A.They usually look a little dirty. B.This keeps them clean and cool. C.Animals need to keep clean, too. D.They use their beaks the way you use a comb. E.It is different from other animals. F.Sometimes they wash in water. G.To get clean, it lies down. Then it covers itself with sand! |
To wash yourself, you take a bath (洗澡) or a shower. But how do animals clean themselves? Cats lick (舔) themselves to keep their fur clean. Have you ever watched a pet cat clean itself?
Elephants take baths much as you do. But instead of jumping into the tub (浴缸), they walk into a river or lake. Pigs also like to roll(打滚） around in water . If there is no clean water, they will roll in mud (泥) on a hot day. They do this to cool off.
Guess how polar bears （北极熊）clean themselves. They use snow, of course! Some animals take baths in dust instead of water! The wombat (毛鼻袋熊) is an Australian animal with lots of fur.
Birds clean themselves in many ways. That's why some people put birdbaths(水盆）in their yard. Sometimes birds also use their beaks (喙) to keep their feathers clean. Some birds even take "smoke baths". They sit on chimneys.(烟囱） They wave their wings in the smoke!
