Salt and large African herbivores (English, Level A1)

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.

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sodium — A mineral animals need for bodies and health

plant-eating — Animals that eat only plants

soil — The top layer of the earth for plants

soils

pan — A flat place where salt collects

pans

danger — Something that can hurt people or animals

elephant — A very large animal with a long trunk

Elephants

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