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Unit 6
Survival
Understanding ideas
Can you tell their names?
Where would you normally expect to find these animals?
Would you be surprised to see these animals in a city? Why or why not?
What problems could they encounter in cities?
fox
leopard
bear
racoon
hedgehog
chacma baboon
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Possible answer!
4. They may have difficulties finding food, shelter and mates. If people find them, they may be trapped or killed.
Now let's read the passage to learn more about their current living situation in cities.
The title means the wild animals within the cities.
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Look at the title of the passage and the picture. Think about what the title means.
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Choose the topic sentences for Paragraphs 2-5 and write them on the lines to complete the passage.
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d
a
c
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1. Why does the author describe a chacma baboon stealing a bag of shopping?
2. Why are urban racoons more intelligent than their wild cousins?
3. Why do some birds crash into windows?
Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions.
To introduce the topic of the text.
Because they frequently have to figure out difficult problems such as how to open rubbish bins and other containers which they would not find in the wild.
Because they cannot distinguish between blue sky and glass.
1. Maybe urban development and climate change cause animals to get out of their natural habitats.
2. Foxes can be commonly found in London today.
3. Foxes always go out for food at night when they are in cities.
4. Around ten per cent of the total birds in the UK die from crashing into windows each year.
5. That the species enter cities is a means of their survival.
True or False.
come out in daylight if the reward is good enough.
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Organise information from the passage and complete the diagram.
out of their natural habitats
Wherever they go, animals find towns and cities in their way. With nowhere else to make their homes, they have no choice but to move in with us.
Out