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From the Ted Talk by E.O. Wilson: My wish Build the Encyclopedia of Life

Unscramble the Blue Letters


My own epiphany as a conservationist came in 1953, while a Harvard graduate sdtnuet, searching for rare ants found in the mountain forests of Cuba, ants that shine in the sunlight — metallic green or mlleaitc blue, according to sepeics, and one species, I discovered, metallic gold. I found my miagcal ants, but only after a tough climb into the mountains where the last of the nvitae Cuban forests hung on, and were then — and still are — being cut back. I realized then that these species and a large part of the other uqiune, marvelous animals and plants on that island — and this is true of practically every part of the wrlod — which took millions of years to evolve, are in the process of depnapsairig forever. And so it is everywhere one looks.

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My own epiphany as a conservationist came in 1953, while a Harvard graduate _______, searching for rare ants found in the mountain forests of Cuba, ants that shine in the sunlight — metallic green or ________ blue, according to _______, and one species, I discovered, metallic gold. I found my _______ ants, but only after a tough climb into the mountains where the last of the ______ Cuban forests hung on, and were then — and still are — being cut back. I realized then that these species and a large part of the other ______, marvelous animals and plants on that island — and this is true of practically every part of the _____ — which took millions of years to evolve, are in the process of ____________ forever. And so it is everywhere one looks.

Solution


  1. metallic
  2. species
  3. disappearing
  4. world
  5. unique
  6. native
  7. student
  8. magical

Original Text


My own epiphany as a conservationist came in 1953, while a Harvard graduate student, searching for rare ants found in the mountain forests of Cuba, ants that shine in the sunlight — metallic green or metallic blue, according to species, and one species, I discovered, metallic gold. I found my magical ants, but only after a tough climb into the mountains where the last of the native Cuban forests hung on, and were then — and still are — being cut back. I realized then that these species and a large part of the other unique, marvelous animals and plants on that island — and this is true of practically every part of the world — which took millions of years to evolve, are in the process of disappearing forever. And so it is everywhere one looks.

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Important Words


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