Mammals of the suborder pinnipedia

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to other mammals, with most of the same organs performing similar functions and controlled by comparable mechanisms (such as the circulatory and nervous systems). in developing a new medicine, we need to be able to see the effects of the compound in a whole living body. there is currently no alternative

in humans, it has been selected from hundreds of others based partly from findings in animal studies. the entire process of drug discovery relies on information from both animals and humans. since the s, the rate of medicines being withdrawn due to serious side-effects has been between - %. in the majority...

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french : territoire d'outre-mer or tom) of france . it consists of: adélie land (terre adélie), the french claim on the continent of antarctica . crozet islands (îles crozet), a group in the southern indian ocean, south of madagascar. kerguelen islands (archipel des kerguelen), a group of volcanic

islands in the southern indian ocean , southeast of africa , approximately equidistant between africa, antarctica and australia . saint paul and amsterdam islands (îles saint paul et amsterdam), a group to the north of the kerguelen islands. the scattered islands (îles éparses), a dispersed group...

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up an important part of the web of life that keeps the seas functioning, both as filter feeders and as a food source for many different animals. [ ] extant mammals that eat clams would include both the pacific and atlantic species of walrus , all known subspecies of harbour seals in both the atlantic

spoonbills of north and south america, [ ] the eurasian oystercatcher , whooping crane [ ] and common crane , [ ] the american flamingo of florida and the caribbean sea, [ ] and the common sandpiper are just a handful of the numerous birds that feast on clams all over the world. most species of octopus...

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of brixham . by the early th century, the fishermen at brixham needed to expand their fishing area further than ever before due to the ongoing depletion of stocks that was occurring in the overfished waters of south devon . the brixham trawler that evolved there was of a sleek build and had a tall gaff

'. [ ] painting of a brixham trawler by william adolphus knell . the painting is now in the national maritime museum . this revolutionary design made large scale trawling in the ocean possible for the first time, resulting in a massive migration of fishermen from the ports in the south of england, to...

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spitsbergen - wikipedia spitsbergen from wikipedia, the free encyclopedia jump to navigation jump to search largest island of the svalbard archipelago in northern norway this article is about the island. for the archipelago of which it is a part, see svalbard . spitsbergen map of the svalbard archipelago

and only permanently populated island of the svalbard archipelago in northern norway . constituting the westernmost bulk of the archipelago, it borders the arctic ocean , the norwegian sea , and the greenland sea . spitsbergen covers an area of km ( sq mi), making it the largest island in norway and...

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the canadian arctic archipelago, groups together all islands lying to the north of the canadian continental mainland excluding greenland (an autonomous territory of denmark ). situated in the northern extremity of north america and covering about km ( sq mi), this group of islands in the arctic sea

comprises much of the territory of northern canada —most of nunavut and part of the northwest territories . [ ] the canadian arctic archipelago is showing some effects of global warming , [ ] [ ] with some computer estimates determining that melting there will contribute cm ( in) to the rise in sea levels...

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meteorology · glossary of tropical cyclone terms · glossary of tornado terms · glossary of climate change v t e climate is the long-term average of weather, typically averaged over a period of years. [ ] [ ] some of the meteorological variables that are commonly measured are temperature , humidity ,

atmospheric pressure , wind , and precipitation . in a broader sense, climate is the state of the components of the climate system , which includes the ocean and ice on earth. [ ] the climate of a location is affected by its latitude , terrain , and altitude , as well as nearby water bodies and their...

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humans are the scum of the earth, despite no other animal even taking a monk-like lifestyle into consideration. humans consume. we build large, resource-consuming homes that we don't need on top of the homes of hundreds of other animals. we then continue to build more of these structures for frivolous

to treat each species accordingly with the present danger. tigers will not be kept in living rooms and dart out the front door when the owner leaves. in fact, despite the vivid imagination of law makers, no 'pet' big cat has escaped and attacked a member of the "uninvolved" public (people who aren't...

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encounters & experiences animal encounters animal encounters animal encounters dolphin encounter penguin encounter sea otter encounter sea lion encounter seal encounter beluga interaction swim & dive swim & dive swim & dive swim with gentle giants dive with gentle giants rebreather dive program behind the

seas tours behind the seas tours behind the seas tours behind the seas tour "the aquarium" behind the seas tour shows shows shows dolphin presentation d theater waddle walk under the boardwalk virtual reality simulator sleepovers plan visitor information and app directions & parking exclusive hotel...

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the largest areas in east africa which still has afromontane lowland forest extending to well within the montane forest belt. located on the eastern edge of the albertine rift valley and believed to be a pleistocene refugium, the property is a biodiversity hotspot with possibly the greatest number of

tree species for its altitude in east africa. it is also host to a rich fauna including a number of endemic butterflies and one of the richest mammalian assemblages in africa. home to almost half of the world's mountain gorilla population, the property represents a conservation frontline as an isolated...

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