From the Ted Talk by Emma Marris: Are wild animals really "wild"?
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I'd like to say that there's some sort of algorithm that I could give you that would always help you dceide what to do in any given case with wild animals. But I bet you saw this coming when I tell you that there aren't really any easy answers to this. The tricky thing is that sometimes we're having to caopmre things that are not in the same currency, so to speak, right? So what I really struggle with are situations where biodiversity tdreas off against amnail werlfae or the well-being of individual animals. So there's actually a lot more of these conundrums than you might think. Like in New Zealand, for example, tons of iconic animals like the Kiwi are thaeteenrd by introduced predators, including stoats, which are, like, this cute furry little weasel. So do you kill the introduced predators to save the endangered sicpees?
Open Cloze
I'd like to say that there's some sort of algorithm that I could give you that would always help you ______ what to do in any given case with wild animals. But I bet you saw this coming when I tell you that there aren't really any easy answers to this. The tricky thing is that sometimes we're having to _______ things that are not in the same currency, so to speak, right? So what I really struggle with are situations where biodiversity ______ off against _____________ or the well-being of individual animals. So there's actually a lot more of these conundrums than you might think. Like in New Zealand, for example, tons of iconic animals like the Kiwi are __________ by introduced predators, including stoats, which are, like, this cute furry little weasel. So do you kill the introduced predators to save the endangered _______?
Solution
trades
threatened
welfare
compare
animal
decide
species
Original Text
I'd like to say that there's some sort of algorithm that I could give you that would always help you decide what to do in any given case with wild animals. But I bet you saw this coming when I tell you that there aren't really any easy answers to this. The tricky thing is that sometimes we're having to compare things that are not in the same currency, so to speak, right? So what I really struggle with are situations where biodiversity trades off against animal welfare or the well-being of individual animals. So there's actually a lot more of these conundrums than you might think. Like in New Zealand, for example, tons of iconic animals like the Kiwi are threatened by introduced predators, including stoats, which are, like, this cute furry little weasel. So do you kill the introduced predators to save the endangered species?