Songs in Easy English

• great diving beetle
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○○○ amphibian ⪢⪢
Dwindling amphibian populations in central Europe make life harder for the great diving beetles. -- dwindle
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○○○ aquatic ⪢⪢
There are more than 3,000 known species of aquatic beetles.
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○○○ carrion ⪢⪢
Like an underwater wolf, it hunts sick and weak water dwellers and also its carrion.
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○○○ gill ⪢⪢
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○○○ larval ⪢⪢
-- agile, voracious
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○○○ mandible ⪢⪢
-- enzyme
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○○○ oar ⪢⪢
Besides its streamline body, its most obvious adaptation into underwater life is a pair of feathered rear legs that have evolved into oars and help it maneuver underwater.
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