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Reading4 Work in groups. Choose an animal you know about. Discuss the questions and make notes. Then share your ideas with the class.1 What type of animal is it?2 Where does it live?3 What does it look like?4 What does it eat?5 Is there anything strange about it?2 Read the information on Class Book page 54 again. Complete.1 The mata mata turtle is found in many , ponds and rivers in South America.2 This reptile can up to 15 kilogrammes and be up to 45 centimetres long.3 The giant prickly stick insect lives in the forests of .4 This unusual invertebrate can be up to 20 centimetres long and it has very long . 3 Answer the questions. Write complete sentences.1 How do you know the mata mata turtle has a backbone? It is a vertebrate. 2 How do you know it likes water?3 What things does the mata mata turtle eat? 4 Why does a mata mata turtle need such a long nose? 5 Why do you think the giant prickly stick insect lives in forests?6 Why are these insects hard to see?Words in context1 Read and complete the defi nitions.1 A vertebrate is an animal that has a backbone.2 If something is , it is unusual or different.3 An is an animal that doesn’t have a backbone. 4 A has hard scales all over its body and it lays eggs. 5 An is an invertebrate that has six legs. vertebrate invertebrate insect reptile strange36Lesson 8, part 2Literacy: an information textthirty-six