Presentation of aye ayes
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Aye-ayes are rare lemurs found in Madagascar that are often misunderstood and feared due to their unusual appearance and behaviors. They have long fingers and sharp teeth which they use to hunt insects within trees, employing a unique method similar to echolocation. Despite their odd features, aye-ayes are adapted to their environment, making them fascinating creatures.
Presentation of aye ayes
- 1. In Madagascar, a large island near Africa, there is a rear animal called an aye -aye. The name is appropriate because it is as strange and original as the animal itself. Some people who live in Madagascar fear aye-ayes. They worry that aye- ayes bring bad luck or even death. However, there is no proof that aye-ayes are dangerous. People probably fear them because they don’t understand them. They don’t understand them because aye-ayes look and act in unexpected ways. Aye-ayes are lemurs, but they resemble rats. Like rats, aye-ayes have pointy snouts and noses as well as very sharp incisors in their mouth. Those knife like teeth help aye-ayes to bite through tree bark so they can reach the larvae feeding within. Aye- ayes also use those teeth to crack nuts and tough fruits like coconuts. Like rats, aye- ayes are omnivores. They eat what's available, including plants, animals and fungi. Because they eat tough food, both rats and aye-ayes have incisors that never stops growing! But before anyone notices aye-ayes teeth, they will notice aye ayes ears. Both aye-ayes and rats have big, pointed ears and stick out noticeably from their heads. And both animals can move their ears! Can you? If you are impressed by aye-aye’s immense, moving ears, then you will be astounded by their middle fingers! All of the aye-aye’s fingers are long and boney. And almost all of them ends in sharp fingernails. Aye-aye claw can be terrorizing.
- 2. But their third finger in each hand is even more unusual than the rest. It is longer. Is also moves on it’s own! Aye-ayes use those special fingers to find and get young insects living inside of trees. Here’s how they do it. First, they tap the tree bark. Then they listen for larvae for moving within the tree. Next, they use their sharp teeth to tear the bark away . When they reach the insects, they use their long, talented middle finger to dig them out. Then they pop them into their mouths! That method of hunting is known as echolocation. Bats, whales, dolphins and bats also use echolocation. But aye-ayes are more closely related to humans than to other animals who use echolocation. Such as bats and whales. Aye-ayes are uniquely suited to living in trees and finding insect within them. Aye- ayes may be absurd, but their odd qualities and abilities make them amazing… Answer the following questions below based on the passage: 1) Aye-ayes lived in a large island in Africa. What’s the name of the island? A. Madagascar B. Cairo C. Bahrain D. Takeshima 2) As used in paragraph2, the word resemble means all of the following EXCEPT A. Look like B. Act like C. Seems like D. taste like
- 3. 03) According to the passage aye-ayes use their middle fingers to A. Attack people B. Dig out larvae C. Sharpen their incisors D. Crack coconuts 04) The author mostly call aye-ayes absurd because A. They bring bad luck or even death B. They look and act in unexpected ways C. They are omnivores and eat fungi D. They are more closely to humans than bats 05) Aye- ayes claws can be A. Funny B. Ugly C. Terrorizing D. Disgusting 06) Based on the passage, the author is most interested in how aye-ayes A. Become so rare that they only live in Madagascar B. Evolved to use echolocation like whales and dolphins C. Use their surprising features to find and get food D. Scare and amaze the people who watch them in the trees
- 4. 07) Aye-ayes third finger in each hand is even more unusual that the rest of them A. They are short, and cannot move on it’s own B. They are large and have no fingernails C. They are long and can move on it’s own D. They can catch old insect only 08) What king of hunting method does aye-ayes use A. Echolation B. Echolocation C. Tearing system
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