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Endangered Animals in Kazakhstan: Saiga Antelope
The Saiga is an antelope which (1)________________(ORIGINAL) inhabited a vast
area of the Eurasian steppe zone in Mongolia. During the Ice Age the Saiga came from
the (2) ___________(BRITAIN) Isles through (3) ________(CENTRE) Asia.
_______________(APPEAR): The Saiga (5)_ _____________(TYPICAL) stands 0.6-0.8
meters at the shoulder and weighs between 36 and 63 kg. They live from 6 to 10 years.
Males are bigger than females and only males carry horns. The horns are used in (6)
__________ (CHINA) (7)__________ (TRADITION) medicine and for that reason Saiga
are now (8)_______________( DANGER) by poaching. The Saiga has an (9)
____________(EXTREME) (10) __________(USUAL), over-sized nose which warms
up the air in winter and filters out the dust in summer.
Food: Grasses, steppe grasses.
Population: The fall in Saiga antelope populations has been (1)
____________________ ______(DRAMA). There are 50,000 Saigas today.
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Habitat and (2)_____________( BEHAVE): The Saigas live in very large families in
semi-desert steppes eating several species of plants, (3) _________( INCLUDE)some
that are (4) ___________ __________ (POISON) to other animals. They can run long
distances and swim to cross rivers. Threats: (5)_____________(HUNT). Today the
Saiga is hunted for its meat. Besides, the horns are used in traditional (6)
_____________( CHINA)medicine. How you can help: Share this (7)
___________(INFORM) with others for the (8) ____________( IMPORTANT) of
Saiga conservation. Join the (9) ___________(ORGANIZE)on the Saiga conservation,
support anti-poaching activities.
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1 originally2 British
3 Central
4 appearance
5 typically
6 chinese
7 traditional
8 endangered
9 extremely
10 unusual
1 dramatic
2 behaviour
3 including
4 poisonous
5 hunters
6 Chinese
7 information
8 importance
9 organisation/organization