Thursday, 7 November 2024

Session 7

 7th November 2024 

cold, sunny 

Thursday 



Coconut crab 


oddity = ciudatenie 

in abundance = din abundenta 

den = vizuina 


What is really amazing about this creature ?

They live on the most isolated island in the pacific, Metoma Island, in Vanuatu.

The coconut crabs are the largest terrestrial invertebrates in the world.

They're great colonizers.

They can carry coconuts up to 5 Km to their favourite den.

They're the only animals that can break open a coconut.

An adult coconut crab can drown in minutes.

Female crabs lay their eggs in water despite that they can't swim.





to smother (ed) = a sufoca ( cu imbratisarile )

noxious = plin de noxe 

obnoxious = toxic/ extrem de neplacut 

to gorge (ed) = a se imbuiba 

cicada = cicada

to mimic(k) (ed) = a mima

nettle = urzica 













Left at 18. 20

Homework 

at your choice 


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