How do animals keep themselves clean n° 172

How do animals keep themselves clean


Animals get dirtyand tiny creaturescrawl over them.
So theythey needto clean themselves.
Find out how theydo it.

Elephants spend a lot of time each day rolling in mud  and spraying themselves with water to keep cool. then they spray themselves with dust. The dust sticks to their wet skin.
                 It dries to form a crust that protects them from insect bites. Clever !

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Zebras take dust baths. They roll around on dry, dusty ground.
                This gets rid of insects in their fur and ...
                     back scratching feels great !

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                           Monkeys have lice and fleas in their fur.
They help each other to pick thesetiny bitinganimals out usingtheir hands.
              THis is akso how they show each other they are friends.

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                                   Wild boars take mud baths.
                                         When the dries,
                               it falls off, taking any dirt with it.

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                                          Some birds get help from animals.
               This joy is sitting on on anthill and letting the ants climb all over him.
They go under the  bird's feathers and eat the insects that are crawling around there !

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Some fish in the sea clean other fish, like these small cleaner wrasses.
                        They eat tiny creaturesthat stickto other fish.
                                   They even helpto cleansharks.

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     Snakes never wash. They don't need to.
They take off their skin at least three time a year.
       This is  called moulting .  Great idea!











around  ==  around,  pas loin, ici et là, autour de

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to get rid of == se débarrasser,    débarrasser,  faire disparaître,   éliminer,     chasser

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fur ==  the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat of the skin of a mammal,
 موی نرم

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lice  == any small, wingless insect parasitic on humans and mammals and having mouthparts adapted forbsucking,
lice  =  pou,

flea  =  puce
to have fleas  =  avoir des puces

biting  =  piqueur, mordant

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