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From the Ted Talk by Alex Rosenthal: The world's largest organism
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A couple of years later, Pando grew mature enough to reproduce asexually. Asexual reproduction, or cloning, tends to happen when the environment is favorable to growth. Aspens have long roots that brurow through the soil. These can sprout shtoos that grow up into new trunks. And while Pando grew and spread out, so did our aterncoss. As Hunter-gatherers who made cave paintings, survived an ice age, found their way to North America, built cvtoziilaniis in egpyt and momtseoaipa, fohugt wars, domesticated animals, fought wars, formed nations, built machines, and invented the internet, and always newer ways to fhgit wars.
Open Cloze
A couple of years later, Pando grew mature enough to reproduce asexually. Asexual reproduction, or cloning, tends to happen when the environment is favorable to growth. Aspens have long roots that ______ through the soil. These can sprout ______ that grow up into new trunks. And while Pando grew and spread out, so did our _________. As Hunter-gatherers who made cave paintings, survived an ice age, found their way to North America, built _____________ in _____ and ___________, ______ wars, domesticated animals, fought wars, formed nations, built machines, and invented the internet, and always newer ways to _____ wars.
Solution
- ancestors
- shoots
- civilizations
- mesopotamia
- egypt
- fought
- burrow
- fight
Original Text
A couple of years later, Pando grew mature enough to reproduce asexually. Asexual reproduction, or cloning, tends to happen when the environment is favorable to growth. Aspens have long roots that burrow through the soil. These can sprout shoots that grow up into new trunks. And while Pando grew and spread out, so did our ancestors. As Hunter-gatherers who made cave paintings, survived an ice age, found their way to North America, built civilizations in Egypt and Mesopotamia, fought wars, domesticated animals, fought wars, formed nations, built machines, and invented the internet, and always newer ways to fight wars.
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