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he cheetah slinks through

tall grass, stalking the tasty

gazelle on the horizon.

The elephant rips at a

baobab tree with its tusks,

searching for the water stored inside.

The beaver piles logs to build a dam

and packs them down with mud. In the

wild, animals spend much of their time

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water, building homes, or staying away

from predators.

In a zoo, however, the animals don’t

have to worry about many of these

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up the water troughs, and make sure the

animals have safe, secure enclosures.

So what’s an animal to do?