Fake Eyes

10/10/2020 4:11:00 PM

Sinai Baton Blue, one of the nine rarest butterflies in the world. Image: IUCN Red List

Do you know?

  • Butterflies often live just a few weeks. 
  • Butterflies can't fly if they're cold. 

Let's learn more about butterflies in the following passage!

FACT: Butterflies can see red, green, and yellow.

red butterfly

Rare butterfly species were seen at Japanese Garden. Image: indiatimes.com

Listen and choose the correct answer.

  • Where are the fake eyes on butterflies?
  • Which animals eat butterflies?

Where are the fake eyes on butterflies?

  • on their head
  • on their wings
  • on their legs

Which animals eat butterflies?

 
  • small animals
  • big animals
  • farm animals

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

Fake Eyes

One butterfly has four eyes. Two eyes are small. They are real. Two eyes are not real. They are . The fake eyes are on the butterfly’s wings. The eyes are big. They are brown and yellow. They another animal’s eyes. They look like an owl’s eyes!

Why would a butterfly mimic an owl’s eyes? The fake eyes are for . They help protect the butterfly. Small animals eat butterflies. They them. Owls eat small animals. Owls eat animals that prey on butterflies.

What if a butterfly is being hunted? It its fake eyes. The animal hunting it thinks it is an owl. The animal is afraid. It . It takes off fast. The animal wanted a meal. It did not want to be a meal!

Read and answer the following questions.

Island Marble, one of the nine rarest butterflies in the world. Image: U.S. National Park Service

One butterfly has four eyes. Two eyes are small. They are real. Two eyes are not real. They are fake. The fake eyes are on the butterfly’s wings. The eyes are big. They are brown and yellow. They mimic another animal’s eyes. They look like an owl’s eyes!

Why would a butterfly mimic an owl’s eyes? The fake eyes are for safety. They help protect the butterfly. Small animals eat butterflies. They prey on them. Owls eat small animals. Owls eat animals that prey on butterflies.

What if a butterfly is being hunted? It flashes its fake eyes. The animal hunting it thinks it is an owl. The animal is afraid. It flees. It takes off fast. The animal wanted a meal. It did not want to be a meal!

Source: Daily Warm-ups Reading Grade 2

Most likely, an owl’s eyes are _____.
  • yellow and black
  • yellow and green
  • yellow and brown
  • yellow and white

The fake eyes of butterflies look like an owl's eyes to _____.

  • to hunt animals
  • to make them beautiful
  • to help them fly faster
  • to protect them

When a butterfly is hunted, it will ____.

  • flee
  • flash its fake eyes
  • take off fast
  • turn to an owl

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.

  1. Two eyes are not real. They are .
  2. They another animal’s eyes.
  3. The fake eyes are for .
  4. Small animals eat butterflies. They them.
  5. What if a butterfly is being hunted? It its fake eyes.
  6. The animal is afraid. It .

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for words in the text.

  1. The parrot can different sounds.
  2. He was caught trying to the country.
  3. For your , you should drive carefully.
  4. Cameras as movie stars walked on the red carpet.
  5. We used snow to make it look like winter.
  6. Lions huge herds of zebra.