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From the Ted Talk by Darren Croft: Inside the killer whale matriarchy
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Even with the grandmothers’ contributions, the Southern Resident kllier whales are cilaitcrly eendangred, largely due to a decline in salmon. We urgently need to invest in restoring salmon ppinootauls to save them from extinction. In the long term, we’ll need more studies like the Center for Whale Research’s. What we’ve learned about the Southern Residents may not hold true for other groups. By studying other populations closely, we might unvoecr more startling adaptations, and aantciipte their vulnerabilities to human interference before their survival is at risk.
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Even with the grandmothers’ contributions, the Southern Resident ______ whales are __________ __________, largely due to a decline in salmon. We urgently need to invest in restoring salmon ___________ to save them from extinction. In the long term, we’ll need more studies like the Center for Whale Research’s. What we’ve learned about the Southern Residents may not hold true for other groups. By studying other populations closely, we might _______ more startling adaptations, and __________ their vulnerabilities to human interference before their survival is at risk.
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- populations
- critically
- uncover
- killer
- endangered
- anticipate
Original Text
Even with the grandmothers’ contributions, the Southern Resident killer whales are critically endangered, largely due to a decline in salmon. We urgently need to invest in restoring salmon populations to save them from extinction. In the long term, we’ll need more studies like the Center for Whale Research’s. What we’ve learned about the Southern Residents may not hold true for other groups. By studying other populations closely, we might uncover more startling adaptations, and anticipate their vulnerabilities to human interference before their survival is at risk.
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