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Kangaroo: a large Australian mammal with a long stiff tail, short front legs and long powerful back legs on which it moves by jumping.

Noun / The kangaroo is a fighter

Alarm: A warning of danger, usually a loud noise or flashing light:

Noun / If there's any trouble, raise/sound the alarm by pulling the emergency cord.

Midnight: twelve o'clock in the middle of the night.

Noun / From 6 pm to midnight, two more free concerts are performed simultaneously.

Hyena: a wild animal from Africa and Asia that looks like a dog, hunts in groups, and makes a sound similar to a human laugh.

Noun / It is not as dramatic as the hyena calls.

Hippo: A very large animal with short legs and thick, dark grey skin that lives near water in Africa.

Noun / I like hippos.

Snake: A reptile with a long body and no legs

Noun / He's terrified of being bitten by a snake

Monkey: An animal that lives in hot countries, has a long tail, and climbs trees

Noun / What's the difference between an ape and a monkey

Lion: A large wild animal of the cat family with yellowish-brown fur that lives in Africa and southern Asia:

Noun / The lion loped across the grass.

Zebra:An African wild animal that looks like a horse, with black or brown and white lines on its body.

Noun / I love going to the zoo to see the zebras

Poach: to take someone as a prisoner, or to take something into your possession, especially by force

Verb/ they poached a toucan to sell it

Capture:to take someone as a prisoner, or to take something into your possession, especially by force

Verb/they want to capture my bears.

Wild:uncontrolled, violent, or extreme

Adjective/my dog is going wild.

species:a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with each other

Noun/In the zoo there are many species.

Refuge:protection or shelter from danger, trouble, etc., or a place that provides this

Noun/The president goes to a shelter when he is in danger.

Habitat: the natural environment in which an animal or plant usually lives

Noun/Wild tigers live in their natural habitat.

deforestation:the cutting down of trees in a large area, or the destruction of forests by people

Noun/Yesterday I saw a deforestation and it broke my heart to see how they cut down the trees.

Zoo: a place where there are a lot of people and their behaviour is not well organized or controlled

Noun/I went to the zoo last week and I had a lot of fun.

Creature:any large or small living thing that can move independently

Noun/I saw a strange creature in my yard.

Captivity:the situation in which a person or animal is kept somewhere and is not allowed to leave

Noun/A lion in the zoo is in captivity.