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Tick the animals which are already included in the category extinct:
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e)
f)
g)
h)
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(2)
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increasing the amount of solid evidence relating to the bird. The extinction
of the bird, within 80 years of its discovery, made people realise for the first
time that humans could induce the extinction of plants and animals.
The dodos were not afraid of humans because they had never seen a person
before. So they were easy prey for humans because dodos could not fly.
When humans first arrived on Mauritius, they also brought with them other
animals that had not existed on the island before, including dogs, pigs, cats,
rats, and Crab-eating Macaques. These animals destroyed the dodo nests
and humans destroyed the forests where the birds made their homes. So
they dodos lost their nests, eggs and food!
Now complete the sentence using the words in the box below:
humans nests eggs the island of Mauritius
Answer key:
Extinct animals: all except the African elephant, the Tanzanian woolly bat and the
panda bear which are endangered species.
Animals and characteristics:
a-2
b-1
c-4
d-3,5,7
e-6
f-3,5,7
g-8
h-3,5,7
Text about the dodo. Read the text with students helping with difficult
vocabulary and grammar expressions. Allow some minutes for them to retell what
they have read using their own words. Then, they have to complete the sentence I
have added at the end of the text.