"Watch these two videos and fill the gaps with the missing word / words."
Video 1: Ships Cemetery: Aral Sea Dead Zone of Poisoned Pollution
1) The news broadcaster says that the Aral Sea’s demise presents a threat to the people’s health.
2) “New diseases emerge that we hadn’t seen before” says a local woman.
3) Fields for making the Soviet Union completely self-sufficient in cotton have caused the catastrophe.
4) The salt clings to the (moist) sea bed.
5) Pesticides leached into the water, becoming ‘silent killers’.
6) Before this, the Aral Sea was one of the most picturesque places in Asia. (out of order?)
7) The International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea has led tap water pipes to the villages.
8) Pesticides are blowing across the dusty sea bed as well.
9) Special rehab wards are reserved in area hospitals.
10) Walking through this place that has been given a new lease on life shows an example of gross mismanagement.
Video 2: Deadly Venomous Viper | National Geographic
1) This viper, when surprised, often chooses fight over flight.
2) In Indonesia, it causes up to 50% of all venomous bites.
3) Human fatalities are rare, but other animals aren’t so lucky.
4) Its tongue's two fork tips deposit molecules in a special organ and help the snake catch scents.
5) When hunting, it tends to coil in a characteristic S-shape on trees, ready to pounce.
6) Hinged fangs rest against the roof of the mouth.
7) Its toxin breaks blood vessels and causes massive internal bleeding.
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