…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Kanneliya is one of the last remaining large tracts of lowland rainforest in Sri Lanka. Wildlife Oddly lowland endemic birds such as Ceylon Rufous Babbler are missing‚ although other scarce endemic species such as the Serendib Scops Owl are present. Mammals likely to be seen are Grizzled Indian and Layard’s Striped Squirrel. The southern race of the endemic Purple-faced Leaf Monkey can also be seen. Endemic lizards seen include the Rough-nosed
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particularly in Christian texts (Genesis 3‚ the temptation by the snake and Adam and Eve’s expulsion from Eden). Carrick looks at snake imagery further when she compares Saint Phalle’s persona as a “modern- day Medusa” as she vengefully wields “wounded pythons” during her
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The Daintree rain forest was named after an Australian geologist and photographer‚ Richard Daintree. The Daintree rain forest is located in North Queensland and is one of the oldest rain forest. Rain forests usually have approximately 3000 species of plants and around 700 of these plants are only found in the Daintree Rain forest. This Daintree rain forest was added to the World Heritage List in 1988 on the 9th of December‚ which is why it is protected. Many plants and animals in the Daintree rain
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Wright Auditorium “Big Nightmare Music” Concert Report The Igudesman & Joo: “Big Nightmare Music” concert premiered in Wright Auditorium on April 13th‚ 2012; accompanied by the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. Imagine Mozart taken over by Monty Python and you have some idea of the humor/seriousness created at the highest level of musicianship on stages around the world. Violinist Aleksey Igudesman‚ and pianist Hyung-ki Joo are both classically-trained artists who bring a show-stopping‚ unique approach
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society filled with men and women who have no interest in knowledge or in the process of thought and or questioning. “It was a special pleasure to see things eaten‚ to see things blackened and changed. With the brass nozzle in his fists‚ with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world...” (Bradbury 2). Firemen
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1. Blue whale weighs about 150 tonnes as much as 150 cars. 2. Marine iguana from Galapagos Islands lives only in sea for his whole life. 3. Reticulated python is ten metre long as long as 10 bicycles put in a row 4. Opera house is made up of sand‚ water‚ limestone and soil. 5. Plovers hop inside crocodile’s mouth to clean their teeth by eating up worms and insects. 6. banknotes are made up of cotton rags 7. Snakes do not blink as they do not have eyelids. 8. Giraffes and
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From fauna like the Burmese python‚ to flora like the Brazilian peppertree‚ Florida has quite an extensive variety‚ as well as history of invasive species. Many may not even appear to be invasive‚ as we’ve grown so accustomed to seeing them. The phrase “invasive species” is defined by the National Invasive Species Council as “. . .a species that is non-native to the ecosystem under consideration and whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health”
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Have you ever been attacked by birds? I have. I was at the beach feeding bread crumbs to the seagulls‚ when I dropped the bag. The bread crumbs spilled everywhere and tens of birds swooped down around me. They practically formed a wall of feathers and flapping sounds. Luckily though‚ those birds weren’t trying to peck my eyes out and kill me. That is exactly what happens in both the short story and the movie‚ both titled The Birds. Both of them are quite similar‚ in the aspect of birds attacking
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What is the biggest animal ever to exist on Earth? By considerable measure‚ the largest known animal on Earth is the blue whale. Mature bluewhales can measure anywhere from 75 feet (23 m) to 100 feet (30.5 m) from head to tail‚ and can weigh as much as 150 tons (136 metric tons). That’s as long as an 8- to 10-story building and as heavy as about 112 adult male giraffes! These days‚ most adult blue whales are only 75 to 80 feet long; whalers hunted down most of the super giants. Female blue whales
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Over the last few years the world of free and open source geospatial software has experienced some major changes. For instance‚ the website FreeGIS.org currently lists 330 GIS related projects. Besides the advent of new software projects and the growth of established projects‚ a new organisation known as the OSGeo Foundation has been established to offer a point of contact. This paper will give an overview on existing free and open source desktop GIS projects. To further the understanding
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