Blue wildebeest

High school (ages 12+)
Animals & Nature

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/blue-wildebeest

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the scientific name?Connochaetes taurinus
2. What is the lifespan?Average lifespan in the wild is around 20 years
3. What does a Blue Wildebeest look like?They are big antelopes with a strong build, broad shoulders, and a bluish-gray or grayish-brown coat that sometimes has faint vertical stripes. They have large curved horns that point down and then up.
4. Why do Blue Wildebeests travel long distances across Africa?They move to find fresh grass that grows after the rains. The journey helps them get the food they need for breeding and raising babies.

Obligate Herbivore: An animal that must eat plants to survive, with no capacity to digest or utilize other food sources.
Ecological Engineer: An organism that significantly modifies its environment, impacting other species and ecosystem processes.
Precocial: Referring to young animals that are relatively mature and mobile soon after birth, capable of independent movement.