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From the Ted Talk by Romulus Whitaker: The real danger lurking in the water

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Now, what are we doing with all this information? What's the point of all this? Well, the king cobra is ltraelliy a keystone species in these rainforests. And our job is to convince the authorities that these fetrsos have to be protected. And this is one of the ways we do it, by learning as much as we can about something so remarkable and so icnoic in the rainforests there, in order to help protect trees, aniamls and of course the water sources.

You've all heard, perhaps, of porjcet Tiger which started back in the early '70s, which was, in fact, a very dynamic time for conservation. We were piloted, I could say, by a highly autocratic stateswoman, but who also had an incredible paossin for environment. And this is the time when Project Tiger emerged. And, just like Project Tiger, our atitceivis with the king cobra is to look at a species of animal so that we protect its habitat and everything within it. So, the tgier is the icon. And now the king cobra is a new one.

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Now, what are we doing with all this information? What's the point of all this? Well, the king cobra is _________ a keystone species in these rainforests. And our job is to convince the authorities that these _______ have to be protected. And this is one of the ways we do it, by learning as much as we can about something so remarkable and so ______ in the rainforests there, in order to help protect trees, _______ and of course the water sources.

You've all heard, perhaps, of _______ Tiger which started back in the early '70s, which was, in fact, a very dynamic time for conservation. We were piloted, I could say, by a highly autocratic stateswoman, but who also had an incredible _______ for environment. And this is the time when Project Tiger emerged. And, just like Project Tiger, our __________ with the king cobra is to look at a species of animal so that we protect its habitat and everything within it. So, the _____ is the icon. And now the king cobra is a new one.

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  1. literally
  2. iconic
  3. animals
  4. activities
  5. tiger
  6. passion
  7. forests
  8. project

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Now, what are we doing with all this information? What's the point of all this? Well, the king cobra is literally a keystone species in these rainforests. And our job is to convince the authorities that these forests have to be protected. And this is one of the ways we do it, by learning as much as we can about something so remarkable and so iconic in the rainforests there, in order to help protect trees, animals and of course the water sources.

You've all heard, perhaps, of Project Tiger which started back in the early '70s, which was, in fact, a very dynamic time for conservation. We were piloted, I could say, by a highly autocratic stateswoman, but who also had an incredible passion for environment. And this is the time when Project Tiger emerged. And, just like Project Tiger, our activities with the king cobra is to look at a species of animal so that we protect its habitat and everything within it. So, the tiger is the icon. And now the king cobra is a new one.

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