Reading and speaking 6 a Read the text. What are Azra's favourite
animals? Where do they live?
b Are the statements true or false?
1 Meerkats are black
False They are brown with grey stripes and black ears
2 They ve got a long tail
3 They can stand on two legs
4 They live in pairs
5 They sleep in holes in the ground.
6 They eat fish
7 They can eat scorpions
8 Eagles eat meerkats
7 Work with a partner. Tell him/her about your
favourite animal.
Meerkats
My favourite animals are meerkats. They live
in southern Africa in the Kalahari Desert.
Meerkats are brown with grey stripes and black ears.
They're quite small - about the same size as a rabbit.
They've got a long body and a long tail, but short legs.
They can stand on two legs,
They live in groups. There are between five and thirty
meerkats in a group
They sleep in holes in the ground. Early in the morning,
they leave their holes and look for food. They eat
insects, plants, lizards, eggs and mice. They can even
eat poisonous animals like scorpions and spiders. When
meerkats eat, some of them stand on two legs and guard
the others. That's because some other animals like to eat
meerkats. When the guards see an eagle, a snake or a fox,
they bark and all the meerkats run back to their holes.
