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5d Protect the animals

1 ocabulary  2 ead  Read the text
quickly to
Look at the pictures and match the A. Read the website quickly understand
animals with their habitats. Then and match the headings a-d the main idea.
listen and check your answers. with the paragraphs 1 4. Then
listen and check your answers.

a. How many are there left?
b. What can we do to help?
ocean c. What do they look like?
d. What can harm them?

1 deer cave
Help save

Hector’s
desert
dolphins!

polar
2 bat region

Name: Hector’s dolphin
jungle Country: New Zealand
Population: around 7,000
Status: endangered

forest
3 tiger Hector’s dolphins live around the coast of
New Zealand. They are one of the world’s
rarest and most endangered species.

1 They are grey with areas of black and white,
and are the smallest dolphins in the world.
Adults grow between 1.2 - 1.4 m long and weigh up to
50 kg. They are rounder than other dolphins and have
4 camel got a round, black in.

2 Fifty years ago, 26,000 30,000 Hector’s
dolphins used to live in the waters of New
Zealand, but today there are only about 7,000. If things
don’t change, this kind of dolphin will soon become
extinct.

• Net ishing. Fishermen use nets to catch ish,
3
5 polar bear but sometimes a dolphin may
swim into a net. If the dolphin can’t
get out, it will die because dolphins
need air to breathe.
• Boat users. If boat users aren’t
careful around these waters,
they can harm or kill a dolphin.
• Water pollution. This can
make Hector’s dolphins ill.
6 killer whale Also, they may eat rubbish,
like plastic bags, and die.

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