Madras Crocodile Bank: A trip down the memory lane – The Hindu (July 22, 2016)

http://www.thehindu.com/videos/article8887432.ece?ref=video

Word List:

1. Take a trip down memory lane (phrase) –  Indulge in pleasant memories.
2. Offshoot (noun) – branch, outgrowth, derivative, adjunct, subsidiary.
3. Breed (verb) – reproduce, produce offspring, procreate, take care of an animal to produce more of it.
4. Captivity (noun) – confinement, incarceration, restraint, constraint.
5. Extinct (adjective) – vanished, no longer existing, defunct, died out, non-extant.
6. Species (noun) – a group of animals /plants; a group of organisms.
7. Alligator (noun) – a long reptile similar /related to crocodile (alligators mostly live in America & China).
8. Sort of (phrase) – To some extent; somewhat, more or less, pretty, quite, rather.
9. Conservation (noun) – preservation, protection, safeguarding; keeping alive.

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