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The Golden Lion Tamarin Comes Home

The Golden Lion Tamarin Comes Home. Background. Time to Practice!. canopy captive dilemma extinction genes. habitat humid observation predators reintroduction. Key Vocabulary. Strategy Focus.

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The Golden Lion Tamarin Comes Home

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  1. The Golden Lion Tamarin Comes Home

  2. Background

  3. Time to Practice!

  4. canopy captive dilemma extinction genes habitat humid observation predators reintroduction Key Vocabulary

  5. Strategy Focus As you read, monitor your understanding of how people are to help the golden lion tamarin. If necessary, reread or read ahead to clarify.

  6. Time to read! Open your reading text books to page #629

  7. Wrapping Up Day 1 1. How do you think scientists in Washington, D.C. use the notes from Brazilian observers? 2. Why do you think the tamarins are first placed in cages when they reach the Brazilian preserve?

  8. Wrapping Up Day 2 • What qualities do you think a good tamarin observer should have? Why? • What do you think the Golden Lion Tamarin Conservation Program will have to do to reach its goal of placing 2,000 tamarins in the wild by 2025?

  9. the high, sheltering branches of the rain forest Canopy

  10. captured, held against one’s will Captive

  11. a situation in which one is given a difficult choice to make Dilemma

  12. the condition of having died out extinction

  13. tiny pieces of matter in cells that carry the blueprints for characteristics genes

  14. a natural environment for native creatures habitat

  15. air that is really hot and sticky. This happens when there is a lot of water vapor in the air. Humid

  16. the act of paying close attention Observation

  17. animals that prey on others Predators

  18. the process of returning animals to their native habitats reintroduce

  19. Time to read! Open your reading text books to page #629

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