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... huge , beautiful birds are so effective at gliding , they can even sleep on the wing . Gliding on steady ocean winds , they remain for long periods at sea . Albatrosses mate for life and return to the same breeding site each year to ...
... huge , beautiful birds are so effective at gliding , they can even sleep on the wing . Gliding on steady ocean winds , they remain for long periods at sea . Albatrosses mate for life and return to the same breeding site each year to ...
Page 81
... huge mammals are further classified into two dis- tinct suborders - Mysticeti ( the baleen whales ) and Odontoceti ( the toothed whales ) . All have blowholes on the tops of their head through which they breathe . Toothed whales have a ...
... huge mammals are further classified into two dis- tinct suborders - Mysticeti ( the baleen whales ) and Odontoceti ( the toothed whales ) . All have blowholes on the tops of their head through which they breathe . Toothed whales have a ...
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... huge portions . These huge drifting nets called ghost nets continue to kill sea life until they sink to the ocean floor from the weight of the dead animals caught within them . Biologists estimate 100,000 miles of ghost net are drifting ...
... huge portions . These huge drifting nets called ghost nets continue to kill sea life until they sink to the ocean floor from the weight of the dead animals caught within them . Biologists estimate 100,000 miles of ghost net are drifting ...
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