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Play the silly word game my spouse and I came up with: "The Lazy Naturalist"

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"The Lazy Naturalist" is a game about identifying animals whose common names reference other animals. I call it "The Lazy Naturalist" because it's as if whoever named the animal couldn't be bothered to come up with a descriptive or original name, so instead, they just referenced some other animal.

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Palin Now Going After Endangered Whales

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First wolves, then polar bears, now beluga whales. And those are just the endangered animals (remember the turkey being ground up during her tv interview?) The State of Alaska has worked cooperatively with the federal government to protect and conserve beluga whales in Cook Inlet," Palin said last week.

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The Ross Sea – the Last Intact Marine Ecosystem on Earth – and I

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The Ross Sea is the most productive stretch of water in the Southern Ocean, teeming with large predatory fish, whales, seals, penguins and other animals that form the last intact marine ecosystem on Earth. There are 11 species of birds that breed in the Ross Sea region. Enough History – Back to the Future. And the Mammals.

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Marine Life Top of CITES Meeting Agenda

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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or Cites that opened in the Qatari capital on Saturday will be discussing 42 proposals during the next two weeks. Interesting to see Japan and Australia united on some issues, in contrast to their conflict over whaling. From Al Jazeera.

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Polygynandry and avian swingers

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Dale studied scarlet macaws, and worked in their conservation, for three years in southern Costa Rica, followed by a year in the Caribbean working on Whale Sharks. Dawn Fine Mar 15th, 2011 at 3:50 pm NO Comment YourBirdOasis.com Mar 15th, 2011 at 10:07 pm Yeah, polygynandry is really weird…what other species have this breeding system?

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Wild Sri Lanka

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No doubt, the big five of Sri Lanka include the biggest of the big ever – the Blue Whale , followed by Sperm Whale , Asian Elephant , Leopard and Sloth Bear. Blue Whale – 80%, Sperm Whale on 1 in 3 trips, Asian Elephant 100%, Leopard on 1 in 2 game drives, Sloth Bear on 1 in 3 game drives. Product details.

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