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Tail elephant various lift servant
intelligence clumsy huge hunt carry
Text 1
An 1 ……… is the largest and strongest of all animals. It is a strange looking animal which it has thick legs, 2 ………. sides and backs, large hanging ears, a small 3………. little eyes, long white tusks and above all, elephant has a long nose, the trunk. An elephant is commonly seen in a zoo, it has hard found in it natural habitat.
The trunk is the elephant’s peculiar feature. This trunk has 4 ……… usages. The elephant draws up water by its trunk and can squirt the water all over its body like a shower bath. The elephant’s trunk also 5 …… leaves and put them into its mouth. In fact, the trunk serves the elephant as long arm and hand. An elephant looks very 6 ………. and heavy and yet an elephant can move very quickly.
The elephant is very intelligent animal. Its 7 ………….. combined with its great strength makes an elephant a very useful 8 ………… to man. Elephant can be trained to serve in various ways such as 9 ……….. heavy loads, 10 ………… for tigers and even fight. An elephant is really a smart animal.
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Reported protection covered healthy salinity tide found species sheltered salty ecosystem areas helped leaves tropical
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A mangrove is a 1. …………………… marine tree. Mangroves have special aerial roots and salt-filtering tap roots which enable them to thrive in brackish water. Brackish water is 2. ……………… but not as salty as sea water. Mangrove trees are commonly planted and found in coastal areas. Mangroves can serve as walls of 3. ……………… for natural disaster in coastal area liketsunami.
According to BBC News, 4. ………………mangrove forests had 5. …………….. save lives in the Asia disaster tsunami and people tended to respect these natural barriers even more, especially after the tsunami.
There are several 6. …………… of mangrove tree found all over the world. Some prefer more 7. …………., while others like to be very-close to a large fresh water source such as river. Some prefer 8. ………….. that are 9. ……………. from waves.
Some species have their 10. …………. covered with sea water every day during high 11. ……….. Other species grow on dry land but are still part of the 12. ……………. The Times of India 13. …………. that rare species of mangrove had been 14. ………….. and was also known as the looking-glass tree, probably because the 15. ………….. are silver-coated.
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