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- Salt is important for animal bodies and good health.
- Wild plant-eating animals need sodium from the plants they eat.
- Some plants and soils have enough sodium for these animals.
- In many places plants and soils have very little sodium.
- Big animals need more sodium than small animals do.
- Elephants and giraffes often cannot get enough salt from food.
- Animals travel far to reach natural salt places like pans.
- When animals travel they can meet people and face danger.
Difficult words
- sodium — A mineral animals need for bodies and health
- plant-eating — Animals that eat only plants
- soil — The top layer of the earth for plantssoils
- pan — A flat place where salt collectspans
- danger — Something that can hurt people or animals
- elephant — A very large animal with a long trunkElephants
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Discussion questions
- Have you ever seen an elephant or a giraffe?
- Would you travel far to find something you need?
- Do you know a place with a lot of salt?
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