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From the Ted Talk by Thomas Peschak: Dive into an ocean photographer's world

Unscramble the Blue Letters

From the shores of Africa we travel east, across the vastness that is the Indian Ocean to the mildaevs, an archipelago of coral islands. And during the stormy southwest monsoon, manta rays from all across the archipelago travel to a tiny speck in Baa Atoll called hiaarnfu. Armies of crustaceans, most no bigger than the size of your pupils, are the mainstay of the mtnaa ray's diet. When plankton crennatictnoos become patchy, manta rays feed alone and they sealuorsmt themselves backwards again and again, very much like a puppy csahnig its own tail.

Open Cloze

From the shores of Africa we travel east, across the vastness that is the Indian Ocean to the ________, an archipelago of coral islands. And during the stormy southwest monsoon, manta rays from all across the archipelago travel to a tiny speck in Baa Atoll called ________. Armies of crustaceans, most no bigger than the size of your pupils, are the mainstay of the _____ ray's diet. When plankton ______________ become patchy, manta rays feed alone and they __________ themselves backwards again and again, very much like a puppy _______ its own tail.

Solution

  1. chasing
  2. concentrations
  3. hanifaru
  4. somersault
  5. maldives
  6. manta

Original Text

From the shores of Africa we travel east, across the vastness that is the Indian Ocean to the Maldives, an archipelago of coral islands. And during the stormy southwest monsoon, manta rays from all across the archipelago travel to a tiny speck in Baa Atoll called Hanifaru. Armies of crustaceans, most no bigger than the size of your pupils, are the mainstay of the manta ray's diet. When plankton concentrations become patchy, manta rays feed alone and they somersault themselves backwards again and again, very much like a puppy chasing its own tail.

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Important Words

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