Quiz3. Eat or be eaten
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Select the best words to finish the sentences. An animal that hunts and eats another animal is called a 1. predator/kaioniho competitor/kaiwhakataetae herbivore/kaiota . Some animals that eat tui chicks and adults are 2. stoats/tori ura bellbird/korimako wasps/wapi and 3. cats/ngeru snakes/neke rabbits/rapeti . Other animals like 4. possums/paihamu mice/kiore iti wasps/wapi eat tui eggs.
Most of the tui's predators are 5. introduced/momo tauhou native/kararehe Maori , which means they were brought to New Zealand by 6. humans/tangata the wind/te hau flying/rerenga . Most of these animals are 7. mammals/whangote birds/manu reptiles/moko and they have caused some native prey species to become 8. extinct/korehaha common/ngatahi .
9. Why is it important to control animals like stoats, cats and possums?
10.Why are predators a bigger problem for birds like tui now than they were 100 years ago?