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From the Ted Talk by Carl Safina: What are animals thinking and feeling?

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They have been watching us for much longer than we have been watching them. They know us better than we know them. We have the same imperatives: take care of our biaebs, find food, try to stay alive. Whether we're outfitted for hiking in the hlils of Africa or outfitted for diving under the sea, we are baaclisly the same. We are kin under the skin. The elephant has the same skeleton, the killer whale has the same sletkoen, as do we. We see helping where help is needed. We see curiosity in the yuong. We see the bonds of family connections. We recognize affection. Courtship is courtship. And then we ask, "Are they conscious?"

Open Cloze


They have been watching us for much longer than we have been watching them. They know us better than we know them. We have the same imperatives: take care of our ______, find food, try to stay alive. Whether we're outfitted for hiking in the _____ of Africa or outfitted for diving under the sea, we are _________ the same. We are kin under the skin. The elephant has the same skeleton, the killer whale has the same ________, as do we. We see helping where help is needed. We see curiosity in the _____. We see the bonds of family connections. We recognize affection. Courtship is courtship. And then we ask, "Are they conscious?"

Solution


  1. skeleton
  2. basically
  3. young
  4. hills
  5. babies

Original Text


They have been watching us for much longer than we have been watching them. They know us better than we know them. We have the same imperatives: take care of our babies, find food, try to stay alive. Whether we're outfitted for hiking in the hills of Africa or outfitted for diving under the sea, we are basically the same. We are kin under the skin. The elephant has the same skeleton, the killer whale has the same skeleton, as do we. We see helping where help is needed. We see curiosity in the young. We see the bonds of family connections. We recognize affection. Courtship is courtship. And then we ask, "Are they conscious?"

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
killer whales 3
human mind 2
gave rise 2
perfect sense 2
human thoughts 2
yellowstone national 2
single wolf 2
paint animals 2


Important Words


  1. affection
  2. africa
  3. alive
  4. babies
  5. basically
  6. bonds
  7. care
  8. connections
  9. conscious
  10. courtship
  11. curiosity
  12. diving
  13. elephant
  14. family
  15. find
  16. food
  17. helping
  18. hiking
  19. hills
  20. killer
  21. kin
  22. longer
  23. needed
  24. outfitted
  25. recognize
  26. sea
  27. skeleton
  28. skin
  29. stay
  30. watching
  31. whale
  32. young