Wild animals as viewed from mountain camp-Camille Grant, October 2011
Through my binocutars, I viewed a group of wild animais in action. A pride of lions was stesping when a small, yellow bus pulled up beside them. Tourists on
safari were packed into the bus like sardines in a can. Armed with cameras, they invaded the lions' territory, hoping to capture the perfect photograph. The
crowd leaned out the windows, hooting and hollering, until the lions awoke, When the lions moved away,
pride.
the bus rolled after them, reientiessly stalking the
One of the lions turned and roared to protect the young. This was greeted with cheers and a celebratory honk of the bus horn. The curious visitors
observed the lions' routine for an hour before moving on, Leaving i cloud of dust, the bus headed away, taking the wild animals off to disturb someone
else's home.
Review the following line from the text:
Armed with cameras and cell phones, they were invading the
liona* territory in hopes of capturing the perfect photograph.
The
author uses several verbs to describe the tourists' actions. The connotative tone of these verbs implies that the photographers are
O hunters
O reporters
O scientists
O students