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From the Ted Talk by Gilad Bino: A year in the life of one of Earth's weirdest animals

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Like other mammals, she fedes them milk. But unlike other mmaamls, she has no nipples. Instead, her milk oozes from mammary glands onto her belly, where her babies srlup it up. This pooled milk invites bticraea, but the platypus also produces pnteot antibacterial proteins, ensuring her newborns are safe.

She continues nrsuing them for four months— hunting, evading the fox, and repairing her burrow all the while. By the time her yuong are ready to make their deubt, the summer is waning. One evening, after the female platypus returns from hunting, she finds that one nestling has already struck off on its own. A few days later, the other also leaves the borough. Soon, her young are living completely independently. And eventually they’ll leave this part of the river to make homes of their own.

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Like other mammals, she _____ them milk. But unlike other _______, she has no nipples. Instead, her milk oozes from mammary glands onto her belly, where her babies _____ it up. This pooled milk invites ________, but the platypus also produces ______ antibacterial proteins, ensuring her newborns are safe.

She continues _______ them for four months— hunting, evading the fox, and repairing her burrow all the while. By the time her _____ are ready to make their _____, the summer is waning. One evening, after the female platypus returns from hunting, she finds that one nestling has already struck off on its own. A few days later, the other also leaves the borough. Soon, her young are living completely independently. And eventually they’ll leave this part of the river to make homes of their own.

Solution


  1. potent
  2. debut
  3. mammals
  4. slurp
  5. young
  6. feeds
  7. nursing
  8. bacteria

Original Text


Like other mammals, she feeds them milk. But unlike other mammals, she has no nipples. Instead, her milk oozes from mammary glands onto her belly, where her babies slurp it up. This pooled milk invites bacteria, but the platypus also produces potent antibacterial proteins, ensuring her newborns are safe.

She continues nursing them for four months— hunting, evading the fox, and repairing her burrow all the while. By the time her young are ready to make their debut, the summer is waning. One evening, after the female platypus returns from hunting, she finds that one nestling has already struck off on its own. A few days later, the other also leaves the borough. Soon, her young are living completely independently. And eventually they’ll leave this part of the river to make homes of their own.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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female platypus 2
river red 2
red gum 2
gum tree 2

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collocation frequency
river red gum 2
red gum tree 2

Important Words


  1. antibacterial
  2. babies
  3. bacteria
  4. belly
  5. borough
  6. burrow
  7. completely
  8. continues
  9. days
  10. debut
  11. ensuring
  12. evading
  13. evening
  14. eventually
  15. feeds
  16. female
  17. finds
  18. fox
  19. glands
  20. homes
  21. hunting
  22. independently
  23. invites
  24. leave
  25. leaves
  26. living
  27. mammals
  28. mammary
  29. milk
  30. nestling
  31. newborns
  32. nipples
  33. nursing
  34. oozes
  35. part
  36. platypus
  37. pooled
  38. potent
  39. produces
  40. proteins
  41. ready
  42. repairing
  43. returns
  44. river
  45. safe
  46. slurp
  47. struck
  48. summer
  49. time
  50. waning
  51. young