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1. Read a Text About Interspecies Friendships. When Zoo Staff Placed a Goat into a Tiger's Enclosure, It Was to Serve as the Big Cat's

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1. Read a text about interspecies friendships. When zoo staff placed a goat into a tiger's enclosure, it was to serve as the big cat's food. Although the tiger, Amur, had preyed on plenty of goats in the past, he let this goat, Timur, live . The animals' resulting relationship warmed hearts across the globe. Yet this sentimentality was likely misplaced. After all, goats are still the natural prey of tigers. Amur's refusal to hunt Timur was instead a result of his human-designed habitat.Since food is plentiful in zoos, unlike in the wild, the absence of his natural hunting instinct is neither shocking nor particularly remarkable. And Timur and Amur's relationship didn't even last very long Timur was relocated after a violent encounter with his tiger "friend! Select all the details that are included in the text. Amur let Timur live although Timur was meant to be his meal. Zoo habitats tend to lessen animals' predatory instincts. Typically, tigers view goats as a food source. In the end, Timur and Amur were separated after a fight.

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- Amur let Timur live, although Timur was meant to be his meal.- Zoo habitats tend to lessen animals' predatory instincts.- Typically, tigers view goats as a food source.- In the end, Timur and Amur were separated after a fight.