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From the Ted Talk by Cella Wright: This sea creature breathes through its butt

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By loosening the ahncmatetts of internal tissues then quickly softening and contracting their muscles, many sepcies are capable of shnoiotg a wide range of organs out of their anuses. This act is called “evisceration” and it’s a surprisingly effective defense mechanism. In addition to startling and distracting pretaodrs, the innards of some sea cucumber species are sticky and toxic. Evisceration may seem drastic, but sea cucumbers are able to regenerate what they’ve lost to their gut reaction in just a few weeks’ time.

Aside from the few species that have evolved to swim and those that feed without moving, many of these cumbersome creatures pass their time ganzirg the seabed. Sea cucumbers are found everywhere from slhloaw srhoes to abyssal trenches 6,000 meters below sea leevl. On the deep sea floor, they cpmorise the majority of animal biomass, reaching up to 95% in some aares.

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By loosening the ___________ of internal tissues then quickly softening and contracting their muscles, many _______ are capable of ________ a wide range of organs out of their anuses. This act is called “evisceration” and it’s a surprisingly effective defense mechanism. In addition to startling and distracting _________, the innards of some sea cucumber species are sticky and toxic. Evisceration may seem drastic, but sea cucumbers are able to regenerate what they’ve lost to their gut reaction in just a few weeks’ time.

Aside from the few species that have evolved to swim and those that feed without moving, many of these cumbersome creatures pass their time _______ the seabed. Sea cucumbers are found everywhere from _______ ______ to abyssal trenches 6,000 meters below sea _____. On the deep sea floor, they ________ the majority of animal biomass, reaching up to 95% in some _____.

Solution


  1. species
  2. shooting
  3. attachments
  4. areas
  5. grazing
  6. comprise
  7. level
  8. shallow
  9. predators
  10. shores

Original Text


By loosening the attachments of internal tissues then quickly softening and contracting their muscles, many species are capable of shooting a wide range of organs out of their anuses. This act is called “evisceration” and it’s a surprisingly effective defense mechanism. In addition to startling and distracting predators, the innards of some sea cucumber species are sticky and toxic. Evisceration may seem drastic, but sea cucumbers are able to regenerate what they’ve lost to their gut reaction in just a few weeks’ time.

Aside from the few species that have evolved to swim and those that feed without moving, many of these cumbersome creatures pass their time grazing the seabed. Sea cucumbers are found everywhere from shallow shores to abyssal trenches 6,000 meters below sea level. On the deep sea floor, they comprise the majority of animal biomass, reaching up to 95% in some areas.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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collocation frequency
sea cucumbers 9
sea cucumber 5
thrive sea 2
tube feet 2


Important Words


  1. abyssal
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  4. animal
  5. anuses
  6. areas
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  18. defense
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  22. evisceration
  23. evolved
  24. feed
  25. floor
  26. grazing
  27. gut
  28. innards
  29. internal
  30. level
  31. loosening
  32. lost
  33. majority
  34. mechanism
  35. meters
  36. moving
  37. muscles
  38. organs
  39. pass
  40. predators
  41. quickly
  42. range
  43. reaching
  44. reaction
  45. regenerate
  46. sea
  47. seabed
  48. shallow
  49. shooting
  50. shores
  51. softening
  52. species
  53. startling
  54. sticky
  55. surprisingly
  56. swim
  57. time
  58. tissues
  59. toxic
  60. trenches
  61. wide