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From the Ted Talk by Carly Anne York: Want to know if you're pregnant? Use this frog

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However, frogs can be slieppry subjects. More than a few of these amphibians have escaped their laboratory enclosures, and in many places, their ferocious atpteipe allowed them to outcompete native amphibians. To make maettrs worse, they often carry a deadly fungus called chytrid, which can cause an infection that lethally disrupts the delicate functioning of amphibian skin. In the 20th crntuey, this fungal infection has dstvaeeatd amphibian papoitnulos around the globe, causing the exincttion of multiple frog species. Because of all these cnneorcs, the African clawed frog is now classified as an invasive species, and illegal in many regions. So in the end, like other pregnancy tsets, the use of these frogs in scientific research has had both positive and negative results.

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However, frogs can be ________ subjects. More than a few of these amphibians have escaped their laboratory enclosures, and in many places, their ferocious ________ allowed them to outcompete native amphibians. To make _______ worse, they often carry a deadly fungus called chytrid, which can cause an infection that lethally disrupts the delicate functioning of amphibian skin. In the 20th _______, this fungal infection has __________ amphibian ___________ around the globe, causing the __________ of multiple frog species. Because of all these ________, the African clawed frog is now classified as an invasive species, and illegal in many regions. So in the end, like other pregnancy _____, the use of these frogs in scientific research has had both positive and negative results.

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  1. century
  2. devastated
  3. populations
  4. matters
  5. appetite
  6. concerns
  7. extinction
  8. slippery
  9. tests

Original Text


However, frogs can be slippery subjects. More than a few of these amphibians have escaped their laboratory enclosures, and in many places, their ferocious appetite allowed them to outcompete native amphibians. To make matters worse, they often carry a deadly fungus called chytrid, which can cause an infection that lethally disrupts the delicate functioning of amphibian skin. In the 20th century, this fungal infection has devastated amphibian populations around the globe, causing the extinction of multiple frog species. Because of all these concerns, the African clawed frog is now classified as an invasive species, and illegal in many regions. So in the end, like other pregnancy tests, the use of these frogs in scientific research has had both positive and negative results.

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