Raccoon dogs in Mexico – level 1

18-08-2015 15:00

This news is about raccoon dogs. This animal is also called the Tanuki dog. A raccoon dog looks like something between a small fox and a raccoon.

People move two raccoon dogs to a zoo. This zoo is in Mexico. They are male and female. They have nine babies. Seven are male and two are female.

The parents help their babies. The babies eat apples, oranges, meat, and biscuits.

Difficult words: raccoon (a grey or brown animal which lives in the Americas), male (a boy), female (a girl).

You can read the original story and watch the video in the Level 3 section.

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