The Golden Lion Tamarin
Comes Home
Background
Time to Practice!
Key Vocabulary

canopy

habitat

captive

humid

dilemma

observation

extinction

predators

genes

reintroduction
As you read, monitor your understanding
of how people are to help the golden lion
tamarin. If necessary, reread or read
ahead to clarify.
Time to read!
Open your reading text books to page #629
Wrapping Up Day 1
1.
2.
How do you think scientists in
Washington, D.C. use the notes from
Brazilian observers?
Why do you think the tamarins are first
placed in cages when they reach the
Brazilian preserve?
Wrapping Up Day 2
1. What qualities do you think a good
tamarin observer should have? Why?
2. What do you think the Golden Lion
Tamarin Conservation Program will have
to do to reach its goal of placing 2,000
tamarins in the wild by 2025?
Canopy
the high, sheltering
branches of the rain
forest
Captive
captured, held against
one’s will
Dilemma
a situation in which
one is given a difficult
choice to make
extinction
the condition of
having died out
genes
tiny pieces of matter
in cells that carry the
blueprints for
characteristics
habitat
a natural environment
for native creatures
Humid
air that is really
hot and sticky.
This happens
when there is a
lot of water vapor
in the air.
Observation
the act of paying
close attention
Predators
animals that prey on
others
reintroduce
the process of
returning
animals to their
native habitats
Time to read!
Open your reading text books to page #629