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Read the blog. Which animal fact is the most interesting for you?
                                                             There are more than 15,000 endangered a nE
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                                                              more species of insects in danger, like
     Reports                                                 butterflies. Let's take a look at what

                                                              people are doing to protect them so that
                                                              they do not become extinct.
       Nature watch


                                                   The Lost Ladybug Project asks people to take
                                                   photos of this beetle, or ladybird, if they see it
          There are                               and post them online.
         two special
         National                                  This is the nine-spotted lady beetle. It has four
         Parks in                                 black spots on each wing and one in the middle of its body.
         Siberia to                                It lives in North America and it is an endangered species.
         protect
          Siberian tigers from people who
          want to catch them for their             Did you know that the last day of April
          beautiful striped fur.
                                                   every year is Save the Frogs Day? There are
                                                  educational events in more than 56 countries.
          Tigers are famous for their
          stripes. They are an endangered          Frogs are in danger all over the world. The
          species and we should protect           frog in the picture is Lehmann's poison frog.
          them. When we protect tigers, we        It is found in Colombia. It has red, orange or yellow stripes.
          protect forests which give people
          around the world clean air, water,
         food and materials. Another
          animal famous for its stripes           Let's celebrate beautiful butterflies! Every two
         is the mountain zebra. Thanks           years there's a Butterfly Beauty Festival in Asia
                                                  from November to March. This helps us to protect
          to conservation                         the butterflies and learn more about them.
         projects, mountain
          zebras are now safe                      Butterflies are beautiful, flying insects. This
         from extinction.                          butterfly is a purple spotted butterfly. It has white spots on its

                                                  purple wings. Every year millions of butterflies fly to a different
                                                  place to escape cold weather. This can be dangerous, so we need
                                                   to protect them.


              Read again and answer.

              1 How many endangered species are there?          5 Where does the Lehmann's poison frog live?
              2 How do the special parks in Siberia protect     6 Which animal has red, orange or
                the tigers?                                        yellow stripes?
              3 When we protect tigers, what else do we protect? 7 When is the Butterfly Beauty Festival?
              4 Which animal has a spotted body and wings? 8 Which animal has got white spots on its wings?


              Ask and answer.
              1 Which animals would you like to protect? Why?
              2 What should we do to protect this animal? Think of a class project.
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