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Sirens

Sirens
Reading Level
     edHelper's suggested reading level:   grades 3 to 5
     Flesch-Kincaid grade level:   3.94

Vocabulary
     challenging words:    gills, occasionally, vegetation, slender, actually, fade, southern, unique, limbs, muddy, neither, hand, rely, resemble, addition, dwarf
     content words:    North America

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Sirens
By Vickie Chao 		  
1     Sirens are amphibians. On one hand, they look like eels. On the other hand, they resemble salamanders. But in truth, they are neither.
 
2     To tell the three animals apart, it is quite easy.
 
3     Eels have no limbs.

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