Выберете правильный вариант the manus island tree snail manus [mens] island, north of new guinea [gn], (1. cover / is covered) with rainforest. the manus island tree snail, a small animal with a bright green shell, (2. lives / live) in the tree tops in this forest. in 2015 its name (3. appeared / has appeared) on the red list. many people (4. collect / are collected) the shells of manus island tree snails because of their beautiful colour. the 4-cm long shells (5. often use / are often used) for jewellery (украшения / і). another big problem for these snails is that humans (6. are destroying / are destroyed) their natural habitat. they (7. have cut down / cut down) a lot of trees on the island. if people continue cutting down trees and collecting, soon there will be no manus island tree snails left to study. the kagu the kagu [kgu] is a national emblem of new caledonia [kldn] (an island about 900 miles east of australia) and (1. found / is found) only in its forests. kagus are big birds – 55 cm long and they (2. bark / are barking) like dogs. but you can’t hear their loud barking noise very often now because there are only about 650 kagus left! one problem for kagus is the animals that europeans (3. are brought / have brought) to new caledonia. these dogs, cats, pigs and rats (4. eat / are eating) kagus and their eggs. another problem is hunting. kagus (5. kill / are killed)for their meat. in the past people also (6. sell / sold) them to europe as pets. but, the biggest problem for kagus is the habitat. people (7. cut down / are cutting down) the forests of new caledonia and there are fewer and fewer places where these birds can live.

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