Himalayan Bird Changes Its Voice Because of Humans
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The Himalayan monal is a beautiful bird. It lives high in the Himalayan mountains. The bird has many bright colours.
New research shows the bird is changing. More people now go to the mountains. This is called human activity.
Scientists say human activity is changing how the monal lives. It is also changing how the bird talks to other monals. Birds use sound to talk to each other. This is called communication.
The studies show a big increase in human activity near the bird's home. This change may be bad for the bird in the future.
Scientists want people to understand this problem. They hope people can help protect the monal and its mountain home, called a habitat.
Vocabulary15 words
- Himalayan
- from the Himalaya mountains
- activity
- things that people do
- communication
- sharing information with sounds or signs
- habitat
- the natural home of an animal
- research
- careful study to learn new things
- scientists
- people who study the world carefully
- increase
- to become bigger or more
- protect
- to keep something safe
- colours
- like red, blue, green
- mountains
- very tall hills
- sound
- what we hear
- studies
- careful work to learn about something
- future
- time that has not happened yet
- bird
- an animal with feathers that can fly
- home
- where an animal or person lives
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1. In the Himalayan mountains 2. Human activity 3. True
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The Himalayan monal is a _____ bird.
It lives high in the Himalayan _____.
The bird has many bright _____.
New _____ shows the bird is changing.
More people now go to the _____.
This is called human _____.
Scientists say human activity is changing how the monal _____.
It is also changing how the bird talks to other _____.
Birds use _____ to talk to each other.
Scientists want people to _____ the monal and its home.
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