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HUMANE HERO
AMAZING WORLD
CRITTER
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CLUES
Clever 1 Although I am related to a
camel, I don’t have a hump!
BIRDS 3 When I am domesticated (cared
2 I eat many different plants,
and I don’t need much water.
for by people), I often work on
ranches or farms to protect farm
animals from predators. When
I am wild, I live in grasslands,
mountains, and deserts.
4 I can be trained to understand
words!
5 n many places I am a pack
I
animal, which means I help
move things from place to place.
Did you know crows are really smart? 6 I communicate with others of
Crows are part of the corvid family my kind by using body gestures
of birds, along with ravens, magpies, as well as a range of sounds,
and jays. They can remember including humming and high-
people, places, and things for pitched calls to warn others
many years. A crow can of danger.
remember people who are nice to them, 7 I may spit at you if I am feeling
especially people who feed them. They also remember people they unfriendly or aggressive. This is
think are a threat or dangerous. my way of saying, “Stay back!”
Ornithologists, or people who study birds, have even seen 8 I usually live to be between
crows use tools to search for food! Crows have been known to 20 and 30 years old!
create hooks and spears using things they find, like pieces of palm
fronds or wire, to catch insects in hard-to-reach spaces. They are
very adaptable. Crows are omnivores, so they eat a variety of What am I?
plants and animals. Because of this, crows are found in every corner
of the earth except Antarctica!
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