Many animals do not get along with humans.  Animals can be very harmful to humans.  Some animals can attack humans, such as a bear.  Other animals do damage to our property, for example termites eating the wood of a house.

Some animals hurt humans on purpose, they attack to defend their territory, or they are looking at us as food.  Other animals do not mean to be harmful, such as cats whose fur can cause an allergic reaction.

Sometimes the harm can fall on both us and the animal, if someone hits a deer with their car, both the person and the deer could be injured.

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Look at the pictures below.  With your group, determine how the animal is being hurtful to the human and why it would hurt a human.  Write your answer on the group worksheet (include the two pictures above).

If you finish the worksheet, ask for a blank piece of paper and make a list of all of the animals, that you can think of, who hurt humans.