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From the Ted Talk by Latif Nasser: You have no idea where camels really come from

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was there to help the camel get through that six-month-long wniter, when food was scarce? And then, only later, long after it cseosrd over the land bridge did it riorteft those winter features for a hot desert environment? Like, for instance, the hump may be helpful to camels in hotter climes because having all your fat in one place, like a, you know, fat backpack, means that you don't have to have that insulation all over the rest of your body. So it hples heat daiptisse easier. It's this cazry idea, that what seems like proof of the camel's quintessential desert nature could actually be proof of its High Arctic past.

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was there to help the camel get through that six-month-long ______, when food was scarce? And then, only later, long after it _______ over the land bridge did it ________ those winter features for a hot desert environment? Like, for instance, the hump may be helpful to camels in hotter climes because having all your fat in one place, like a, you know, fat backpack, means that you don't have to have that insulation all over the rest of your body. So it _____ heat _________ easier. It's this _____ idea, that what seems like proof of the camel's quintessential desert nature could actually be proof of its High Arctic past.

Solution

  1. crossed
  2. winter
  3. retrofit
  4. dissipate
  5. helps
  6. crazy

Original Text

was there to help the camel get through that six-month-long winter, when food was scarce? And then, only later, long after it crossed over the land bridge did it retrofit those winter features for a hot desert environment? Like, for instance, the hump may be helpful to camels in hotter climes because having all your fat in one place, like a, you know, fat backpack, means that you don't have to have that insulation all over the rest of your body. So it helps heat dissipate easier. It's this crazy idea, that what seems like proof of the camel's quintessential desert nature could actually be proof of its High Arctic past.

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