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Cats 101: Bengal (Asian Leopard Cat + Domestic Shorthair) Get (Almost) Any Book For Free: 100+ (Kosher) Sites Offering Great Literature for Download. GHOST RESEARCH SOCIETY. Notable Crime Books of 2011. App — History.com. About the App Watch your favorite HISTORY shows and content on your iPad, iPhone or Android device with the HISTORY app.

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Bonsia. Myth, Legend, Folklore, Ghosts. Apollo and the Greek Muses Updated July 2010 COMPREHENSIVE SITES ON MYTHOLOGY ***** The Encyclopedia Mythica - SEARCH - Areas - Image Gallery - Genealogy tables - Mythic Heroes Probert Encyclopaedia - Mythology Gods, Heroes, and MythDictionary of Mythology What is Myth? MESOPOTAMIAN MYTHOLOGYThe Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ Sumerian Mythology FAQ Sumerian Mythology Sumerian Gods and Goddesses Sumerian Myths SUMERIAN RELIGION Mythology's Mythinglinks: the Tigris-Euphrates Region of the Ancient Near East Gods, Goddesses, Demons and Monsters of Mesopotamia The Assyro-Babylonian Mythology FAQ More info on Ancient Mesopotamia can be found on my Ancient River Valley Civilizations page.

GREEK MYTHOLOGYOrigins of Greek MythologyGreek Mythology - MythWeb Greek-Gods.info (plus a fun QUIZ)Ancient Greek Religion Family Tree of Greek Mythology Greek Names vs. VARIOUS FAIRIES, ELVES, UNICORNS, MERMAIDS, & OTHER MYTHICAL TOPICS HERE BE DRAGONS! Masters of disguise: The gecko that resembles a leaf and nature's other camouflage experts. By Wil Longbottom Updated: 07:29 GMT, 8 December 2011 Stare at these pictures for long enough and you might just spot some clever creatures playing the ultimate game of hide and seek.

This Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko is barely visible against the leaves in the Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar. These amazing animals are true masters at blending effortlessly into their environment as a means of survival in the natural world. Blending in: This Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko hides from predators in Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar, or is it just a leaf? Nothing to see here: A Bat-faced Toad hides among dead leaves in Amacayacu National Park, Colombia Barking up the wrong tree: It's nearly impossible to pick out this Lichen Spider at the Erawan National Park in Thailand From frogs to fish and bugs to birds, this collection of images shows the animal kingdom's outstanding camouflage ability. Animals use two basic methods of concealment in a bid to hide from predators and catch prey. Masters of disguise: The gecko that resembles a leaf and nature's other camouflage experts.

The world's fastest animals. Bizarre Animal Friendships. (Next Video: The Orangutan and the Hound Dog.) Neither the distance between them on a taxonomic chart, nor a potentially eye-raising age difference, mattered to Owen and Mzee. The baby hippo and the 130-year-old tortoise became close friends when Owen, orphaned after the 2004 tsunami, was taken to Haller Park, an animal sanctuary in Mombasa, Kenya, that was already home to Mzee ("Old Man" in Swahili).

They've spawned children's books, a website and a blog, as well as YouTube animations. Eventually, the growing Owen was introduced to Cleo — another hippopotamus. When, according to a 2007 blog post, Cleo hurt another tortoise, the two pals were separated. Many fans were disappointed. As "3rd grade speech boys" commented on the blog, "We wish Cleo would be nice and they could all live together and create a new generation of hippos and turtles. " Next The Orangutan and the Hound Dog. Tigons, Ligers & Other Mixes. 10 Fun, Weird and Interesting Facts. Whitewater. Bizarre Animal Friendships. American Whitewater. Animals. My granddaughter brianna. Lion hybrids. The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight,[4] it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. Wild lions currently exist in sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia (where an endangered remnant population resides in Gir Forest National Park in India) while other types of lions have disappeared from North Africa and Southwest Asia in historic times.

Until the late Pleistocene, about 10,000 years ago, the lion was the most widespread large land mammal after humans. They were found in most of Africa, across Eurasia from western Europe to India, and in the Americas from the Yukon to Peru.[5] The lion is a vulnerable species, having seen a major population decline in its African range of 30–50% per two decades during the second half of the 20th century.[2] Lion populations are untenable outside designated reserves and national parks.

Etymology Taxonomy and evolution Subspecies. Waterways. Whitewater. 8 Best Rivers for Kayaking in the U.S. Whether you prefer a challenge, an easy paddle or you’re more focused on the scenery, there are some rivers that rise above the rest when it comes to kayaking. Some are for the more experienced kayaker, with rough whitewater sections and class V rapids, while others are perfect for the beginner. And all of them are just plain gorgeous.

Clackamas River - Oregon Just outside of Portland near the Mt. Hood National Forest is the Clackamas River, a river perfect for more experience kayakers. Allagash Wilderness Waterways - Maine If you decide to paddle the entirety of the Allagash, prepare to spend 7 days out there. Upper Iowa River - Iowa People flock to the Upper Iowa River not for a challenge—since most rapids are Class I—but for the gorgeous water, limestone cliffs and the likelihood of spotting a bald eagle. Yellowstone River - Montana Gorgeous scenery and family-accessible waters, the Yellowstone River makes for great kayaking. By Sarah Esterman. Floating One of the Last Wild Rivers: Yampa Journal, Day 3. We stop to kiss Tiger Wall before running Warm Springs rapid. Photo: Susan Bruce Friends of the Yampa and American Rivers organized a trip down Colorado’s Yampa River in early June, to raise awareness about the last wild river in the Colorado River Basin (see interactive map).

This post is the third in a four-part series about the trip. Day 1 * Day 2 Day 3 Camped on the beach at Harding Hole, I’m in my sleeping bag under an old cottonwood tree. The wild Yampa is an oasis for these animals in the desert. Eric Kuhn, general manager of the Colorado River District, describes what happened to the habitat in the basin by comparing the river to a house: “Now all they have is half a bathroom and a couple of closets.” We float for a while in the morning, then pull over on a large cobble bar near one of the few documented pikeminnow spawning sites. Pat Tierney talks to the group about native fish in the Yampa.

We gather around Pat Tierney for a talk about native fish. Scouting Warm Springs rapid. Whitewater. Tigers. Hemp: A New Crop with New Uses for North America. Index | Search | Home | Table of Contents Small, E. and D. Marcus. 2002. Hemp: A new crop with new uses for North America. p. 284–326. In: J. Janick and A. Whipkey (eds.), Trends in new crops and new uses. ASHS Press, Alexandria, VA. Ernest Small and David Marcus *This paper was considerably improved by criticism provided by A. “Hemp” refers primarily to Cannabis sativa L. Probably indigenous to temperate Asia, C. sativa is the most widely cited example of a “camp follower.” Hemp, grown under license mostly in Canada, is the most publicized “new” crop in North America. Cannabis sativa is extremely unusual in the diversity of products for which it is or can be cultivated. Table 1. Table 2. Fig. 1. Cannabis sativa is an annual wind-pollinated plant, normally dioecious and dimorphic, although sometimes monoecious (mostly in several modern European fiber cultivars).

Fig. 2. Fig. 5. Highly selected forms of the fiber cultigen possess features maximizing fiber production. Table 3. Tigons, Ligers & Other Mixes. Get (Almost) Any Book For Free: 100+ (Kosher) Sites Offering Great Literature for Download - BachelorsDegreeOnline.com. Books. Books reading and writing. FUNNY CATS (videos)