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From the Ted Talk by Marah J. Hardt: Are we interrupting the kinky sex lives of fish?

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And until recently, we really didn't know how sex happened in the sea. It's pretty hard to study. But thanks to new science and technology, we now know so much more than even just a few years ago, and these new doecirsievs are swohnig two things. First, sex in the sea is really funky. Second, our aicntos are wreaking havoc on the sex lives of everything from shrimp to salmon. I know. It can be hard to believe. So today, I'm going to share a few details about how animals do it in the deep, how we may be interrupting these intimate afarifs and what we can do to cnahge that.

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And until recently, we really didn't know how sex happened in the sea. It's pretty hard to study. But thanks to new science and technology, we now know so much more than even just a few years ago, and these new ___________ are _______ two things. First, sex in the sea is really funky. Second, our _______ are wreaking havoc on the sex lives of everything from shrimp to salmon. I know. It can be hard to believe. So today, I'm going to share a few details about how animals do it in the deep, how we may be interrupting these intimate _______ and what we can do to ______ that.

Solution

  1. actions
  2. change
  3. affairs
  4. showing
  5. discoveries

Original Text

And until recently, we really didn't know how sex happened in the sea. It's pretty hard to study. But thanks to new science and technology, we now know so much more than even just a few years ago, and these new discoveries are showing two things. First, sex in the sea is really funky. Second, our actions are wreaking havoc on the sex lives of everything from shrimp to salmon. I know. It can be hard to believe. So today, I'm going to share a few details about how animals do it in the deep, how we may be interrupting these intimate affairs and what we can do to change that.

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