Mon Prof Augmenté
Human Snacks and Winter Sleep
Age 8 · Animals
A marmot eats grass and flowers in summer and sleeps curled up in winter. If it eats sugary human snacks, it may wake up too early and use its stored fat before spring.
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In the picture
- A patch of grass and flowers: the marmot’s natural summer food.
- A curled sleeping marmot: a healthy winter sleeper with stored fat.
- A chocolate bar and biscuit in a hand: sugary human snacks.
- A thin marmot in a snowy burrow: a winter sleeper that has used too much fat.
Examples
- A camper shares a cookie with a wild animal.
- A child leaves a candy bar near a burrow.
Key takeaways
- Hibernating animals need their stored fat to last the winter.
- Sugary human snacks can wake them and make winter harder.
Quiz: Human Snacks and Winter Sleep (Age 8)
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What does a healthy winter sleeper have to live on during winter?
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What can sugary human snacks do to a hibernating marmot?
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Why is using stored fat before spring a problem?
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