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things. Like every other animal in the middle of a food chain these penguins have predators and they have to watch their backs when they ’re on land and in the ocean. They usually spend their time at sea hunting for food or they form colonies on the rocky shores when they are breeding. Its History and Its Habitat It wasn’t easy for penguins to settle in Africa‚ they came and went and then came back. The first penguins that settled Africa millions of years ago
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Introduction The Nassau Grouper (scientific name: Epinephelus striatus) is a member of the grouper/seabass family (been overfished‚ and the range has been correspondingly narrowed from its historic distribution. Family Serranidae ) that lives on coral reef in the Western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Page Physical Features Nassau groupers are large fishes that range in size from 0.25 to 1.22 meters in length and can reach a maximum weight of 25 kilograms. Their thick bodies
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keep warm in the sub freezing water and this also helps them manage their rocky terrain by acting as as shock absorber. Penguins have adapted to their environment by simply being chubby and big boned. Studies have shown‚ however‚ that fat penguins fall over more easily than their slimmer counterparts and that is due to the way their center of gravity shifts after fattening themselves up. King penguins can not eat on shore and must store enough food to fuel themselves as they feed their children on
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National Geographic Article Adrian Foster The National “The World’s Great Lake” is an epic tale of the people who live around Lake Baikal and their troubles with the cellulose plant that pollutes it. The article began talking about Sergei Vasiliev‚ Captain of the Albatross. He impart blames himself for the plant that sits in Lake Baikal. The text states that “He still wonders if he would have found the courage to speak his mind that fateful July in 1954.” July 1954 in mentioned because that’s
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1996 The ruins of Petra were discovered in 1810 by a Swiss explorer‚ and a recent report has just concluded that they are in grave danger of being destroyed by the unstoppable march of tourism. More than 4‚000 tourists a day tramp through Petra’s rocky tombs. They wear away the red sandstone to a powder (and occasionally) scratch their names on the rock. It is not just Petra that is in danger of destruction. More than 600 million tourists a year now travel round the globe‚ and vast numbers of them
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Setting the stage for worship: Preparing our hearts! (Slide 1 Title) Intro: That Jesus God’s son the one who is one with the creator of the universe came to earth knowing full well that he was going to die! And not just die‚ but that he was going to be mocked‚ and beaten‚ and made out to be a fake‚ and then he was going to die a slow painful agonizing death. And not just any death‚ but a death that was reserved for the cursed and the true scum of the earth. Wow that is really an amazing
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Introduction: Southwest Asia or Middle East‚ geographic and cultural region located in southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa. The geopolitical term Middle East‚ first coined in 1902 by United States naval officer Alfred Thayer Mahan‚ originally referred to the Asian region south of the Black Sea between the Mediterranean Sea to the west and India to the east. The first civilizations of the Middle East‚ which grew in the valleys of the Nile‚ Tigris‚ and Euphrates rivers‚ are among the oldest
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floor off the north coast of Spain? A) younger than 9.6 million years B) 9.6 – 33.0 million years C) 33.0 – 83.0 million years D) 83.0 – 141.9 million years E) older than 141.9 million years 7. Which of the following terms best describes the rocky outer layer of the Earth? A) athenosphere B) biosphere C) atmosphere D) lithosphere E) hydrosphere 8. Which type of plate boundary results from two or more plates coming together? A) convergent B) divergent C) transform D) hot spot E) ridge
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The Siege of 1758 It was near midnight‚ June 1‚ 1758‚ when the lookouts on Cape Breton Island noticed something odd. The fog that had covered the island for weeks‚ now cleared enough to show lights off shore. Dawn revealed a large fleet laying outside Gabarous Bay‚ six miles west of Louisbourg. Worse yet‚ the ships flew a white banner with a red cross‚ the colors of Britian’s Royal Navy. The fortified towns of Louisbourg and Québec were the main French strongholds in North America. The British prime
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