Wild Orangutan Mothers Arrange Playdates for Their Babies
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The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
A study shows orangutan mothers find playmates.
- A2
A 15-year study shows that orangutan mothers find playmates.
- B1
A 15-year study shows that wild Bornean orangutan mothers actively seek out playmates for their babies.
- B2
Orangutans are the most solitary great apes.
- C1
Orangutans are the most solitary great apes, and their young stay dependent on their mothers for at least their first seven years.
- C2
Orangutans are known as the most solitary great apes, living lives largely apart from their peers.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- seek out
- To look for someone or something, especially for a long time until you find them
- provide
- To give someone something that they need
- infant
- Babies or very young children
- arrange
- To plan, prepare for, or organize something
- track
- To follow the movements of someone or something
- associated with
- Connected to or related to something
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by Max Planck Society. Read the original for the full report.