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Efforts to save the greater bilby in AustraliaCEFR A1
21 Oct 2024
Adapted from Kevin Rennie, Global Voices • CC BY 3.0
Photo by Enguerrand Photography, Unsplash
Level A1 – BeginnerCEFR A1
2 min
81 words
- The bilby is a small, shy Australian mammal loved.
- It lives in dry and open parts of Australia now.
- The bilby has very long ears and soft fur.
- Today many wild bilbies are in danger of extinction.
- Rabbits, wild cats and foxes harm bilbies in nature.
- Farming, grazing and land clearing remove bilby homes and food.
- People make safe fenced areas for bilbies to live.
- Breeding programs help raise young bilbies for release.
- Families buy chocolate bilbies at Easter to help.
Difficult words
- bilby — a small, shy Australian mammalbilbies
- extinction — when a species dies out and stops living
- graze — to eat grass on land with animalsgrazing
- breed — to have and raise young animalsBreeding
- fence — to put a barrier around a placefenced
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Discussion questions
- Do you like the bilby?
- Would you buy chocolate bilbies at Easter to help?
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