Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
4.9
Points
0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
1812
Points per Word
0.000276
Page Count
40
Points per Page
0.0125
Series
Animal Scavengers
Description
A pair of jackals in the African grasslands notices vultures flying overhead and knows that a dead animal is near. The jackals are scavengers. They act as a cleanup crew, eating animals that have died as well as the leftovers from predators.