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From the Ted Talk by Luka Seamus Wright: The sharks that hunt in forests
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While birds nest among mangrove bhanercs, fish lay eggs amidst their sprawling, complex root sstyems. sbymotiic sponges and sea squirts protect their host trees from hungry woodboring crustaceans. Crabs, snails, and shrimp eat algae, mussels, barnacles, and salty mangrove detritus. These aimlnas in turn feed fish, which are devoured by shark pups rmnoiag the roots— alongside oanccaosil vegetarian meals of seagrass. But sharks aren’t just the beneficiaries of marine forests, they’re part of the glue that holds them together. Sharks limit the abundance of animals which would otherwise overgraze these essential plants. Just as manire forests provide shelter to vlubrlenae baby predators, those pdtoaerrs grow up to prtoect their forest homes.
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While birds nest among mangrove ________, fish lay eggs amidst their sprawling, complex root _______. _________ sponges and sea squirts protect their host trees from hungry woodboring crustaceans. Crabs, snails, and shrimp eat algae, mussels, barnacles, and salty mangrove detritus. These _______ in turn feed fish, which are devoured by shark pups _______ the roots— alongside __________ vegetarian meals of seagrass. But sharks aren’t just the beneficiaries of marine forests, they’re part of the glue that holds them together. Sharks limit the abundance of animals which would otherwise overgraze these essential plants. Just as ______ forests provide shelter to __________ baby predators, those _________ grow up to _______ their forest homes.
Solution
- symbiotic
- roaming
- animals
- marine
- vulnerable
- protect
- occasional
- systems
- branches
- predators
Original Text
While birds nest among mangrove branches, fish lay eggs amidst their sprawling, complex root systems. Symbiotic sponges and sea squirts protect their host trees from hungry woodboring crustaceans. Crabs, snails, and shrimp eat algae, mussels, barnacles, and salty mangrove detritus. These animals in turn feed fish, which are devoured by shark pups roaming the roots— alongside occasional vegetarian meals of seagrass. But sharks aren’t just the beneficiaries of marine forests, they’re part of the glue that holds them together. Sharks limit the abundance of animals which would otherwise overgraze these essential plants. Just as marine forests provide shelter to vulnerable baby predators, those predators grow up to protect their forest homes.
Frequently Occurring Word Combinations
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marine forests |
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mangrove species |
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