Bobcats

Gap-fill exercise by Silvia Folch. An English teacher in the Sierra of Madrid.

Bobcats Vocabulary List
Bobcats Listening: Bobcats Listening
More practice: Bobcats Third Person Exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!

Rellena los espacios en blanco y clikea "Check" para comprobar tus respuestas. Si te resulta difícil la respuesta utiliza el botón de "Hint" para ver una letra. También puedes clikear el botón de "[?]" para obtener una pista. Perderás puntos con las pistas.





Use these words: stalk, eat, assist, make, kill, begin, dash, expand, explore, approach, prey, pounce, have (x2), are (x3), live, provides, bite, occupy.

Bobcats solitary hunters that mostly on small mammals such as rabbits and rodents, although they will also birds and even large animals like the white-tail deer. Bobcats binocular vision, which enables them to focus on swiftly running prey. Their pupils to take in all available light, making them extremely effective night hunters. Sharp claws that in climbing are retractable, allowing the bobcat to their prey more quietly. They can to within a few feet of their intended prey and then make a short or . Bobcats compact skulls (fewer teeth and shortened jaws) coupled with long canine teeth. This them with tremendous biting pressure that can their prey in one . Bobcats to breed at 1 year of age, usually in late winter or early spring. Two to four kittens are born after a gestation period of about 62 days. The young furred but blind at birth. In about ten days their eyes will and at four weeks they begin to the area around the den. They are weaned in about 7 to 8 weeks. Bobcats a variety of habitats where there are dense thickets, including coastal swamps and upland forests. Although they often undetected, bobcats can close to humans as long as there is a suitable habitat. They their dens in hollow trees, small caves, and underneath rock ledges and outcroppings.



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