Within the deep ocean water there is a giant squid. This squid is the Architeuthis dux. Architeuthis dux has normal qualities but what makes it different and able to live in the environment it lives in? The squid has two huge eyes, a funnel and a beak. The squid lives 500 to 1000 m below the surface of the ocean. The squid has two eyes, each eye is about about 30 cm in diameter, and known to be the biggest eyes of any animal on earth! The eyes, help them by absorbing light which enables them to
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meaning of the phrase is not literally what the words mean. Also known as "colloquialisms," the only true way to learn them is one by one. A poor man's _____: Something or someone not as good as others is "a poor man's version. A writer who uses exotic locations but is not very convincing would be a poor man's Ernest Hemmingway. About-face : One who changes his or her mind completely is said to have done an aboutface. Above board : If things are carried out legally and properly, they are said
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tropical climates (which are very attractive to tourists living in Europe as well as North America, especially in the winter months), glorious beaches, relatively low cost of living (compared to developed countries) and natural attractions (such as exotic animals, scuba diving sites such coral reefs, rain forests, etc…) (citation Tourism, Leisure and recreation book) . With these reasons developing countries are more inclined to turn to tourism as a major source of income not only is it lucrative but
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Ferruccio Lamborghini was a man who had the inspiration, the skill and the determination to turn a dream into a reality. His dream was to build great cars. His dream came true, as today Lamborghini's are one of the most expensive and exotic cars. Ferruccio Lamborghini was born on April 28th 1916, in Renazzo, Italy. Ferruccio had interest in technology and mechanics instead of becoming a farmer like his parents. He studied technical studios in Bologna, Italy. His skills were put to use when in world
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Minstrel troupes sailed across the Pacific and did their buck-and-wing, clog or tap dances (both of Irish and African origin), soft-shoe, and straightforward jazz-and-blues routines. Other Americans introduced the skirt dance and pseudo-orientalia or exotic (also called aesthetic) dancing, enthralling audiences at the Teatro Zorrilla, Teatro Libertad, Teatro Paz (formerly the Orpheum), Teatro Filipino, Alhambra and Cosmopolitan, which had earlier hosted mostly sarswela. People later flocked to the new
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his family with enough to spare to sell can cause damages to coral reefs that would take them 40 years to recover. The reefs are filled with a variety of sea life - exotic fishes with myriad of colorful forms and shapes. Trade in aquarium fish contribute about US$ 10 million a year to the Philippine economy. To catch these exotic fish, some unscrupulous collectors squirt a solution of Sodium Cyanide - a deadly poison- in the sea to stun the fish. The dazed fish float up from their hiding place
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“ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE & HIP-HOP” The degradation of women of VH1’s reality show “Love & Hip-Hop” and Bravo’s “Real Housewives of Atlanta” “And what of the black woman? I most seriously doubt that any other race of Women could bring up its fineness through such devilish fire.” -W.E.B. Dubois W.E.B. Dubois said it the best. The black woman. She faces adversities that are unknown to any other race. She received her rights well after justice was a commodity, and still struggles today
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Islamic Banking in Western China Group Paper 3 Group 4 November 6, 2014 Banking in some form has been around for thousands of years. It started small with loans of food or some other valuable product in local villages and has now evolved into the global industry we know today. There is a newer kind of banking that has seen a surge of acceptance from across the world, and that new kind of banking is known as Islamic banking. Islamic banking is a fairly new alternative to western banking
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The Future of Biodiversity in India THE FUTURE OF BIODIVERSITY IN INDIA INDIA is not only gifted with cultural diversity, geographical diversity, social diversity and climatic diversity but also adorned with biodiversity which broadly includes land biodiversity and marine biodiversity. Its geographical position on globe is suitable to achieve latitudinal variation as well as altitudinal variation in giving birth to varied number of indigenous flora and fauna. India contains 8%of world species
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to think years ago that most of oxygen came from the rainforest when this is not true at all. Between 70-80% of oxygen comes from marine algae not the rainforest. However, most of the world’s most vast ecosystems are in rain forests with the most exotic animals in it. Will this people should stand up and protest because there is no needs for this rainforest to be cut down just to jump start a logging industry. Employment and revenue is what drives anything but that is just the tip of the problems
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