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| ration | a fixed allowance of food or goods, especially for soldiers or civilians during a shortage |
| amateur | a person inexperienced or unskilled in a particular activity |
| anthropologist | a scientist who studies human societies and their development |
| credentials | qualifications to do something professionally |
| conservation | the careful use of a natural resource in order to prevent using it is gone |
| sanctuary | a place of refuge or safety |
| poacher | a person who illegally hunts animals |
| primate | a kind of mammal that includes monkeys, apes, and humans |
| primatologist | a scientis who studies primates |
| negotiate | to work things out; to make a deal |
| obituary | a notice of death for a person |
| polio | a disease which causes paralysis |
| epidemic | a disease that affects many people at the same time |
| Alpha male | the dominant male of the group |
| adolescent | a youth |
| matriarch | mother who is the head of a family |
| destiny | a predetermined course of events |
| taxidermy | the art of preparing and preservingthe skins of animals, stuffing and mounting them in lifelike form |
| hominid | a primate of a family that includes humans and their fossil ancestors |
| activist | a person who pushes for political or social change |
