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RIC-6946 The Comprehension Box 1 - Sample student cards

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Amazing animals<br />

Did you know that some animals<br />

are able to regenerate? That<br />

means if they lose a body part,<br />

such as a leg, they can grow a<br />

new one. Lizards can lose their<br />

tail and leave it wiggling on the<br />

ground to distract their enemy<br />

while they escape. It takes around<br />

nine months for a new tail to grow.<br />

If flatworms and sea cucumbers<br />

are cut into pieces, each piece<br />

grows into a whole new flatworm<br />

or sea cucumber. Spiders and sea<br />

stars are able to regrow missing<br />

legs or arms.<br />

A few amazing frogs are able to freeze<br />

themselves over the winter and thaw<br />

out once spring arrives. <strong>The</strong> North<br />

American wood frog freezes itself at<br />

the very first touch of ice. It begins<br />

by freezing its organs. As soon as the<br />

temperature rises in spring, the frog<br />

thaws from the inside and begins<br />

moving around within a few hours.<br />

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Have you ever thought about an animal ejecting its stomach? A sea<br />

cucumber gets rid of its stomach when it feels threatened. It takes a<br />

few weeks for its stomach to regrow. A sea star ejects its stomach to<br />

collect food. When it is finished eating, the stomach is sucked back<br />

inside its body. Some frogs eject their whole stomach when they vomit.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y clean it with their leg and then take it back inside their body!<br />

How about zebras—did you know that each zebra has its own unique<br />

stripe pattern, just like our fingerprints are unique to each of us?<br />

Zebras use their stripes to recognise each other within the herd. A foal<br />

is able to recognise its own mother by her unique stripe pattern.<br />

R.I.C. Publications ® <strong>Comprehension</strong> box 1 (142)<br />

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