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22 • Off icialKidsMag.com • FEBRUARY 2019 Write the word thumb or thumbs in each of the blanks below to learn about raccoon and human hands. You have an opposable __________ on each of your hands. What does that mean? Take a look at your hand. You can move your __________ around and touch all of the other fingertips with it. This makes it possible for you to grab things, use tools and even hold a pencil to write. Raccoons have __________, but they are not opposable __________. Raccoons can move their __________ to the center of their palm and to their pinky finger. They can't touch their other fingers with their __________. Because of this, they do not have opposable __________. Opposable comes from the word opposite. Your _________ can be placed in the opposite direction to your fingers, allowing you to hold things. Are raccoon hands like human hands? Find the words in the puzzle. How many of them can you find on this page? RACCOON SURVIVE SHELTER HEALTHY BURROWS E T L E H S A E W R Shelter is a need. Raccoons prefer living in wooded areas where they make their homes or dens in the hollow parts of trees as well as abandoned burrows. Why do you think a raccoon would like its home to be in a hollow up high in a tree? Today, raccoons also can be found in areas where people live. They sometimes make their homes in man-made struc- tures like attics, sewers, barns and sheds. NOTE: It's not safe to offer wild raccoons food. Often the food isn't good for them. And when raccoons don't get the food they want, they can get aggressive. Wants and Needs Search Look through the magazine and circle things that humans need to survive in green. Underline things that could be called wants in red. Just like people, raccoons have things they need to survive. Raccoons that live in the wild also like things they don't need to survive. Some of these "wants" can be dangerous to a raccoon. This raccoon needs fruit. But he wants candy, which isn't good for him. Look at each picture next to the raccoon. Write the word NEED next to each picture that shows something a raccoon needs to survive. Write the word WANT next to each picture that shows something a raccoon might want, but not need. A NEED is something you must have in order to survive. You need shelter, clothing, food, water and sometimes medicine. A WANT is something you would like to have, but can live without. A music player, computer, television and bike are wants not needs. Raccoon Shelter Circle every other leter to reveal another raccoon need. Raccoon Code Use the code and discover these raccoon facts! A group of raccoons is called a RACCOON SECRET CODE Good Food for Raccoons Raccoons like to eat lots of different foods. Healthy food is a need. Are there foods that could be a want instead of a need? While all animals need food to survive, raccoons will eat food that is healthy and good for them. But they will also look for and eat food that is bad for them. If they fill up on food that is not healthy, they can become sick and weak. Unscramble the letters to spell each kind of food that is good for raccoons. SFHI GESG ROMSW RESBRIE DRISB TNUS DESES and SCENTIS GSOFR Help this little raccoon nd its way home. Write the word thumb or thumbs in each of the blanks below to learn about raccoon and human hands. You have an opposable __________ on each of your hands. What does that mean? Take a look at your hand. You can move your __________ around and touch all of the other fingertips with it. This makes it possible for you to grab things, use tools and even hold a pencil to write. Raccoons have __________, but they are not opposable __________. Raccoons can move their __________ to the center of their palm and to their pinky finger. They can't touch their other fingers with their __________. Because of this, they do not have opposable __________. Opposable comes from the word opposite. Your _________ can be placed in the opposite direction to your fingers, allowing you to hold things. Are raccoon hands like human hands? Find the words in the puzzle. How many of them can you find on this page? RACCOON SURVIVE SHELTER Shelter is a need. Raccoons prefer living in wooded areas where they make their homes or dens in the hollow parts of trees as well as abandoned burrows. Why do you think a raccoon would like its home to be in a hollow up high in a tree? Today, raccoons also can be found in areas where people live. They sometimes make their homes in man-made struc- tures like attics, sewers, barns and sheds. NOTE: It's not safe to offer wild raccoons food. Often the food isn't good for them. And when raccoons don't get the food they want, they can get aggressive. Wants and Needs Search Look through the magazine and circle things that humans need to survive in green. Underline things that could be called wants in red. Just like people, raccoons have things they need to survive. Raccoons that live in the wild also like things they don't need to survive. Some of these "wants" can be dangerous to a raccoon. This raccoon needs fruit. But he wants candy, which isn't good for him. Look at each picture next to the raccoon. Write the word NEED next to each picture that shows something a raccoon needs to survive. Write the word WANT next to each picture that shows something a raccoon might want, but not need. A NEED is something you must have in order to survive. You need shelter, clothing, food, water and sometimes medicine. A WANT is something you would like to have, but can live without. A music player, computer, television and bike are wants not needs. Raccoon Shelter Circle every other leter to reveal another raccoon need. Raccoon Code Use the code and discover these raccoon facts! RACCOON SECRET CODE Good Food for Raccoons Raccoons like to eat lots of different foods. Healthy food is a need. Are there foods that could be a want instead of a need? While all animals need food to survive, raccoons will eat food that is healthy and good for them. But they will also look for and eat food that is bad for them. If they fill up on food that is not healthy, they can become sick and weak. Unscramble the letters to spell each kind of food that is good for raccoons. SFHI GESG ROMSW RESBRIE DRISB TNUS DESES and SCENTIS GSOFR Help this little raccoon nd its way home.

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