full transcript

From the Ted Talk by Claire Simeone: The lovable (and lethal) sea lion

Unscramble the Blue Letters

But once they’ve ceolsd in, they rely on something akin to a sxtih snese to actually cctah their meal. Their whiskers, or vibrissae, are composed of kiatern and full of nvree fibers that run deep into the connective tissue of their face. Sea lions have full directional control over these whiskers, which can lie flat against their face, or stick out at a 90-degree angle. When properly tuned, these whiskers can sense the slim trails of moving water fish leave in their wake. And they’re precise enough to let blindfolded sea loins tell the difference between objects less than two centimeters different in size.

Open Cloze

But once they’ve ______ in, they rely on something akin to a _____ _____ to actually _____ their meal. Their whiskers, or vibrissae, are composed of _______ and full of _____ fibers that run deep into the connective tissue of their face. Sea lions have full directional control over these whiskers, which can lie flat against their face, or stick out at a 90-degree angle. When properly tuned, these whiskers can sense the slim trails of moving water fish leave in their wake. And they’re precise enough to let blindfolded sea _____ tell the difference between objects less than two centimeters different in size.

Solution

  1. closed
  2. catch
  3. lions
  4. keratin
  5. sixth
  6. sense
  7. nerve

Original Text

But once they’ve closed in, they rely on something akin to a sixth sense to actually catch their meal. Their whiskers, or vibrissae, are composed of keratin and full of nerve fibers that run deep into the connective tissue of their face. Sea lions have full directional control over these whiskers, which can lie flat against their face, or stick out at a 90-degree angle. When properly tuned, these whiskers can sense the slim trails of moving water fish leave in their wake. And they’re precise enough to let blindfolded sea lions tell the difference between objects less than two centimeters different in size.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations

ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
sea lions 11
changing ocean 2

Important Words

  1. akin
  2. angle
  3. blindfolded
  4. catch
  5. centimeters
  6. closed
  7. composed
  8. connective
  9. control
  10. deep
  11. difference
  12. directional
  13. face
  14. fibers
  15. fish
  16. flat
  17. full
  18. keratin
  19. leave
  20. lie
  21. lions
  22. meal
  23. moving
  24. nerve
  25. objects
  26. precise
  27. properly
  28. rely
  29. run
  30. sea
  31. sense
  32. sixth
  33. size
  34. slim
  35. stick
  36. tissue
  37. trails
  38. tuned
  39. vibrissae
  40. wake
  41. water
  42. whiskers