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would be facing destruction. These rainforests should be preserved because of their inhabitants. Plants and animals depend on the rainforest for their livelihood. If these rainforests are completely destroyed, then so are the inhabitants as well…

pounds. All penguins have long, stiff tails that act like a third foot. Penguins are my favorite animals because they look like little men in tuxedos. I think the rock hopper is the funniest looking penguin, but my favorite is the magellan penguin. All…

at the bottom of the sea. Scientists found that out when they took limestone off Mt. Everest and found dead sea creatures. Limestone is a kind of rock that is formed very slowly over thousands of years. Animals and plants that get stuck in limestone are called…

with it's powerful claws. It usually kills the prey by biting it's throat or neck. It's strength is amazing: it can drag a prey weighing several hundred pounds as much as 1,500 feet to hide the dead animal in bushes or tall grass. The tiger lives in several…

Flying Pins Mosquitoes are insects belonging to the order Diptera. Only females bite. Female mosquitoes have a long piercing proboscis (mouthpart) they use to extract blood from other animals. After mating with a male, the female needs a meal…

. There are also many different biological agents, which cause cancers. The most common biological agents are the oncogenic viruses that commonly bring about the formation of neoplasms in some smaller animals. Also some of these viruses are thought to cause human…

. Both consist of glucose units linked together. Glycogen is the principal storage form for sugar in higher animals. Glycogen has a structure similar to that of amylopectin except that it is more highly branched. The principal structural molecule in plants…

earth, animals began walking toward the great Lion. The assembly now got under way. The Lion introduced himself as Aslan, and much to the children's surprise, the other animals greeted him with words and not sounds. Aslan named the animals and the trees…

is devastated with the most ferocious part of the storm- the ‘eyewall’, a maelstorm of wind and rain raging around the hurricane’s calm core. The floors in the buildings swayed like the deck of a ship. Roads have been washed out. Man and animals are killed…

at the tablets, he discovered that they were strikingly similar to the account of the flood in the book of Genesis. Gilgamesh was a historical king of Uruk about 2700 BC. He was part human and part animal. Some thought that he was too harsh on his people…