In this article, we learn that the Colorodo Division of Wildlife researched lions' choice of prey, and that the results were very interesting. With sample tissue from male deer carcasses, they discovered that the lions greatly favor hunting deer with chronic wasting disease, a mental disorder similar to mad cow disease. Although we already postulized that predators hunt for the weak prey, chronic wasting disease does not symptons observable by a hunter, therefore the hunter is just as likely to kill a regular deer.
This is an interesting article since it tells the reader something about the mountain lion that was not previously know. They can determine a deer's disorder before a human can. This is extremely fascinating because humans are very smart.
I learned that we do not give lions as much credit as we should, since they are able to make smart choices about what they hunt. Lions have normally just been seen as big cats that growl to me, but now I know they are insightful creatures.
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Declan, I thought you did a very good job with your review, but I also think there are a couple of things that you could have improved. One thing that I thought you did very well was that when you presented your review of the article to the class you spoke very clearly and understood the article very well, making it very easy to listen to you. Another thing that I thought you did well was that your review was very short and to the point. You also made your review factual, so it was easy to remember some of the information given in the article itself. One thing that I thought you could have improved in your review is that although it was clear and short, your sentences were a bit abrupt which makes them sound a bit silly. Another thing that you could have improved, is that you could have checked your grammar, because you said “know” rather than known. All in all I thought you did a great article review and I found it very interesting to know that lions can sense when a deer has chronic wasting disorder and therefore decide to kill it since its weak and therefore easier to hunt.
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