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2a Animals in danger

1 Vocabulary  2 Read 

Label the animals with the words in A. How much do you know about mountain
the box. Then, listen and check your gorillas? Read the sentences below and guess
answers. whether they are True (T) or False (F). Then,
listen, read and check your answers.
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Mountain gorillas are an endangered species.
1. Mountain gorillas are an endangered species. .
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2. They live in Asia.
male gorillas
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male gorillas
3. Female gorillas are bigger than male gorillas. . . .
male gorillas
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4. They sleep on grass.
spots 5. They can live for over 100 years in the wild.
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mountain gorillas
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mountain gorillas
1 6. There are about 880 mountain gorillas today. . .
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THE MOUNTAIN
GORILLA
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3 There are many animals on the endangered
species list: the elephant, the black rhino
and the Asian tiger are just a few. They have
become endangered for different reasons
tusk but mostly because of hunting and because
people destroy their natural habitats.
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The mountain gorilla of Central East Africa is one of
the world’s most endangered species. Hunters kill
them for their fur and hands. They live in groups
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in the tropical forests of the Virunga Mountains.
A male gorilla can be as tall as 1.8 m and weigh
between 136 to 220 kg, but the female is much
horn smaller and not as heavy.
They eat leaves, fruit and small animals and sleep
high in the trees. A gorilla can live about 35 years
in the wild.
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Most of what we know about the mountain gorilla
is thanks to American zoologist Dian Fossey.
She was studying and
protecting the mountain
fur gorilla for the most part of
her life. She was the first
6 person to get close to them
and she lived with them for
7 22 years.

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