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Practice Reading: Reading and Writing Fill in the Blanks ID: #51272 Nepalese Gharial
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Which  would  you  rather  see:  a  rare  Nepalese  gharial  or  a  common  vole?  Even  without  knowing  what  these  animals  are,  you  might  be  more  intrigued  by  the  gharial,  simply  because  it  is  rare.  This  is  the  conclusion  of  research    in  the  journal  Public  Library  of  Science  ONE.  The  researchers  say  that  labeling  endangered  animals  as  "rare,"  may  harm  the  species,  raising  its  value  and  so  putting  it  at  greater  risk  of  being  exploited  within  the  illegal  ,  for  either  medicines  or  exotic  zoos.  Scientists  created  a  Web  site  where  users  could  view  images  of  either  "rare"  or  "common"  animals.  When  users  clicked  on  one  of  the  two  options,  up  popped  a  progress  bar  showing  the  images  in  the  process  of  downloading.  But,  ,  the  download  took  a    six  minutes  (although  users  did  have  the  option  to  cancel).  When  the  download  finally  completed,  the  images  were  designed  not  to  show  up!  Well,  significantly  more  users  chose  the  rare  ,  waited  for  it  to  download  and  often  tried  again  after  it  didn't  work.  So,  maybe  to  save  the  endangered  gharial,  we  ought  to  just  call  it  just  a  tired,  ugly  crocodile.

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