Precisely the least, the softest, lightest, a lizard’s rustling, a breath, a flash, a moment – a little makes the way of the best happiness – Friedrich Nietzsche This is a relatively common lizard of the Puget Sound region and can be found in northern Idaho, western Montana, and along the Pacific coast of southern […]
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Se debe subir tan rapido como un viscacha (You must climb as fast as a viscacha) –Pedro’s urging at 15,000 ft in the Quimsa Cruz range. Viscachas are large South American rodents that have short forelimbs, , long hind limbs, and a long, bushy tail. Their long hair is soft and dense and they have fleshy
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And when at Night – Our good Day done – I guard My Master’s Head – ‘Tis better than the Eider-Duck’sDeep Pillow – to have shared -My Life Had Stood a Loaded Gun – Emily Dickinson This is a large and stocky duck found along the coastline of North America, Europe, and eastern Siberia – it is
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The Tinian Monarch is a flycatcher found only on the 39 square mile island of Tinian, which is adjacent to the island of Saipan and part of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI). The species was listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1970 because of persistent low populations
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Great attention gets paid to rainforests because of the diversity of life there. Diversity of the oceans is even greater. Sylvia Earle, Oceanographer he genus Glycera is a group within the Class of Polychaetes that are commonly referred to as blood worms. They are found in marine sediments in shallow water. They have a creamy pink
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