Extinct pig spotted again … at a museum in Scotland!
I found this story this morning and it's very interesting.
Complete the story with the ten verb forms. Check the key later.
1. are delighted 2. attacked 3. decided 4. has been
5. has been created 6. has been seen 7. researched
8. was covered 9. was handed 10. was kept
An extinct pig which was indigenous to Shetland (Scotland) _____ for the first time in more than 100 years. A model of the pig - which was the size of a large dog and had tusks -______ after work by researchers and a taxidermist.
The pig, which ______ lambs, _____ domestically until the 1800s. It ______ with long stiff bristles over a fleece of coarse wool.
In order to reconstruct it, Dr Ian Tait, curator of collections at Shetland Museum, ______ published sources to find various descriptions.
The job of bringing the pig back to life _____ to taxidermist David Hollingworth.
They _____ to use an immature wild boar, adding tusks and a ridge of four inch long black hairs down the animal's back.
Dr Tait said: “Making this reconstruction relied on months of research, finding out how large the animal was and what colour and shape it was. The result _____ well worth all the hard work.”
“We are confident that the reconstruction is an excellent interpretation of the pig breed that lived in Shetland for many centuries. We _____ that visitors to the museum will now be able to see for themselves an animal that had such a large part in Shetland's farming history.”
The pig, which ______ lambs, _____ domestically until the 1800s. It ______ with long stiff bristles over a fleece of coarse wool.
In order to reconstruct it, Dr Ian Tait, curator of collections at Shetland Museum, ______ published sources to find various descriptions.
The job of bringing the pig back to life _____ to taxidermist David Hollingworth.
They _____ to use an immature wild boar, adding tusks and a ridge of four inch long black hairs down the animal's back.
Dr Tait said: “Making this reconstruction relied on months of research, finding out how large the animal was and what colour and shape it was. The result _____ well worth all the hard work.”
“We are confident that the reconstruction is an excellent interpretation of the pig breed that lived in Shetland for many centuries. We _____ that visitors to the museum will now be able to see for themselves an animal that had such a large part in Shetland's farming history.”
The model will go on display at the new Shetland Museum and Archives.
Learn: Taxidermists may practise professionally for museums or as amateurs. Taxidermy is the art of mounting or reproducing animals for display or study. This is a practice generally done with vertebrates.
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