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Every National Geographic Kids Reader is carefully selected to match your child’s reading ability. Level 1 • Early reader
Level 3 • Becoming independent
Level 4 • Independent reader
DEADLY PREDATORS
Level 3 Best suited to kids who are ready for complex sentences and more challenging vocabulary, but still draw on occasional support from adults. They are ideal for readers of Purple and Gold banded books.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS READERS
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Deadly Predators
LEVEL 3
ISBN 978-0-00-826671-4
Adapted by Collins for readers of British English. Notes for teachers and parents available on collins.co.uk.
9 780008 266714
Melissa Stewart
Hungry Hunters
Grizzly bears eat fish and other small animals. They usually weigh 100 to 200 kg. The largest bears can weigh 360 kg!
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Wolves chase. Sharks attack. Bears lunge. All these animals are predators. They’re all after the same thing. Meat. They need it to live and grow.
Word Bite PREDATOR: An animal that hunts and eats other animals.
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Dogs in the Wild Wolves are members of the dog family. So are foxes, coyotes and African wild dogs. All of these dogs are powerful predators. Big ears help wild dogs hear their prey. Sensitive noses help the dogs sniff out food. Wild dogs also have large teeth and strong jaws. Word Bite They can kill prey PREY: An animal that is eaten larger than themselves. by another animal. 6
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A coyote has 42 teeth. Some can tear flesh. Others can crush bone.
African wild dogs hunt in packs.
An Arctic fox stalks its prey.
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Cats in the Wild There are 36 kinds of cat living in the wild. And they’re all expert hunters. The rusty-spotted cat is the smallest. It’s around half the size of a domestic cat.
The rusty-spotted cat lives in India. At night, it hunts for birds, mice, lizards and frogs.
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What happened when the tiger swallowed a ball of wool?
It had MITTENS.
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What is the biggest cat in the world? The Siberian tiger. It can weigh more than three large men.
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Female lions hunt in a group. They work together to get a meal.
Most cats live alone. But lions live in a family group called a pride. The males protect the group. The females do all Word Bite PRIDE: A family the hunting. group of lions.
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