Health In The Wild

Read Health In The Wild and check the IELTS Reading answers. For the past decade Dr Engel, a lecturer in environmental sciences at Britain's Open University, has been collating examples of self-medicating behavior in wild animals. She recently published a book on the subject. In a talk at the Edinb…

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For the past decade Dr Engel, a lecturer in environmental sciences at Britain's Open University, has been collating examples of self-medicating behavior in wild animals. She recently published a book on the subject. In a talk at the Edinburgh Science Festival earlier this month, she explained that the idea that animals can treat themselves has been regarded with some skepticism by her colleagues in the past. But a growing number of animal behaviourists now think that wild animals can and do deal with their own medical needs.

Answers

  1. 1. TRUE
  2. 2. NOT GIVEN
  3. 2-3: E
  4. 3. FALSE
  5. 3-4: ii
  6. 4. FALSE
  7. 5. pith
  8. 6. terpenes
  9. 7. alkaloids
  10. 8. detoxify
  11. 9. hooks
  12. 10. G
  13. 11. D
  14. 12. E
  15. 13. C

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