Answer to Dictation 1
There is a select group of creatures that is synonymous with Christmas.
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Answer to Dictation 2
A beetle does not spring to mind when thinking of the festive season.
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Answer to Dictation 3
There is actually a Christmas beetle but this Christmas it has gone missing.
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Answer to Dictation 4
An indication that the holiday season was on its way in the land down under.
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Everybody over the age of 35 remembers there being huge numbers.
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The Christmas beetle is as unique to Australia as koalas and kangaroos.
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Scientists suspect that their dwindling numbers are due to habitat loss.
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Bushfires wiped out huge swathes of forest that were home to the beetles.
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Scientists fear the Christmas beetle may also soon die out.
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They asked people to send them photos if they see the beetle.
See the Christmas beetle lesson for the whole text.
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