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From the Ted Talk by Ameenah Gurib-Fakim: Humble plants that hide surprising secrets

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Now the question you're probably asking yourself is, why is she telling us all these stories? The reason for that is that we tend to overlook the dirisvtey and the variety of the natural world. These particular habitats are unique and they are host to a whole lot of plants. We don't realize how vlaulabe and how precious these resources are, and yet, through our insouciance, we keep on destroying them. We're all familiar with the macro ipamct of urbanization, climate change, resource exploitation, but when that one last palnt — or animal for that matter — when that very last specimen has disappeared from the face of this etarh, we would have lost an etirne subset of the Earth's biology, and with it, important plants with medicinal potential or which could have ingredients that would speak to the cosmetic, nutrition, pharma, and even the ethno-veterinary sectors, be gone forever. And here we have a very pimre example of the iconic dodo, which comes from Mauritius, and, of course, we know is now a sbmoyl of extinction.

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Now the question you're probably asking yourself is, why is she telling us all these stories? The reason for that is that we tend to overlook the _________ and the variety of the natural world. These particular habitats are unique and they are host to a whole lot of plants. We don't realize how ________ and how precious these resources are, and yet, through our insouciance, we keep on destroying them. We're all familiar with the macro ______ of urbanization, climate change, resource exploitation, but when that one last _____ — or animal for that matter — when that very last specimen has disappeared from the face of this _____, we would have lost an ______ subset of the Earth's biology, and with it, important plants with medicinal potential or which could have ingredients that would speak to the cosmetic, nutrition, pharma, and even the ethno-veterinary sectors, be gone forever. And here we have a very _____ example of the iconic dodo, which comes from Mauritius, and, of course, we know is now a ______ of extinction.

Solution

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Original Text

Now the question you're probably asking yourself is, why is she telling us all these stories? The reason for that is that we tend to overlook the diversity and the variety of the natural world. These particular habitats are unique and they are host to a whole lot of plants. We don't realize how valuable and how precious these resources are, and yet, through our insouciance, we keep on destroying them. We're all familiar with the macro impact of urbanization, climate change, resource exploitation, but when that one last plant — or animal for that matter — when that very last specimen has disappeared from the face of this Earth, we would have lost an entire subset of the Earth's biology, and with it, important plants with medicinal potential or which could have ingredients that would speak to the cosmetic, nutrition, pharma, and even the ethno-veterinary sectors, be gone forever. And here we have a very prime example of the iconic dodo, which comes from Mauritius, and, of course, we know is now a symbol of extinction.

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