From the Ted Talk by Emma Marris: Are wild animals really "wild"?
Unscramble the Blue Letters
DB: Now, Catherine and Gordon want us to take this to the sea. How does this all apply to sea creatures, which are obviously in a far different potiosin than the land animals? But there are more of them, right?
EM: Yes, great question. First of all, I think that many of my critiques of zoos alppy to aquaria as well. And, you know, certainly there has been a real pilbuc discussion about the captivity of wlahes and other marine mammals. So I think the tide is turning on that. I did read, while I was researching this book, I read a book that I recommend by Jonathan Balcombe about the secret leivs of fish, which really did blow my mind in tmres of the cognitive abilities of fish. And I think that many of us have grown up with this idea that fish are somehow dumber than land aminals or that they don't, you know, that they don't feel pain, is a common thing that people have said about fish. This is not true. So I think that much of this apepils to, you know, to the marine world as well. And in the book, I talk about, you know, what can we do for wild animals? And honestly, one of the biggest things we can do is try to address climate change and habitat destruction. That's really the biigge, because then we'd have fewer of these confusing courmnunds where we have to decide whether or not to intervene in these cceaplimotd ways. If they have more sacpe and they have a more stable climate, they can do a lot of fnsrholuiig on their own and we don't have to get into as many moral dilemmas. So honestly, if you find these ethical pickles uncomfortable, the best way to aivod the ethical pickle is to create a lot of stable habitat for non-humans.
Open Cloze
DB: Now, Catherine and Gordon want us to take this to the sea. How does this all apply to sea creatures, which are obviously in a far different ________ than the land animals? But there are more of them, right?
EM: Yes, great question. First of all, I think that many of my critiques of zoos _____ to aquaria as well. And, you know, certainly there has been a real ______ discussion about the captivity of ______ and other marine mammals. So I think the tide is turning on that. I did read, while I was researching this book, I read a book that I recommend by Jonathan Balcombe about the secret _____ of fish, which really did blow my mind in _____ of the cognitive abilities of fish. And I think that many of us have grown up with this idea that fish are somehow dumber than land _______ or that they don't, you know, that they don't feel pain, is a common thing that people have said about fish. This is not true. So I think that much of this _______ to, you know, to the marine world as well. And in the book, I talk about, you know, what can we do for wild animals? And honestly, one of the biggest things we can do is try to address climate change and habitat destruction. That's really the ______, because then we'd have fewer of these confusing __________ where we have to decide whether or not to intervene in these ___________ ways. If they have more _____ and they have a more stable climate, they can do a lot of ___________ on their own and we don't have to get into as many moral dilemmas. So honestly, if you find these ethical pickles uncomfortable, the best way to _____ the ethical pickle is to create a lot of stable habitat for non-humans.
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Original Text
DB: Now, Catherine and Gordon want us to take this to the sea. How does this all apply to sea creatures, which are obviously in a far different position than the land animals? But there are more of them, right?
EM: Yes, great question. First of all, I think that many of my critiques of zoos apply to aquaria as well. And, you know, certainly there has been a real public discussion about the captivity of whales and other marine mammals. So I think the tide is turning on that. I did read, while I was researching this book, I read a book that I recommend by Jonathan Balcombe about the secret lives of fish, which really did blow my mind in terms of the cognitive abilities of fish. And I think that many of us have grown up with this idea that fish are somehow dumber than land animals or that they don't, you know, that they don't feel pain, is a common thing that people have said about fish. This is not true. So I think that much of this applies to, you know, to the marine world as well. And in the book, I talk about, you know, what can we do for wild animals? And honestly, one of the biggest things we can do is try to address climate change and habitat destruction. That's really the biggie, because then we'd have fewer of these confusing conundrums where we have to decide whether or not to intervene in these complicated ways. If they have more space and they have a more stable climate, they can do a lot of flourishing on their own and we don't have to get into as many moral dilemmas. So honestly, if you find these ethical pickles uncomfortable, the best way to avoid the ethical pickle is to create a lot of stable habitat for non-humans.