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C. Answer the questions for each of the animals.
Where was the animal found?
When did it become extinct?
Why did it become extinct?
a) dodo
b) Carolina parakeet
c) crescent nail-tail wallaby
d) Eastern hare-wallaby
e) Bramble Cay melomys
D. Find the words in the text.
a. unable to fly, despite having wings
b. people who establish a new home
somewhere
c. chased and captured, often for food
d. enjoyed by many people in the past
e. any mammal which keeps its young in
a pouch
f. using land for farming, either for animals
or plants
E. Work with a partner. Think of at least
three animals for each category.
a. predators
b. nocturnal
c. endangered
d. herbivores
e. marsupials
F. Discuss with a partner.
1. What other effects is global warming
having on our environment?
2. What can people do to save other
animals from extinction?
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