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From the Ted Talk by Kenneth Lacovara: Hunting for dinosaurs showed me our place in the universe

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Now, to grow so large, an animal like Dreadnoughtus would've had to have been a model of efficiency. That long neck and long tail help it radiate heat into the environment, passively cnoolnitlrg its temperature. And that long neck also serves as a super-efficient feeding minhcasem. Dreadnoughtus could stand in one place and with that neck clear out a huge enloepve of voiaeegttn, taking in tens of thousands of calories while expending very few. And these animals eevovld a bulldog-like wide-gait stance, giving them immense stability, because when you're 65 tons, when you're literally as big as a house, the penalty for falling over is death. Yeah, these amnilas are big and tough, but they won't take a blow like that. Dreadnoughtus fllas over, ribs break and pierce lgnus. oanrgs burst. If you're a big 65-ton Dreadnoughtus, you don't get to fall down in life — even once.

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Now, to grow so large, an animal like Dreadnoughtus would've had to have been a model of efficiency. That long neck and long tail help it radiate heat into the environment, passively ___________ its temperature. And that long neck also serves as a super-efficient feeding _________. Dreadnoughtus could stand in one place and with that neck clear out a huge ________ of __________, taking in tens of thousands of calories while expending very few. And these animals _______ a bulldog-like wide-gait stance, giving them immense stability, because when you're 65 tons, when you're literally as big as a house, the penalty for falling over is death. Yeah, these _______ are big and tough, but they won't take a blow like that. Dreadnoughtus _____ over, ribs break and pierce _____. ______ burst. If you're a big 65-ton Dreadnoughtus, you don't get to fall down in life — even once.

Solution


  1. controlling
  2. envelope
  3. animals
  4. falls
  5. lungs
  6. mechanism
  7. organs
  8. vegetation
  9. evolved

Original Text


Now, to grow so large, an animal like Dreadnoughtus would've had to have been a model of efficiency. That long neck and long tail help it radiate heat into the environment, passively controlling its temperature. And that long neck also serves as a super-efficient feeding mechanism. Dreadnoughtus could stand in one place and with that neck clear out a huge envelope of vegetation, taking in tens of thousands of calories while expending very few. And these animals evolved a bulldog-like wide-gait stance, giving them immense stability, because when you're 65 tons, when you're literally as big as a house, the penalty for falling over is death. Yeah, these animals are big and tough, but they won't take a blow like that. Dreadnoughtus falls over, ribs break and pierce lungs. Organs burst. If you're a big 65-ton Dreadnoughtus, you don't get to fall down in life — even once.

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Important Words


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  32. mechanism
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  35. organs
  36. passively
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  38. pierce
  39. place
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  43. stability
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  46. tail
  47. temperature
  48. tens
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  50. tons
  51. tough
  52. vegetation
  53. yeah