LET’S FIND OUT ANIMAL LIFE WHAT IS ANIMAL MIGRATION THERESE SHEA
Many people take trips each year in search of good weather and good food So do animals These traveling creatures are called migrants and their trips are called migrations Many animals migrate to find food or to reproduce Others migrate to find better weather Most kinds of migrant animals make a round trip each year Grazing animals follow seasonal changes They look for green plants to eat Some fish TIME TO TRAVEL Some kinds of penguins migrate each year to mate and reproduce 4
and sea creatures move according to the seasons for different reasons Many animals make long journeys back and forth across land and ocean or through the air Other migrations are vertical such as up or down a mountain Either way migrations are not vacations for animals They are important often life-saving journeys African elephants such as these migrate across land each year in large numbers in order to find food and water Some animals move from one place to another and stay there They do not return to the starting place Migrating animals make the return trip Can you think of animals that move only one way COMPARE AND CONTRAST 5
