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O 1 READ the article about an animal researcher who is interested in more than good looks.
eons What is Lucy Cooke’s message for the world?

Funny looking or beautiful?

It is often said that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.' That is certainly true for
zoologist? Lucy Cooke. While most people prefer cute pandas and kittens to odd-looking
frogs and sloths, Cooke does not. Instead of being turned off by less attractive creatures, she
is fascinated by them. She looks beyond their appearance and tries to find out as much as
possible about how they behave and adapt to their environments.

Consider the sloth. This slow-moving animal lives in the tropical forests of South and
Central America. It often hangs upside-down in trees, holding on with its long claws. Most
people think that the sleepy sloth is lazy, dirty, and stupid. However, Cooke is quick to point
out that sloths have been greatly misunderstood. In fact, their behavior helps them out in
the wild. Their slow metabolism? helps protect them from poisons in the leaves they eat, and
moving slowly keeps them hidden from predators.*
Cooke is concerned that attractive animals get all the attention. It troubles her that
there is much less research on “uncute” animals such as sloths and frogs, yet many of
these animals are in danger of dying out. Cooke wants to show the world how some of the
strangest-looking creatures deserve attention and

Fun Sloth Facts
protection. To get her message across, she takes
advantage of the Internet. People can watch
Sloths are great at hiding.
humorous videos online about her adventures
with the unloved species of the world. Just watch e Sloths spend up to 70% of their time
Cooke’s video about sloths—you will probably resting.

end up loving them as much as she does. e Sloths can take up to a month to digest

a meal.
1 beauty is in the eye of the beholder: people have different
ideas about what is beautiful
2 zoologist: a scientist who studies animals
8 metabolism: the processes in the body that cause food to be used for energy and growth
4 predator: an animal that lives by killing and eating others

¥v Sleeping sloth