Introduction Your senses bring the world around you to life Your senses of sight hearing touch smell and taste give you information Animals have these five senses too Animals use their senses to survive Seeing hearing tasting smelling and touching help animals find prey Their senses also help them stay safe Senses help them find their way around their habitat For some animals ordinary senses are not enough These animals have super senses In this book you will meet six animals whose senses are superhero-strong Some even have senses that people don’t have Let’s find out which animals are the superheroes of the sensory world 4
Sniffing Out Dinner The Silvertip Grizzly Bear Many animals have a great sense of smell Smelling can tell an animal if a predator or another danger is near And it can tell a predator if prey is nearby The silvertip grizzly has such a good nose it can smell its next meal up to 18 miles away Silvertip grizzlies eat almost anything Along with hunting prey these big bears are also scavengers They can smell a dead animal from very far away When they do they go to the place where the animal’s body is If other animals are there the grizzly is big and scary enough to chase them away Now the grizzly has a tasty meal all to itself Power Word the word scavenger comes from The Middle English 1100-1500 word for the person who kept streets clear schavager 6
Silvertip grizzly sniffing for prey Now You Know Now You Know Silvertip grizzly bears get their name from the silver hairs in their fur 7
