Amazing Animals Story Passage
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Amazing Animals Story Passage
The Helpers Beneath the River
Zoe crouched beside the Amazon River and watched the water ripple. Her guide, Luis, pointed to a quiet patch near the bank. “An electric eel may be hiding there,” he said. “It can make electric pulses to sense what is nearby. Stronger shocks can help it catch prey or defend itself.” Zoe leaned closer, but Luis gently reminded her to stay back. The eel was hard to spot in the muddy water. It did not need bright colors to stand out; its special skill worked out of sight. On the boat ride back, Zoe noticed an octopus in a clear-water research tank. It shifted its color and pattern against the rocks. “That makes it harder for other animals to notice,” explained the researcher. “Some octopuses can also squeeze into small spaces to escape danger.” Zoe watched the octopus slip behind a rock, then reappear on the other side. Later, Zoe followed a trail of leafcutter ants near the path. Each ant carried a piece of leaf much larger than its body. “They take leaves underground,” Luis said, “and use them to maintain a crop that provides their meals.” Zoe was amazed: the ants worked together, carrying food for a garden they could not see. That evening, Zoe wrote in her notebook: “An eel senses with electricity, an octopus can hide in plain sight, and ants grow food together. Amazing skills do not always look the same—but each one helps an animal survive.”
Check Your Understanding
Use evidence from the story when you can.
- In a muddy patch near the riverbank
- Under a boat seat
- On a forest path
- Inside a research tank
- To build nests out of leaves
- To care for their underground food crop
- To hide from the octopus
- To feed the electric eel
- Animals have different skills that help them survive.
- Zoe wants to become a boat guide.
- All animals use electricity to find food.
- Leafcutter ants live in research tanks.
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