Lesson 4 The Amazing World of Animals
Animals That Use Tools
People once thought that ____ humans can use tools.
Now, scientists are finding ____ that many animals can also use tools.
Macaque Monkeys
If you go to a Buddhist temple in Lop Buri, Thailand, watch out for ____ Macaque monkeys.
They may ____ to you and pull out your hair.
They use human ____ to floss their teeth.
If you are ____ you may see female monkeys that are teaching flossing to their babies.
While the babies are watching, the female monkeys floss their ____ very slowly.
This way, the baby ____ learn to floss.
Octopuses
People don’t usually think that ____ are smart.
However, octopuses are very ____ and they can also use tools.
They ____ coconut shells for protection.
When they can’t find a good hiding ____ they hide under coconut shells.
Some octopuses even store coconut shells for later ____
They pile the coconut shells and carry them to use ____
How ____
Crows
In Aesop’s fable ____ Thirsty Crow, a crow drops stones into a jar to raise the level of water.
You may think this is just a story, ____ it is not.
Scientists who were studying ____ did an experiment.
They put a jar with water in ____ of a crow.
A worm was floating on top of the ____
However, the water level was low, so the crow ____ not eat the worm.
The crow solved the problem just as ____ the fable.
It dropped stones into ____ jar.
If you think this bird is special, you are ____
Scientists did the same experiment with other crows, and they all did ____ same, too.