capturing predators that eat tenrecs

• building new nests for tenrecs

• protecting forests where it lives