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From the Ted Talk by Mac Stone: Stunning photos of the endangered Everglades

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So as we strated damming up the Everglades, as we started diking Lake Okeechobee and draining the wetlands, we lost the hbatiat for the snail. And thus, the population of the kites deiclned. And so, I wanted a pohto that would not only ctmimuacone this rnisaihloetp between wetland, snail and bird, but I also wanted a photo that would communicate how incredible this relationship was, and how very important it is that they've come to depend on each other, this healthy wetland and this bird. And to do that, I brainstormed this idea. I started snihtkecg out these panls to make a photo, and I sent it to the wildlife biologist down in Okeechobee -- this is an endangered bird, so it takes special psomiesirn to do. So I bilut this submerged platform that would hold snails just right under the water. And I spent months planning this crazy idea. And I took this platform down to Lake Okeechobee and I spent over a week in the water, wading waist-deep, 9-hour shifts from dawn until dusk, to get one image that I thought might communicate this. And here's the day that it finally worked:

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So as we _______ damming up the Everglades, as we started diking Lake Okeechobee and draining the wetlands, we lost the _______ for the snail. And thus, the population of the kites ________. And so, I wanted a _____ that would not only ___________ this ____________ between wetland, snail and bird, but I also wanted a photo that would communicate how incredible this relationship was, and how very important it is that they've come to depend on each other, this healthy wetland and this bird. And to do that, I brainstormed this idea. I started _________ out these _____ to make a photo, and I sent it to the wildlife biologist down in Okeechobee -- this is an endangered bird, so it takes special __________ to do. So I _____ this submerged platform that would hold snails just right under the water. And I spent months planning this crazy idea. And I took this platform down to Lake Okeechobee and I spent over a week in the water, wading waist-deep, 9-hour shifts from dawn until dusk, to get one image that I thought might communicate this. And here's the day that it finally worked:

Solution


  1. habitat
  2. declined
  3. photo
  4. sketching
  5. plans
  6. relationship
  7. started
  8. permission
  9. communicate
  10. built

Original Text


So as we started damming up the Everglades, as we started diking Lake Okeechobee and draining the wetlands, we lost the habitat for the snail. And thus, the population of the kites declined. And so, I wanted a photo that would not only communicate this relationship between wetland, snail and bird, but I also wanted a photo that would communicate how incredible this relationship was, and how very important it is that they've come to depend on each other, this healthy wetland and this bird. And to do that, I brainstormed this idea. I started sketching out these plans to make a photo, and I sent it to the wildlife biologist down in Okeechobee -- this is an endangered bird, so it takes special permission to do. So I built this submerged platform that would hold snails just right under the water. And I spent months planning this crazy idea. And I took this platform down to Lake Okeechobee and I spent over a week in the water, wading waist-deep, 9-hour shifts from dawn until dusk, to get one image that I thought might communicate this. And here's the day that it finally worked:

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